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A transgender woman from Guatemala can stay in the United States because she could face persecution if sent home, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled.
Leon Santos-Zacaria, who now goes by Estrella, fled to the United States in her early teens after she was raped and received death threats due to her gender identity.
The ruling by justices means Santos-Zacaria will get another chance to argue that immigration officials were wrong to reject her bid to remain in the US.
SCOTUS held that the transgender woman could remain in the U.S. as she challenges the DOJ move to deport her to Guatemala
A US immigration judge had decided that her lawyers had failed to make a strong case that she would face sexual assault or even death if booted out.
The judge found
