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The U.S. Justice Department is attempting to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of a migrant woman who says she was forcibly separated from her son while seeking asylum at the border, resulting in extreme emotional distress.
Leticia and her 15-year-old son, Yovany, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2017 to escape persecution and gang violence in Guatemala, and were separated for two years before being reunited.
