Capitol Hill Staffer Quits Job To Fight Mother’s Deportation

By  Al Macias, Fronteras

Erika Andiola, a co-founder of the Arizona DREAM Act coalition and outreach director for Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), is leaving her job on Capitol Hill to return to Arizona. Andiola told the website BuzzFeed she is leaving her job to help her mother fight deportation.

Andiola was able to work for Sinema as outreach director because she was granted deferred action status as an eligible undocumented immigrant under President Barack Obama’s 2012 executive order.

Andiola’s mother, Maria Arreola, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in January, the same week her daughter was hired to work for Sinema.

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[Photo courtesy of keepustogether.org]

 

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