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Others see valid asylum claims end with deportation orders because the information submitted was false, bearing no resemblance to the harrowing experiences that forced them out of their home countries.

"Many of these women don't want to speak out about what they experienced, they don't want to revisit it, and it makes it very easy for people to ignore the quite harrowing experiences," she said.

Federal troops and California National Guard units joined forces with local law enforcement officers to quell the turmoil, but not without harrowing results.

No performance moved me more this season than McDonald’s harrowing portrayal of Rose.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which provides abortions, added it was "harrowing" to see such guidance "in black and white".