Troutman Sanders Helps Teen Pro Bono Client Win Asylum
Law360 published a story about Associate Buck Dixon and Kids in Need of Defense (“KIND”) Atlanta for their pro-bono asylum victory for a boy from Guatemala. The boy, now 14, fled his country after facing violent retaliation for refusing to join a gang and sell drugs. “I knew that if I stayed, I would be murdered by the gang members,” said the boy in his testimony. “They want me to do bad things like them, and they hate me because I won’t. Nothing was going to stop them from injuring me further or killing me. I had no choice but to leave.”