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Anti-ICE Activist Facing Deportation Alleges Political Retaliation From U.S. Government

Jeffrey Cawood

A Mexican national who has spent several years organizing Californians against federal immigration policy filed a lawsuit last week against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Border Patrol, and other federal agencies.

Claudia Rueda, a 23-year-old student at California State University-Los Angeles (CSU-LA), claims that her application for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unfairly rejected by immigration officials as a reprisal for her “constitutionally protected political speech” and “activism,” according to the court filing.

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