Danielle Rundlett
Burns

Gregory Lefkowitz

Felice Schonfeld

Irene Granados celebrated her 16th birthday while walking through the desert two years ago trying to reach the United States—and safety.

Brothers Javier and Denis Girón, 13 and 17, floated on a raft across the Rio Grande last year—also in a bid to reach safety.

Granados and the Girón brothers were fleeing their native Central American countries where gang violence is spreading. The three are part of a surge in unaccompanied children and teenagers flowing across the Mexican border to the United States.

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The cases involving Granados from El Salvador and the Girón brothers from Honduras are among the first of recent arrivals to surface in South Florida. The three youths were recently interviewed at the Duane Morris law office in downtown Miami.

Attorneys Danielle Rundlett Burns, Gregory M. Lefkowitz, and Felice Schonfeld are assisting the youths. Burns and Lefkowitz represent Granados while Schonfeld represents the Girón brothers.

The attorneys belong to a pro bono project at Duane Morris. The special immigrant juvenile project of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Pro Bono Committee contacted Duane Morris to assist the youths.

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