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Georgia College Student Ignites Immigration Debate

ATLANTA- In the roughly six weeks since she was arrested for driving without a license, the case of Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant and college student in suburban Atlanta, has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate.The Kennesaw State University senior’s situation has drawn an outcry from people on both sides. The American Civil Liberties Union, upset that she was detained under a section of immigration law it believes should be reserved for violent criminals, contacted the Department of Homeland Security on her behalf. A Republican candidate for governor this week demanded that citizenship verification be a part of the admissions process at state universities, and others are calling for the firing of Kennesaw State’s president.Though Colotl was released from federal custody last week and action on her immigration case has been deferred for a year, Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren on Wednesday obtained a warrant for her arrest on new charges that she gave authorities a false...

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