Mexican Journalist: Board and Request

mexican journalist: In a statement Thursday, the National Press Club said the board will consider Emilio Gutierrez Soto's request again, according to Metro News. Spokespeople for the board could not immediately be reached for comment. The two are being held at an immigration detention centre in El Paso, Texas, not at a detention centre in Sierra Blanca, Texas.A corrected version of the story is below Board to reconsider Mexican journalist's US asylum request Board to reconsider asylum request of Mexican journalist who believes he will be killed if deported The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals will reconsider the asylum request of a Mexican journalist who believes he will be killed if deported. The Press Club and other press freedom advocates have highlighted the case and those of other reporters who claim their lives were in danger. He fled north with his then-teenage son and entered the U.S. in 2008, seeking asylum. Gutierrez says he began receiving death threats after writing articles alleging military forces were robbing and extorting local people in Chihuahua, Mexico. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.