A mother’s happy day: military spouse deported by Trump returns to family Richard Luscombe in Miami
Three years ago Alejandra Juarez fell victim to Donald Trump’s cruelty as the wife of a decorated US Marine Corps veteran and mother of two young US citizen daughters was deported to Mexico under the former president’s zero-tolerance immigration policies.
On Saturday Juarez will rejoin her family in Florida as one of the first beneficiaries of a humanitarian program set up by Joe Biden’s administration to reunify parents Trump separated from their children.
But while Juarez’s Mother’s Day weekend reunion with daughters Pamela, 19, Estela, 11, and husband Temo will close a lengthy, painful journey of isolation and depression, she sees it as a door opening for other families torn apart by deportation.
Florida mother deported in 2018 reunited with family just in time for Mother s Day
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Deported mom reunites with family in time for Mother s Day
FOX 35 was there for the emotional reunion Alejandra Juarez had with her two daughters and husband on Saturday.
ORLANDO, Fla. - It was three years ago that Central Florida mother Alejandra Juarez was deported to Mexico. On Saturday, she was reunited with her family after being granted Humanitarian Parole.
FOX 35 was there for the emotional reunion Juarez had with her two daughters and husband. Alejandra’s unjust deportation under the previous administration’s zero-tolerance policy shook our Central Florida community to the core, but we never stopped fighting for her return, Congressman Darren Soto said in a statement. Now, under the Biden Administration, she was granted humanitarian parole and will have the opportunity to be present in Estela and Pamela’s lives. However, our fight is not over u
You remember her dramatic departure, Alejandra Juarez and her children crying at the Orlando International Airport the day she was deported and forced to fly back to Mexico.
Juarez’s plight gained attention largely because she is the wife of a retired Marine, Cuauthemos “Temo” Juarez. She left behind her husband and her daughters all American citizens when she boarded a plane at Orlando International Airport on Aug. 3, 2018, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ordered her to leave.
Juarez had been living without permission in the country since illegally crossing the border from Mexico in 1998, shortly after turning 18.
Humanitarian parole allows entry to the country “due to an emergency” for someone who is otherwise not allowed admission. U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Kissimmee, who championed Juarez’s cause and accompanied her to the airport before her flight to Mexico, said the order is open-ended.
Biden to Review Deportations of Veterans, Military Family Members that Occurred Under Trump
Alejandra Juarez,38, left, says goodbye to her children, Pamela and Estela at the Orlando International Airport on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Juarez, the wife of a former Marine is preparing to self-deport to Mexico in a move that would split up their family. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
9 Feb 2021 Special to McClatchy Washington Bureau | By Tara Copp
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will review the deportations of veterans and military family members that occurred under the stricter immigration enforcement policies of former President Donald Trump, a White House official told McClatchy.