Cathy Callow-Heusser: Learn more about our immigration laws

We are helping a family that is seeking asylum in the United States. This family entered the U.S. at the border with Mexico to escape prosecution and threats in their own country. They were given permission to apply for asylum.Of course, they weren’t granted a work permit, housing or a means to survive. Like so many others who don’t have family in the U.S. with whom they can live, they ended up in a homeless shelter, where the father was beaten by others living there.No ability to pa