Andrea Huerfano belongs to our movement – and she is facing deportation. She is a Colombian native who moved with her family to the US in 2001. Her father sought political asylum. He passed away in 2005 – while his application was still under review. Andrea’s mother married a US citizen shortly after Andrea became a legal adult, leaving Andrea without legal status.  Andrea is currently 24 years old.

On December 8th, Andrea went to pay a traffic ticket and was detained after her immigration status was looked into. We have since learned that there is an order of deportation in Andrea’s name, and that they may be ready to deport within the next few days. If she is deported, she will have a 10-year bar on re-entering the US and be separated from her family.

Andrea has been deeply involved in the community, serving as a volunteer for a number of organizations, including Florida Immigrant Coalition and the DREAM Team coalition while a student at Florida State University. She earned a national Fellowship to participate in PolitiCorps in 2008, where she spearheaded an effort to register more than 4,000 voters and educate low-income communities about criminal justice legislation in Oregon. She was considered one of the hardest-working and most promising Fellows in the program. At the end of the Fellowship she supported Get Out the Vote efforts in Ohio during the 2008 general election.

Andrea’s electoral work helped Obama and the members of his Cabinet get to their current positions, let’s hope that the administration recognizes her hard-work and belief in democracy. Send a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Assistant Secretary John Morton by going here.

Andrea lives in Congressman Robert Wexler’s district. Let him know that he needs to ask for deferred action on Andrea’s behalf by calling his Washington, DC office at(202) 225-3001 or emailing him through this link.

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