Asylum Philadelphia: A look at the overburdened Philadelphia Immigration Court

Asylum Philadelphia: A look at the overburdened Philadelphia Immigration Court: "IN JUNE 2006, men in military clothes grabbed Maria, kidnapping her as she slept in a church shelter in Angola, bound and blindfolded her and dragged her away. They beat and raped her, and interrogated her about her boyfriend's human-rights work. Maria eventually escaped to the United States, where she sought asylum. But more than four years went by before a judge in Philadelphia heard her testimony."