A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyways
María de Jesús Estrada Juárez came to the US from Mexico in 1998 at 15 years old. Later, she was a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the policy meant to protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors from deportation. When Estrada Juárez applied for a family-based green card in 2025, she thought she was doing everything right.
Instead, she was detained at her green card interview in Sacramento, California, and deported to Mexico. Similar stories have played out across the country since President Donald Trump retook office. Last year, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser Stephen Miller and then Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem set a quota of 3,000 arrests per day, and Immigration and Customs Enforcementhas hired 12,000 new agents to supercharge the agency’s efforts.
But in practice, the emphasis on detaining...
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