http://www.nysun.com/article/23326

Arrested for an Assault, Woman May End Up Facing Deportation

By DANIELA GERSON - Staff Reporter of the Sun
November 21, 2005

While Ricardo learned to change diapers this fall, the mother of his two young children, Yancy Zamora, was stuck on Rikers Island. An illegal immigrant, she is now detained at a New Jersey jail, awaiting deportation to her native Costa Rica.

In August, Ms. Zamora punched a neighbor, who called 911 but said she never thought the call would lead to a deportation. "I did not want to press charges because I am a mother, and beyond that, I have my principles," the neighbor said in Spanish.