A federal judge in Atlanta is considering whether to issue an injunction that would at least temporarily halt the deportation of an undocumented immigrant woman who was brought to the United States when she was 11 and then in 2010 became a flashpoint for the nation’s ongoing political struggle over immigration after authorities attempted to deport her based on a traffic stop.
Jessica Colotl’s subsequent legal battle to remain in the United States played a significant role in national efforts to secure—so far unsuccessfully—passage of the federal DREAM Act and inspired President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As recently as February, that program was supposed to be exempt from President Donald Trump’s decision to ratchet up deportations of undocumented immigrants, according to a memorandum issued by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
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