For almost two decades, United States Customs and Immigration Enforcement has maintained a practice of confiscating passports, birth certificates, visas, and other essential documents from immigrants seeking to enter the United States resulting in a pattern of abuse.

Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), pursued legal action to safeguard the rights of asylum seekers and ensure they are able to work legally and obtain Social Security numbers. ASAP conducted an interview with Wendi, a single mother from Guatemala who played a central role in ASAP's grant-funded case.