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Attorney: Crime Victims and Gonzalez

attorney: Domestic abuse victim advocates criticized the arrest, saying it would dissuade other crime victims from reporting their abusers for fear of being deported, according to Metro News. Her attorney has said Gonzalez is afraid and traumatized. She had just obtained a protective order against her alleged abuser when agents took her into custody. Federal authorities say Gonzalez has deported several times and has a criminal record. She was most recently deported to Mexico on Jan. 23. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.