Petty said he was still trying to reopen Mr. Segovia-Benitez’s immigration case. Mr. If you really love veterans, why didn’t you pardon me?” The woman’s lawyer claims that President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy is to blame for her deportation, since she was previously considered “low priority” and had been checking in with immigration authorities every six months. An Iraq War Marine veteran will be deported to El Salvador Tuesday ― a country he has not seen since he was 3 years old, his stepsister said. That same year, she married Temo Juarez, an Iraq veteran and naturalized citizen. The wife of a Marine veteran was deported Friday after living in the United States for nearly 20 years, according to Reuters. The Juarez family consulted with lawyers but have never been able to get a hearing before an immigration judge or get a reprieve from that document.Alejandra Juarez, 38, center, passes through TSA screening 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.Juarez, 39, came to the United States at 18 in 1998, smuggled across the border with the help of a coyote. Her mother, Alejandra … “We are very hopeful we will be able to work with the Department of Homeland Security and with ICE to afford her an ability to stay.”Juarez’s eldest daughter will remain in the states to finish high school and save up money at a restaurant job so that she can visit family members in Mexico.
… It just sends a terrible message to our military that the very government they are defending will deport their spouses on the homefront.”For months, Juarez and her family have worked to exhaust every legal and political avenue to petition against her deportation. Temo Juarez said he would fly down with the girls and extra luggage next week.Lawmakers sent letters Thursday urging government officials to stay her removal, and there was confusion Thursday regarding her passport, which was apparently resolved by the time she boarded a plane Friday.Juarez is not an American citizen. Cuauhtemoc "Temo" Juarez is shown with his wife Alejandra and their daughters, now 8 and 16 years old. Cuauhtemoc “Temo” Juarez, also a former member of the Florida National Guard, entered the United States in 1998 and the two married in 2000. Cuauhtemoc “Temo” Juarez, also a former member of the Florida National Guard, entered the United States in 1998 and the two married in 2000. Jose Segovia Benitez, 38, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1999-2004 and was deployed to Iraq, was deported to El Salvador on Wednesday, according to … Juarez attempted to enter the U.S. illegally in 1998 but was deported, then successfully re-entered in 2000. If you really love veterans, why didn’t you pardon me?”Alejandra Juarez, 38, was joined by her family and her congressman, Darren Soto, at Orlando International Airport for tearful farewells before her flight back to Mexico.Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, was criticized by immigrant groups for deporting scores of non-citizen U.S. military veterans and for deporting immigrants whose only crime was re-entering the country after an earlier removal order.ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. government deported a Mexican woman on Friday who had lived in the country illegally for nearly two decades despite efforts by lawmakers to keep her in Florida with her husband, a Marine Corps veteran, and her two American children.Juarez has said her youngest daughter, who is nine years old, will come to live with her in Mexico because her husband frequently travels for his work running a flooring business.Reporting by Joey Roulette in Orlando; Writing by Jonathan Allen, Editing by Rosalba O'BrienUnder new guidelines issued by the Obama administration in 2014, however, Juarez was considered a low priority for removal, her lawyers said.Juarez sought to illegally enter the United States in 1998 and was ordered to be removed, precluding her future chances at getting a visa or becoming a citizen, according to Soto and media interviews Juarez has given.Her husband has told reporters that he voted for Trump in the 2016 election.Her lawyers said to reporters she was only now being deported because of U.S. Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy on illegal immigration.Trump, a Republican, broadened ICE’s focus within days of taking office in 2017, saying no immigrants should be considered exempt from law enforcement.ICE, which did not respond to questions on Friday, has said that Juarez’s re-entry after her removal is considered a felony.