Deportation protection restored in high-profile Georgia case
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Lawyers for a Mexican woman whose case made national headlines when she was a Georgia college student eight years ago say federal immigration authorities have agreed to renew her temporary protection from deportation.
The American Civil Liberties Union said in a news release Friday that the Department of Homeland Security has agreed to renew Jessica Colotl's protected status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
A lawsuit filed last year on Colotl's behalf accused immigration authorities of arbitrarily terminating Colotl's DACA status and rejecting her renewal application.
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Colotl, 30, was thrust into the national spotlight in 2010 after she was pulled over on a traffic charge at Kennesaw State University, near Atlanta. She was arrested and turned over to federal immigration authorities who detained her for 37 days.