She gave a voice and a face to us, DREAMERs, in 2003. She was one of the first as well to bring attention to this issue. Unfortunately, she was not able to convince the immigration judge to allow her family to stay. They were deported to Costa Rica, while she was allowed to stay to start college.
It all started when she, unaware of her situation, attempted to get a driver's license at the DMV. Someone at the DMV tipped USCIS officials about Marie and her parents. The authorities discovered that they had overstayed their visas. Deportation proceedings followed.
She was given the chance to renew her period of stay while she waited for the DREAM Act to pass since 2003. It's 2008 now and she is a senior in college. Some report that she's due in court in January 30, 2008. She will also be 18 hours short of graduation.
I spoke with some of the members of this blog to bring attention to this issue once again. Marie should be allowed to stay at least one more year. She needs our help.
In the meantime, where are you Marie? What's the plan? How can we help?
http://www.showmenews.com/2008/Apr/20080403News024.asp
She got a final one year extension so she could complete her degree. Originally, she was to leave this June and she would have been 18 credits short of her degree. Why it is taking her this long to finish her degree is beyond me, and it seems like she's taking a pretty useless degree to boot.
Anyways, according to this, she can stay and finish her degree but she still has to leave the country. I don't think there is any chance of her getting a reprieve, otherwise it would have happened by now.