Liyah Birru shot and injured her husband after what she says was months of physical abuse. Now she is being processed for deportation to Ethiopia.

The 35-year-old Ethiopian native, who came to the United States in 2014 as a legal resident, has been behind bars since shooting her husband in the back eight months after her arrival. After completing her four-year sentence in state prison, Birru was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prepped for deportation. '