They paid their taxes. And they
were in this country for 23 years. I saw them the week before the
mother and father were deported last month, sobbing in their living
room. My office has worked on their case for years, and their
deportation was truly heartbreaking. I will never forget having to call
Maria and tell her that I had spoken to the Acting
Secretary of Homeland Security, begging her not to deport this family,
and that she would be deported and separated from her children the next
day. It was one of the most painful calls I have ever had to make. These heartbreaking photos of the Sanchez family were taken by the
San Francisco Chronicle and Bay Area News Group before Maria and
Eusebio were forced to leave. This is Maria--20 years a nurse at
Highland Hospital. This is Vianney, and this is the second oldest
child. The oldest child is DACA, and it has now fallen to her to
support her two sisters, maintain the house, work, and hopefully start
her career. Her mother, her father, and her American citizen youngest
brother are in Mexico. I think these heartbreaking photos tell a story. Vianney now is facing the uncertainty that she, too, could lose
protection and be deported. Then what would happen to her sisters? Every day we fail to act means one more day that Vianney, Melin, and
Elizabeth are forced to live with this enormous cloud hanging over
their heads.
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