Rosa Robles Loreto was finally able to leave the church where she sought sanctuary to avoid being deported.
Loreto left the church in Tuscon, Arizona 15 months after she originally moved in, prompted by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation order stemming from a traffic stop for an incorrect lane change.
The enforcement agency maintained the whole time the Mexican immigrant was not a high priority for deportation.
On November 11, her lawyer Margo Cowan announced she'd reached an agreement with federal immigration authorities that left her client free of fear of deportation.
“She’s fine. She’s protected. She has nothing to worry about,” Cowan told the Arizona Daily Star.
An immigration spokeswoman said the agency couldn’t talk about the case without Loreto’s consent.
