Immigrants Who Took Part in Deportation Protest Win 1st Step in US Asylum Bid Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press
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Demonstrators protest the deportation of undocumented immigrants on July 24, 2013 in New York City. (John Moore/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department took the highly unusual step of tentatively approved asylum requests for nine Mexican immigrants, including some who were living in the United States illegally but left and attempted to re-enter as part of a protest against U.S. deportation policies.

The preliminary approval is unusual because it is rare for the U.S. government to grant asylum to Mexican citizens.

The immigrants were trying to call attention to hundreds of thousands who have been deported during President Barack Obama's administration. They had cited a credible fear of persecution should they return to Mexico.

An immigration judge will have the final say whether they can remain permanently in the United States, but such a ruling could take years.

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