WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- There was quite a scene at a church in Manhattan on Thursday. A mother of three fled death threats in her native Guatemala more than a decade ago.
Amanda, whose last name is not being revealed, is the mother of three children. She is being deported to Guatemala - but does she take her American-born children back to the dangers there, or leave them in the United States?
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Amanda has taken sanctuary at the Holyrood Church in Washington Heights. They are asking immigration officials to re-open her case in the hopes she can stay in this country. She has been here for ten years, and wants to be here for her children.