The job of Alfredo Orellana, a green card holder, was taking care of Luke Ferris, a 28-year-old American with severe autism. Over the course of four years, Orellana became more than a caregiver. He was also a friend for Ferris, keeping him company through the ups and downs. That was the case until recently, when Orellana was taken into a detention center in Texas, where he now is waiting to be deported.
Orellana's is one of the many cases of green card holders or legal migrants who have been detained by the Trump administration in their efforts to curb down immigration. Concretely, he faces deportation for trying to swindle a store out of $200 eight years ago when, his wife, he told The New York Times, he was struggling with substance abuse.
