The partner and mother of the 7-year-old daughter of a man killed in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is now facing a deportation case, adding a new layer of hardship to a family already devastated by one of the deadliest infrastructure disasters in recent U.S. history.
Zoila Guerra Sandoval, 48, received this month a letter from Immigration Services saying that she is "presently in removal proceedings before an immigration judge or [has] an administratively final order of removal." This was after she had gone through the process to legalize her immigration status through the program "parole in place," which would give her permission to work and be in the U.S., which was recommended to the families of the people who had died during the collapse of the bridge in March of 2024.
