Blanca Medina came to the United States to escape sexual abuse after suffering five rapes in her homeland of El Salvador, according to her lawyer Matthew Muller. But even after Medina told Immigration and Customs Enforcement that she and her four-year-old daughter Alejandra would face severe harm if deported, the agency has continued with deportation proceedings, Muller says. Medina's forced removal is scheduled just weeks after the Obama administration vowed Friday to halt deportations and begin granting work permits to some young undocumented immigrants, as part of a policy shift which prioritizes criminal immigrants over non-criminals. But in the eyes of ICE, Medina is high-priority. "In...
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