A survivor of the conflict in her war-torn African homeland, she was granted asylum status. After 8 years, now she is threatened with the prospect of having her asylum status revoked and being deported, over a charge of assaulting a police officer. She had attempted to protect her boyfriend when armed police forcibly entered their home attempting to arrest her boyfriend on an invalid warrant. It is alleged she committed a misdemeanor crime by "touching" one of the officers holding her boyfriend at gunpoint.