Protesters rally to stop ICE officials from deporting Arizona woman who has lived in US for 21 years
- Protesters on Wednesday night blocked official vehicles attempting to leave a an immigration office in Phoenix.
- Earlier in the day a woman had been arrested and possibly ordered back to Mexico after more than two decades in the United States.
- Guadalupe García de Rayos, a 35-year-old mother of two American citizens, was taken into custody during a routine meeting with officials at the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, the New York Times reported.
- Rayos has been required to check in with ICE every year since 2008, when she was caught working under a fake Social Security number.
- The New York Times reported that the meetings were typically quick and routine, consisting of little more than “a brief review of her case and some questions.“
- But after she was arrested on Wednesday, authorities “began procedures” to send her back to Mexico, according to the New York Times. Read more
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