Mexican woman beaten for feminist views eligible for asylum in U.S., appeals court rules
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Migrants cross the Rio Bravo in an attempt to get from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, where they plan to seek asylum in the United States.Herika Martinze / AFP / Getty Images
A woman who was raped and beaten by a husband and a partner in Mexico for expressing feminist views like saying she had the right to be treated equally and hold a job is eligible for asylum in the United States because she would face persecution in her homeland, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.