Student activist says ICE targeted her family to silence her

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — A Miami-Dade College student on Tuesday accused immigration authorities of targeting her family for deportation because of her activism on behalf of illegal immigrant students.

Gaby Pacheco, 23, is a native of Ecuador and in the U.S. on a student visa. She has long spoken out in favor of immigration reform and the so-called “dream act,â€