So this Notico sent in paperwork for asylum, except she didn't want asylum and when her husband tried to adjust her status she was in trouble for missing court dates on her asylum petition? Is that it? What were the grounds they were using to deport her on?
Yes, you've got it in a nutshell. She apparently went to this notary public -- who represented that his position was like a notario in Colombia, i.e., that of a powerful attorney -- just to extend her student visa. The deportation order came out of her having missed a hearing date with respect to the asylum petition -- not because she had entered the country illegally.