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Advocates seek to help undocumented victims of El Paso shooting apply for U visas

By immigrationprof

When a gunman opened fire in Las Vegas in 2017, undocumented immigrants were victims of the mass shooting. Since then, some of the shooting victims have sought U-visas with the assistance of Make the Road Nevada, who helped them frame their narratives to persuade sheriffs to sign-off.

Immigrant survivors of the in El Paso may be eligible, too. Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, an El Paso nonprofit, has offered to help mass shooting victims apply for U visas. The poetic irony illuminates the resilience of the immigrant community in the face of the shooter’s alleged anti-immigrant motivations. 

MHC (H/T Samantha Graff, University of Colorado Law School 3L)