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Mother deported to Guatemala despite pending asylum appeal, work permit

Sep 4, 2025·Location: Cato, NY

Country of origin: Guatemala

Mother deported to Guatemala despite pending asylum appeal, work permit

M., who prefers to use only her first initial, was forcibly separated from her two-year-old U.S.-citizen child during a raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners factory. Despite showing agents her work permit, Social Security documentation, and evidence of a pending asylum appeal, she was sent to a detention facility in Texas and then deported to Guatemala. She is now a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the ICE and CBP agents involved in the raid.

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