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A pregnant woman who was to be deported for illegally entering the U.S. has fled to an Atlanta-area Catholic mission, where she is seeking sanctuary with her two young children.

Claudia Mariela Jurado from El Salvador recently cut off the electronic monitoring bracelet that immigration authorities had attached to her ankle. She absconded after she was asked to report to them Friday for her removal.

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