Albanian teen can finish high school before being sent back

Tirana, April 10 – US media reported of a decision of the officials in the United States to let an Albanian girl to finish high school before being sent back.
Federal immigration officials have agreed to delay for six weeks the deportation of a Sterling Heights woman and her 18-year-old daughter to Albania. Detroit attorney William Swor said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreed to delay the deportation until June 15 to allow Ola Kaso to graduate from Cousino High School in Warren. After that, Kaso and her mother, Violeta Kaso, 53, who owns a doughnut shop and bakery in Center Line, must be ready to leave.
Swor filed a federal lawsuit last Thursday, saying immigration officials took the Kasos into custody March 28 and handcuffed them without warning during what they thought was a routine visit to immigration office in Detroit to prepare for their eventual removal.
U.S. District Judge David Lawson halted the deportation until a hearing April 14. Swor said today’s agreement means the hearing won’t be held and he will dismiss his suit.
The Kasos, citizens of Albania, came to the U.S. legally in 1998, when Ola was 4, and applied for asylum. Violeta Kaso was allowed to work while the request was processed.
The family eventually lost their asylum request, partly because their original immigration lawyer failed an appeal brief. They’ve battled unsuccessfully through the courts since then.