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In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, photo, Maria Orbelina Cortez stands with her three sons, ages 11, 5, and 3, in the yard behind the Catholic Charities shelter in McAllen, Texas. Orbelina says that after fleeing El Salvador, she hopes to find refuge for her children with her parents in California. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Maria Orbelina Cortez says she fled El Salvador for the U.S. after her husband attacked her and knocked a pan of scalding oil onto her youngest son's head.

By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press January 23, 2019