No deportation for fallen soldier's mom

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Last edited Wed Jul 23, 2014, 06:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: UT San Diego

Federal immigration officials have granted the wish of a fallen San Diego soldier’s family to allow her mother to remain in the United States.

Maria Cordova, 47, was released before noon Wednesday from a federal immigration facility in downtown San Diego.

She was originally scheduled to be deported to Mexico Tuesday after serving most of a year’s sentence for a recent drug conviction. She had lived in the United States without proper immigration status for two decades after losing her green card in a 1992 drug conviction.

Her daughter, 25-year-old Capt. Jennifer Moreno, was killed in action in Afghanistan in October. She was an Army nurse serving with Army Rangers as part of a female liaison team on the battlefield.

Read more: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jul/23/jennifer-moreno-maria-cordova-deportation-stay/all/

[MADem]

1. It doesn't do to deport a Gold Star Mother. nt

[Lenomsky]

2. Good!

such a shame her daughter was lost and it took that to give her a stay!

[herding cats]

3. Good to hear.

This is what this family needed to be able to continue to heal and move forward.