A Venezuelan Family Won Asylum. Days Later, They Lost It.
Millions of asylum seekers have overwhelmed the immigration system. A confusing mix-up is keeping one family in limbo.
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Millions of asylum seekers have overwhelmed the immigration system. A confusing mix-up is keeping one family in limbo.
NEW YORK — Dyluis Rojas and his wife and children fled first from Venezuela and later from Colombia and Chile, crossing deserts, jungles and rivers with one goal: to make it to the United States and stay there. The family arrived in June 2022. Less than a year and a half later, they were elated when they received news that their asylum application had been approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, one of the federal agencies that processes immigration matters. Rojas and his wife cou