{"id":1862,"date":"2024-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaganimmigration.com\/el-amor-de-una-madre-gana-seguridad-y-estatus-para-su-hija\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:25:32","slug":"el-amor-de-una-madre-gana-seguridad-y-estatus-para-su-hija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaganimmigration.com\/en\/el-amor-de-una-madre-gana-seguridad-y-estatus-para-su-hija\/","title":{"rendered":"A mother's love gains security and status for her daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kasey Husk <\/strong><\/p>\n

At Eagan Immigration, we know that every immigrant has their own reason for choosing to leave their home country. Some flee violence or poverty, others want to seek more educational opportunities or reunite with other family members who have preceded them. However, by far, the most common reason we hear at Eagan Immigration no<\/em> It is that our clients want these things for themselves. It is that they want opportunities and security for their beloved children.<\/p>\n

In the month of May, many nations take the opportunity to celebrate mothers. In much of Latin America, Mother's Day is celebrated on May 10 of each year. In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month; in 2024, Mother's Day is May 12. With this in mind, Eagan Immigration wants to honor one of our clients, whose determination and courage allowed her daughter to escape the danger she faced in her native Colombia.<\/p>\n

*Names and some details have been changed to protect the privacy of our clients.<\/em><\/p>\n

The story of Valentina<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cValentina\u201d, originally from Colombia, could not have been happier when her firstborn was placed in her arms in 2006. She knew she would do everything in her power to give the girl she named \u201cCarolina\u201d the best life possible, and she believed her daughter's father felt the same way. Unfortunately, however, Valentina's partner thought differently. Within a few years of Carolina's birth, he abandoned the family and refused to support his daughter.<\/p>\n

Valentina was already struggling to support her daughter with the help of family members when the war arrived at the family's doorstep. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were a revolutionary guerrilla group that funded their decades-long battle against the Colombian government through tactics such as kidnapping, extortion, and drug trafficking. These combatants came to Valentina's house and began demanding \u201crent\u201d from her and her family. Valentina had no money to pay, and time was running out. She was terrified that Carolina would be kidnapped to force her hand, or killed to punish her for non-compliance. With no other options, Valentina did the only thing she could: she fled. She and Carolina arrived in the United States in 2016, where they joined other family members who had fled for the same reasons. Valentina breathed a sigh of relief when she arrived because she knew her daughter was safe. However, she also knew that without status in the United States, she and her daughter would always be in danger of being sent back to Colombia, where they would be in more danger than ever.<\/p>\n

That is where Eagan Immigration came in. Valentina reached out to Eagan hoping that the firm's immigration experts could help her navigate a path forward, and after a consultation and extensive research, Eagan's attorneys concluded that Carolina qualified for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). This status is available to undocumented minors who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by one of their parents and therefore require the protection of the United States. Given that Carolina's father abandoned her in her native Colombia, Eagan was able to help her apply for this status. She first applied for this status in January 2021, and within six months, she received notice that her petition had been approved, qualifying her for benefits such as travel authorization and a work permit when she was old enough to work.<\/p>\n

However, even better news arrived just a few months later, when Carolina received her green card. <\/strong>Eagan's attorneys helped Carolina apply for permanent residency in the United States at the same time she applied for SIJS. In October 2021, Carolina and her mother opened their mail and found the words \u201cWelcome to the United States\u201d staring back at them.<\/p>\n

Today, Carolina is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and in just a few more years, she will be eligible to naturalize as a US citizen. Valentina's determination and the sacrifices she made to obtain daughter status have paid off, and as Carolina reaches adulthood this year, she will have opportunities that would never have been available to her when she was undocumented.<\/p>\n

Other options for mothers to obtain status in the United States<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

While family petitions are one of the ways Eagan clients obtain status in the United States, that is not always possible in every situation. Fortunately, Eagan specializes in many other types of petitions that can help our clients obtain status.<\/p>\n

T Nonimmigrant Status (T Visa) for victims of human trafficking. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of our clients have endured unimaginable hardships to protect their children. In some cases, that has meant leaving them behind with family while they go to work in the United States, always with the hope of earning enough money to break the cycle of poverty for their children. In other cases, it means risking their lives to help the children themselves escape a disaster in their home country. Having children is also often a point of pressure used by abusive partners or employers to force parents to work against their will, so as not to endanger their children. However, obtaining a T visa can help clients break free from these scenarios (or recover emotionally from them) by providing them with a pathway to permanent residence in the United States.<\/p>\n

In Eagan, we can pursue T visa status for clients in many scenarios, including unconventional ones. Options include:<\/p>\n