. >> reporter: in the coming months, rodriguez vega faces deportation back to mexico.june, she was arrested in hagerstown for driving without a license. her family thought a new pilot program, approved by the obama administration would keep rodriguez-vega in maryland. the policy temporarily freezes deportation for illegal immigrants who have no criminal records. >> if this had taken place effectively, this case should have been closed. >> reporter: elizabeth alex organized the rally. she's with casa demaryland. a civil rights group. she says rodriguez-vega has no other family in mexico. >> she has really, really -- it's our group. she's gotten very involved with the catholic church there. that's why these folks are here. because they saw her every sunday. >> reporter: rodriguez-vega's son says his family pleaded with immigration officials. >> sometimes i feel bad, and sometimes i feel angry because i don't think it's fair that someone of that age is in jail right now. >> but rodriguez-vega is still under arrest. wjz contacted immigration officials. they would not comme

she says rodriguez vega has no other family in mexico. >> she has really no one. >> reporter: rodriguez vega's son says his family pleaded with immigration officials. >> sometimes i feel bad. and sometimes i feel angry, because i don't think it's fair that someone of that age is in jail right now. >> wjz contacted immigration officials. they won't say when rodriguez vega will be deported. >>> an inner harbor landmark carousel has been an attraction for 31 years but it could be closed by the end of next month. the city says the owner hasn't been paying rent. he tells wjz he's planning to fight the eviction order. >>> trouble for jack young. he may have violated city ethics laws by going to last week's ravens game. young watched the game from ray lewis's private skybox. city lawmakers are not allowed to accept tickets to sporting events from people who do business with the city. young promises to pay. >>> if you want to watch the ravens play this weekend, you u have less than an hour left to win play-off tickets. wjz is your home for complete coverage. jessica kartalija reports on the col

they would not specifically comment on rodriguez-vega's case.ut they did confirm that the grandmother of four has a criminal record. mary, back to you. >> okay, gigi. thank you. >>> immigration officials would not say when she would be deported. >>> well, we saw a little earlier, a beautiful sunset this evening. >> you could see the blue ridge mountains here. beautiful, clear as a bell out there this afternoon and this evening. 36 degrees. that's about 20 degrees colder than last night. humidity way down. northwest winds are finally, finally throw sloing down. at -- slowing down. >> barometer on the way back up. we'll have a look at that thursday forecast after this. >>> and wjz wants to see your purple pride. here are some of your favorite purple-and-black photos. to see the complete slide show, go to wjz.com. go to wjz.com. blan ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3q i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics

tell you the folks at the immigration department point out last september, the woman, josefina rodriguez-vega was given until this month to leave the country voluntarily. they charge she removed and made her alternatives a detention ankle bracelet, became a fugitive. that's why she's being deported. >>> meanwhile nobody happy about the propose tax hikes in maryland. shirley writes get him out of there. maybe we should become west maryland and be a new state but ben says how about an old state. residents of the people's republic of maryland there is a place just a short distance away where unemployment is low, taxes are low and government respects your freedom. it's called virginia. i'd suggest the other alternatives known as delaware, west virginia and p.a. i suggest your send us your mail here to mailbag at wusa9.com. that's our broadcast. i'll see you a little later tonight at 11:00. bye bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> the real-life hollywood murder mystery. new clues to the crime near brad and angelina's home. >> a severe

these protesters are fighting for the release of josefina rodriguez-vega, the 59-year-old grandmother of four first arrested last june for driving without a license. last week she was taken to an immigration detention facility in ocean city. >> she is a grandma. she does have u.s. citizen family and a significant deep tie to her community. reporter: what some say is this directly contradicts the new policy of homeland security that supports deporting criminals, not 59-year-old grandmothers. >> we have limited resources and we want to focus those on deporting serious criminals of. reporter: criminal or not, the fact is josefina has been living here illegally the last six years. still her family is asking i.c.e. to reconsider. in baltimore kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> so far i.c.e. has declined our requests for a comment. a spokeswoman said i.c.e. will issue a statement shortly about josefina's case. that was a few hours ago. we get, it we will pass it along. >>> tonight police are looking for two men who are not only robbing the elderly, but using young children as pages while carryi

grandmother of father who was first arrested last june for driving without a license, josefina rodriguez-vega. last week she was taken to an immigration detention facility in ocean city. >> she is a grandma and has significantly deem ties to her community. reporter: elizabeth gila with a casa day maryland says this directly contradicts a policy with homeland security that talks about deporting criminals, not 59-year-old grandmothers. >> we want to focus our limited resources on deporting serious criminals of. reporter: the fact is josefina has been living here illegally for the last six years. still her family is asking i.c.e. to reconsider. in baltimore kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> so far i.c.e. declinedded our requests for comment, but a -- declined our requests for comment, but a spokeswoman says they'll issue a statement shortly about the case. >>> 9 news now learned a metropolitan police sergeant was arrested early this morning for allegedly assaulting a bartender. jorell washington faces charges tonight and that alleged incident happened at bear in martin luther king -- a bar on marti