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  • Illegal immigrant student hopes case helps reform

    05/14/2010 5:29:02 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 36 replies · 950+ views
    Associated Press ^ | May 14, 2010 | KATE BRUMBACK
    ATLANTA (AP) -- When Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform. On Friday, after getting arrested and released from detention for the second time in just over a month, she told reporters at a news conference she hopes her ordeal can help persuade leaders to work for an overhaul of the country's immigration laws.