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Héctor Ríos Morales

California Mother Returns Home Weeks After Deportation Despite DACA Protections

Damaris Bello, left, embraces her mother, Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, after Estrada Juarez exits the San Ysidro pedestrian crossing on Monday, March 30, 2026. (Credit: Hector Amezcua/Via The Sacramento Bee)

After being deported without even being able to say goodbye to her daughter, a California woman is back home several weeks after immigration authorities arrested her and sent her to Mexico over a decades-old removal order.

Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez, a Mexican national who had been living in the United States for 27 years, was arrested earlier this year when she showed up for an immigration hearing. As reported by The Associated Press, she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Feb. 18 and deported to Mexico the following day.

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