Jessica Colotl might be the most talked about illegal immigrant in Georgia.

Now the Kennesaw State graduate knows she will not face deportation after the President said he would not deport an illegal immigrant under the age of 30 if they were brought to this country by their parents.

“Immigration reform, that’s essentially what this country desperately needs,” she told Channel 2 Action News.

Colotl became the poster child in Georgia for young illegal immigrants when she was stopped in 2010 for traffic violation. It was learned then that she was an illegal alien, brought to this country by her parents when she was 11.

 “I think my case is part of what I can call a domino effect. We were seeing many cases like mine,” Colotl said.

The President said Friday that the federal government will use "prosecutorial discretion" to allow younger illegal immigrants to stay in the country and gain work permits.

 “She can now rest comfortably knowing that she is here, that she won’t have to face that impeding removal each year,” said Colotl's immigration attorney Danielle Conley.

The president says it "makes no sense to expel talented young people" who are essentially Americans. He says he was taking the action in the absence of action by Congress "to fix our broken system."

Obama's election-year initiative should help him among Hispanic voters. It will begin granting young immigrants work permits, affecting as many as 800,000 young people who have lived in fear of deportation.

The policy is restricted to people ages 16-30 that have been in the U.S. for at least five years before Friday's announcement. The illegal immigrants must also either still be in school, have graduated high school, obtained a G.E.D, or is an honorably discharged veteran. The person must also have not been convicted of a significant crime.

Colotl graduated last year and is working to become an immigration attorney.