MIAMI – Students protested Friday in support of a Miami high school valedictorian who has been ordered by a federal immigration judge to leave the country.
A judge denied Daniela Pelaez's request for relief from deportation on Monday. Her attorney is planning an appeal.
Pelaez came to the United States from Colombia with her family when she was 4. She considers herself American and has applied to several Ivy League universities and wants to become a heart surgeon.
"I just want to pursue the American dream like any other child," Pelaez said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not take any action against Pelaez while she pursues her legal options, said spokesman Nestor Yglesias. He added that the agency prioritizes the removal of criminals, those who have crossed the border recently, and those who have previously been removed from the United States.
"Upon conclusion of their appeal, ICE will review this matter to determine whether an exercise of discretion is warranted," Yglesias said.
The Obama administration announced in August that it would indefinitely delay deporting many illegal immigrants who do not have a criminal record and offer them a chance to apply for a work permit. Earlier last year, they also sent out a memo to agents offering guidance on when and how to use discretion. That document also covered those who could potentially benefit from the proposed DREAM Act, which would offer young unauthorized immigrants who go to college or serve in the military a chance at legal status.
8 comments:
BUH BYE illegal alien!!
Give a chance to illegals that haven't commits crime? She was an unknowing criminal but still a criminal. And the ones that came on their own with no record.....still committed a crime by coming illegally. And which is to say they have no record here bit are killers where they come from.
"I just want to pursue the American dream like any other child," Pelaez said. Child you are NOT American! Go pursue the Colombia dream like a Colombian Child!
Consider yourself lucky to have received a free education now take it back to your own country and thrive.
how much has this already cost us,illegal is illegal.try in your familys home country,then come here legally if you can
Got a free education that some American child should have gotten
Great Job America
Next thing the illegals will want is free contraception
GO HOME
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