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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Aug. 5, 2005

Deportation Avoided

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles immigration judge has ruled that a transgender woman, diagnosed as HIV positive, can remain in the United States because she likely would face physical violence and a lack of medical care in her native Honduras.

        LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles immigration judge has ruled that a transgender woman, diagnosed as HIV positive, can remain in the United States because she likely would face physical violence and a lack of medical care in her native Honduras.
        Judge Jan D. Latimore Tuesday granted withholding of removal to Cristina Gomez Ordonez, a status that will allow her to stay here indefinitel...

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