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February 3, 2016

Undocumented Mother of 3 Deported Despite Receiving Reprieve, Permission to Travel
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Immigrant rights advocates say an undocumented 32-year-old mother of
three has been deported from the United States, even though she had been
granted a reprieve from deportation under President Obama's executive
action. Lesly Sophia Cortez-Martinez came to the United States when she
was 15. She was granted a reprieve from deportation under Obama's
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA. Cortez-Martinez
had reportedly received permission to visit Mexico. But border agents
detained her when she returned to the Chicago airport, apparently citing
an old deportation order from 2004. She was deported to Mexico Tuesday
with her infant and another one of her children.


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