The five-year-old father was detained by Bing on his way to work. His family is losing their home now
Jose Luis stopped to pump his air while his family’s life changed.
Agent Ice is everywhere, demanding to know his immigration status. The five-year-old father came to the United States from Mexico in 2010 at the age of 19 and was quickly handcuffed and taken away.
Now, he is facing deportation and permanent separation from his wife and children – the only income of the family has disappeared.
“His little girl asks every day, ‘Where is Dad? When will he go home?” His wife Rosa independent. “I have to tell them he is working.”
“I’m really stressed right now, like really stressed. I don’t know what’s next,” she said.
Jose Luis is one of about 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of whom live, work, pay taxes and support their families for many years – Who is the person who promised the Donald Trump administration that it will become the largest “massive deportation operation” in U.S. history.
There are almost all agents in the United States’ immigration and customs enforcement double Their daily arrest rates have been part of the crackdown since Trump took office, and the widely announced military flights in the White House have been deported. The Trump administration is now using Guantanamo Bay to accommodate some detainees.
Deportation drives create an atmosphere of fear among immigrant communities across the United States. Restaurants are attacked by ice groups every day, traffic stops are turning into family separation, and some parents are worried about sending their children to school for fear of possible detention.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Kristi Noem joined the Federal Army in an immigration raid in New York City. (@sec_noem via Reuters)
Official data on how many deportations have been conducted since the Trump administration has not released yet Five dayswhich marks President Joe Biden’s average daily average of 311 people in the 12 months of September. Sometimes, it reports up to 1,000 arrests. This figure is at the previous highs managed by Barack Obama, average 636 Daily arrest 2013.
The time period for those arrested by Ice ranges from days to months. ICE announced this week that it will release certain detainees as its possession facilities are filled Exceeding capabilities.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that her country has received nearly 11,000 deported immigrants, including about 2,500 non-Mexicans since Trump took office.
Jose Luis’s family is one of thousands who have been in crisis due to arrest. As the only breadwinner they depended on money from a small pipeline business he started.
“A lot of it went in my mind when I found out,” Rosa said. “All payments for the house, kids.”
Since Jose Luis was detained on January 26, Rosa has had to sell items to stay alive. She sold two business-owned pickup trucks and was forced to leave the mobile home because she couldn’t afford the payment and they moved with her parents.
Jose Luis and his two daughters. (Petitive/Independent)
“It’s shocking. We’ve been here for a long time and it’s never happened. So I’m just speechless,” she told independent.
Rosa met Jose Luis on a track in Texas in 2018, both of them resided and quickly fell in love. She has two children from previous relationships, and they have three more children to form a large family.
Their sons, 11 and 2 years old, and their three daughters, 9, 5 and 4 years old, were born in the United States and lived happily in a small town in Texas before they were arrested. Now that their family has collapsed, she doesn’t know when or if she will be reunited.
She has only been talking to Jose Luis a few times since her arrest and has been desperately trying to raise funds for a legal defense. But she is worried about the future.
“In the interview, they said he had no deposit or went to see the judge’s choice, so he would be deported,” she said.
She said the ice raid had a huge impact on their town even before her husband was arrested.
“There are a lot of people here who are worried about their lives. The streets are really lonely. The shops are lonely. I mean, it’s a big change,” she said.
“Someone has returned to their country because they are afraid of what’s next. My friend is moving to school, moving to Mexico.”
When she tried to raise funds to fight Jose Luis’ deportation, Rosa said she couldn’t imagine leaving her phone home since she was four.
“To be honest, I’m that person I’m a Texas girl, I won’t move from Texas. But as all this progresses, I’m speechless.
“I didn’t expect it. All I saw in the news is Texas targeting all Hispanics, all immigrants, and it’s really sad for us,” she said.
