End of U.S. Humanitarian Relief Program Exposes PhD Student to Deportation

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UCLA History PhD candidate, Yatta Kiazolu, will be eligible for deportation after U.S. humanitarian relief protections for Liberians expire at the end of March.  Yatta was born in Botswana to Liberian parents.  She has lived in the United States since she was 7 and since 2002 has maintained legal authorization under a humnitarian relief program.  Last year President Trump moved to end deferred enforced departure for Liberians, saying that the country is no longer mired in armed conflict and has sufficiently recovered from the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Please click on the link below to continue reading the rest of the Los Angeles Time article.