Concord woman with rare disease who faced deportation allowed to stay in U.S. permanently

Maria Isabel Bueso, 24, of Concord, Calif., reacts to the testimony of Jonathan Sanchez, 16, of Boston, who has cystic fibrosis, during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing into the Trump administration’s decision to stop considering requests from immigrants seeking to remain in the country for medical treatment and other hardships, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A Concord woman battling a rare and deadly disease will be permanently allowed to reside in the United States thanks to a bill signed into law Wednesday.

In 2003, Isabel Bueso came to the U.S. from Guatemala at the age of 8 to receive

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