"We were living in the city of Silver Spring in Maryland. We escaped from Mexico as a result of community violence. We lived successfully in our marital home until 2010, the same year we were all granted political asylum in the United States."

"I only escaped through the help of my brother’s friend who bribed a gendarme on duty with an undisclosed sum of money."

"They got me well beaten and three of them tore the dresses I was wearing and one of them raped me repeatedly in the presence of my children."

Same allies, on same Thursday, opposing immigration policies.