Following the loss of her protections last year, Colotl, with the backing of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Georgia, and Kuck Baxter Immigration, sued the administration in her attempt to stay in country she’s lived in since she was 11, and the only country she’s ever known as home:

After taking on Colotl’s case, the ACLU filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of other DACA recipients to challenge the federal government’s unlawful policies terminating young immigrants’ DACA grants without notice or process. In that lawsuit, the ACLU has obtained a nationwide preliminary injunction that requires the government to provide notice, an explanation, and a chance to respond before it can terminate any class member’s DACA grant.

In Medina Ramirez’s case, ICE doctored a document to make it look like he was in a gang, with his attorney calling it “one of the most serious examples of governmental misconduct that I have come across in my 40 years of practice”:

Ramirez, 25, came to the U.S. at age 10. He drew international attention when the government revoked his DACA status early last year and placed him in deportation proceedings, even though he has no criminal record and three times passed background checks to participate in the program.

During court proceedings last year, “the government’s attorney conceded that Jessica Colotl is in fact eligible for DACA,” the ACLU said at the time. “The government couldn’t provide an actual reason for why Jessica’s DACA was revoked.” Oh, there was a reason alright, but it had nothing to do with this young immigrant’s actions. It’s a racist, mass deportation administration that’s to blame here.

“This is the best birthday gift I could have ever hoped for,” Colotl said. “I am now safe at work and can fully get back to the life I had worked so hard to build here in Georgia with peace of mind. I hope the government finally sees that I just wish to have what everyone else has — stability and security that my home won’t be taken away from me.”