A photo update showing a crowd gathering at the Virginia State Capitol on July 12, 2019, to show solidarity with immigrants in the face of Trump’s most recent attacks.

Six years ago, Arevalo-Herrera fled her native Honduras with her eldest daughter to escape what she says was eight years of violent domestic abuse. Now, the U.S. government says it wants to impose a nearly $300,000 fine upon her.

Our interview with Abbie Arevalo Herrera, a 31-year-old mother seeking asylum in the U.S. after fleeing her native Honduras. After a change in the law led to Herrera’s ordered deportation, she and her children sought sanctuary in a Richmond church, where they have remained ever since.