Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club - Paola Oropeza

The president of the MEChA club at Palomar College has been deported to Mexico, immigration officials said yesterday.

Paola Oropeza, 22, was arrested Jan. 8 by a fugitive operations team with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the department in San Diego.

Oropeza had been ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge, but she failed to comply with that order, Mack said. At the time of her arrest, Oropeza was in the country illegally and was taken to Tijuana, Mack said”*

*From: http://www.signonsandiego.com
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