[Lasa] Fwd: Expert Declaration and potentially testimony for asylum case?

[Ramos, Juan G.]

Estimados colegas,

Les pido de favor que lean el mensaje que me llegó esta mañana. Si hay
algún experto sobre estos temas entre nuestros miembros o entre sus
contactos, por favor, escríbanme lo antes posible. Ojalá que podamos
encontrar a alguien que pueda ayudar en esta situación.

Saludos,

Juan


Juan G. Ramos, Ph.D.
Director, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program
Associate Professor of Spanish
Department of Spanish
College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610
(508) 793-2607
jramos at holycross.edu

Chair of the Ecuadorian Studies Section
<https://lasa.international.pitt.edu/eng/sections/ecuadorian-studies.aspx>
(LASA).

Author of *Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts*.
<http://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683400240> Gainesville: University Press of
Florida, 2018.

Co-editor of *Decolonial Approaches to Latin American Literatures and
Cultures* <http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137603128>. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.


<jramos at holycross.edu>

<jramos at holycross.edu>


---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Immigration Legal Intern <ImmLegalIntern at advrights.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:41 AM
Subject: Expert Declaration and potentially testimony for asylum case?
To: jramos at holycross.edu <jramos at holycross.edu>
Cc: Sarah Brenes <sbrenes at advrights.org>


Hello Mr. Ramos,

I am a legal intern at the Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis, MN
and we found your contact information from the Latin American Studies
Association. We are representing a woman from Ecuador who is seeking asylum
as a result of years of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse she
suffered at the hands of her father and are seeking an expert on child
abuse / intra-family violence in Ecuador.

Our claim for asylum is tentatively based on her being a child/daughter in
an abusive parental relationship. We are approaching an individual hearing
and were wondering if you may be able to be of assistance on this case, or
may know someone who we could reach out to. Attached you will find a brief
case summary.

We are hoping to have an expert provide a declaration for our client
regarding child abuse, Ecuador's ability or inability to protect children,
as well as the likelihood of children being abused into adulthood by a
parent abuser. As the individual hearing and filing deadlines are coming
up, we are hoping to have an expert declaration by next week. Please let us
know if you would be able to provide a declaration or assistance on any of
these matters, and additionally, if you'd be able to provide testimony over
the phone for the individual hearing, or know someone we may be able to
reach out to.

Thank you,
Michelle
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