Iraq war resister to find out today if she will be deported to U.S.

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Kimberly Rivera, the first female American Iraq war resister to come to Canada, poses for a photo in her Toronto home on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Canada Border Services Agency has ruled that an American soldier who has been living in Toronto because she didn\'t want to serve in Iraq must return to the U.S. The War Resisters Support Campaign says the agency has told Kimberly Rivera she must leave Canada by Sept. 20. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu

TORONTO – An American soldier who has been living in Canada with her family for the past five years will learn today if she will be deported to the U.S.

Kimberly Rivera, the first female U.S. war resister, fled to Canada in 2008 to avoid further military service.

She had initially arrived while on leave but then applied for refugee status.

The War Resisters Support Campaign says Rivera will face harsh penalties if she is ordered to return to the United States.

The group says two other Iraq war resisters who were deported, Robin Long and Clifford Cornell, faced year-long jail sentences upon their return.

Rivera lives in Toronto with her husband and four children.

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