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Dad seeks asylum for kids, saying they were abused

A Brentwood contractor from Honduras wants a federal

immigration judge to use his three children to establish a new reason for

asylum - sexual abuse.

Margarito Mejia says his children should be allowed to stay in the United

States because they were abused by a relative in Honduras.

Mejia lives in the United States legally, under a rule that granted

Hondurans...

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