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Rutgers Law Record
RUTGERS LAW RECORD
The Internet journal of Rutgers School of Law Newark
www.lawrecord.com
Volume 43 2015-2016
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING: THE CASE OF GANG
RECRUITS SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES
Melody Mendoza'
I. Introduction
More than 57,000 unaccompanied minors have crossed the United States border
since January 2014.2 At-risk youth flee gang violence in their home country. They come to
the United States hoping that the government will consider resistance to joining gangs as
1. J.D. Candidate 2016, Rutgers School of Law; B.A., International Studies and Hispanic
Studies, Trinity College.
2. Scott Johnson, American-Born Gangs Helping Drive Immgrant Crisis at U.S. Border, NAT'L
GEOGRAPHIC, (July 25, 2014),
http://news.natonalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140723-immigration-minors-
honduras-gang-violence-central-amenca.
3. UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMM'R FOR REFUGEES, GUIDANCE NOTE ON REFUGEE
CLAIMS RELATING TO VICTIMS OF ORGANIZED GANGS 6 (2010) [hereinafter GUIDANCE
NOTE ON REFUGEE CLAIMS], available at
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4bb21fa02.html.
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