There was something odd about the Kentucky woman who sat next to a young Honduran mother asking for asylum in San Diego’s immigration court last week.
Judge Philip Law had never seen her before. The woman wasn’t an immigration lawyer. She wasn’t even related to the single mother, Keyla.
So, the judge asked, who was she and what was she doing there?
“I’m Vonnette Monteith,” she said. “I know the family and I’m here to help.”