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.
Rueda, who was brought into the United States as a six-year-old, said she faces deportation proceedings at the end of this month.
#HappeningNow: “I am still not free!” Immigrant youth and @CalStateLA student Claudia Rueda sues DHS over retaliation, illegal arrest, and denying her DACA #FreeClaudia #ICEoutofLA pic.twitter.com/YCXYtg680t
— NDLON (@NDLON) October 30, 2018
“I’m not going to stay silent when I face and continue to face this legal violence and retaliation against my existence,” Rueda told reporters while surrounded by comrades from a coalition called ICE out of L.A.
“The Department of Homeland Security is targeting me,” she said. “They want to deport me.” – READ MORE