Rene Rivas, Undocumented Immigrant, Spared Deportation

Immigrant Spared Deportation, Stays Legally For A Year
HOMESTEAD, FL - MAY 11: Rafael Lucas holds a sign reading 'Obama Put a Stop to Deportation' as he and others participate in a rally calling on President Barack Obama to immediately suspend deportations and for Congress to pass an immigration reform that?s inclusive of all 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. on May 11, 2013 in Homestead, Florida. The rally is part of what is being called a rolling fast in different places throughout the nation over the course of the next two months to bring what organizers say is a moral, prophetic voice to the immigration debate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
HOMESTEAD, FL - MAY 11: Rafael Lucas holds a sign reading 'Obama Put a Stop to Deportation' as he and others participate in a rally calling on President Barack Obama to immediately suspend deportations and for Congress to pass an immigration reform that?s inclusive of all 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. on May 11, 2013 in Homestead, Florida. The rally is part of what is being called a rolling fast in different places throughout the nation over the course of the next two months to bring what organizers say is a moral, prophetic voice to the immigration debate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Rene Rivas was about to be deported in the dark of night, at 4 a.m.

But that was last week.

Seven days later, on Monday, the undocumented immigrant was released from an immigration lock-up and allowed to work legally and live openly with his wife and children in Miami for a year.

The roller-coaster story of this 41-year-old construction worker from Durango, Mexico, is anything but common as Congress debates how to handle undocumented immigrants like Rivas.

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