Emilio Gutierrez, seen here with Associated Press journalist Michele Salcedo, received a press freedom award from the National Press Club in October. They’ll kill us,” Gutierrez said, using his attorney’s cellphone to speak from an ICE detention center in Sierra Blanca, Texas. The U.S. denied me asylum]In July, after living nine years in the United States, Gutierrez’s asylum request was denied, and an appeal was rejected in early November. After months in U.S. immigration detention, his asylum request was denied and he consented to deportation. But Hootsen said his organization cautions reporters against seeking asylum in the United States because the requests are likely to be denied.

Source: Washington Post December 08, 2017 23:48 UTC