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Marie Gonzalez Update

By Sylvia Maria Gross

Kansas City, MO – The Department of Homeland Security has given a year-long extension to the Jefferson City teenager who was to be deported to Costa Rica on Tuesday. 19-year-old Marie Gonzalez's parents, however, must leave the country next week. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross reports.

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