SA woman wins US deportation battle

A United States federal appeals court has ruled that a woman ordered to be deported to South Africa after her husband had been killed in a car crash, has the right to apply to live in the US. Carla Freeman, a dual citizen of South Africa and Italy, could now keep her status as a spouse and could apply for the right to stay. According to Associated Press Carla was working temporarily in the US when she married Robert Freeman in 2001. She filed papers to become a lawful permanent non-citizen resident. But after her husband’s death, it was ruled that she no longer qualified for the new status because she had not been married the required two years.