Guerra-Caballero v. Ashcroft

In September of 2000, petitioner-appellant Marlene Daisy Guerra Caballero (Guerra) and her three minor children, all Panamanian nationals, were apprehended by immigration officials at Miami International Airport when they failed to present valid entry documents. The government instituted removal proceedings but provisionally released the petitioner and her family, who took up residence in Massachusetts. The removal proceedings were referred there and the petitioner cross-filed for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention against Torture (CAT) on behalf of herself and…