Missouri student wins another deferment from deportation (AP c/o Examiner.com)

Missouri student wins another deferment from deportation
Apr 2, 2008 6:10 PM

WASHINGTON - A Missouri student who has spent years fighting her deportation to Costa Rica has received another extension of her stay in the United States.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office is allowing Marie Gonzalez to remain in the country for one more year. That's long enough for her to graduate from Westminster College in Fulton.
This is the third extension Gonzalez has won since 2005.
She was born in Costa Rica, but has lived in Missouri since she was 5. Her parents entered the country on six-month visitor visas and missed their chance to apply for permanent status.
They were deported in 2005, but Gonzalez remained to get an education.
She has become an activist on behalf of thousands of undocumented students who want to become U.S. citizens.