Venezuelan mother and U.S. citizen daughter deported to Venezuela within hours
Jun 13, 2026·Location: Jacksonville, FL
Country of origin: Venezuela

Yoelí Altagracia Bracho Casanova, a 26-year-old Venezuelan, was arrested by ICE during an immigration appointment in Jacksonville on June 13 and detained alongside her 20-month-old U.S. citizen daughter, Rebeca Peña Bracho. Despite an approved I-130 family petition and legal documents prepared by her attorney—including a stay of removal request, a cancellation of removal application, and a permanent residency petition—ICE transferred both to a detention center in Texas and deported them to Venezuela within hours. Her husband, a Cuban-American U.S. citizen, stated that ICE refused to accept the legal documents when presented at the appointment, and transferred them out of state at approximately 2 a.m., preventing the attorney from filing additional documents the following day.
Sources
- ICE detains and deports a Venezuelan mother along with her Cuban-American baby, aged one year and eight months, in three days
en.cibercuba.com·Jun 15, 2026·archived copy
- Mother from Venezuela Deported with American-Born Baby by ICE in Just Three Days
cubaheadlines.com·Jun 15, 2026·archived copy
- elpitazo.net
- ICE deportó a madre venezolana con su bebé
elclarinweb.com·Jun 18, 2026·archived copy
- Madre venezolana y su hija cubanoamericana deportadas en tres días: Familia denuncia
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