DENVER — For 16 years, Jorge Zaldivar Mendieta’s kids couldn’t relax.
Their dad was either away from them in Mexico and fighting to get back to them in Colorado, or they were together but didn’t know when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement might detain him.
His daughter Josefyna, 27, choked back tears as she recalled trying to figure out where she could hide her dad if ICE showed up. Twelve-year-old Francysco, with tears streaming down his face, talked about how sad and angry he was when his father was taken into custody during his last ICE check in.
