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Back in Florida, deported military spouse takes on new mission
Jennifer Holton reports
TAMPA, Fla. - As cameras rolled inside Orlando International Airport three years ago, we saw the moment Alejandra Juarez was forced to return to Mexico. Today, we learned what was going through her mind. I wanted to die, she recalled through tears. I honestly thought that I wasn’t going to be able to make it.
Juarez was deported after living undocumented in the U.S. for 20 years. She came here illegally, fell in love with a Marine, and gave birth to American daughters.
But the American dream came to a screeching halt in 2013 when a traffic stop put her on ICE’s radar. In 2018, President Trump’s zero-tolerance policy forced her back to Mexico.