Rochester, who works as a tractor-trailer driver for UPS, voted for Trump in 2016. He said he liked Trump's law-and order message and that he didn't think his wife, a stay at home mother with no criminal records, would be treated like one of the bad immigrant he promised to remove. He and his wife became increasingly concerned when Trump declared that any undocumented immigrant could face deportation and the immigration agents became more aggressive. Gonzlez Carmona was already a border crosser nearly 20 years ago without any papers. Rochester claimed that she acted on bad advice from a lawyer and decided to go it alone to Mexico, believing that she could return to the United States quickly.A new lawyer was hired by Gonzlez Carmonas to help her return. He discovered an old record that she did not know about. It showed that she had been expelled from the border at the height of the massive migrant influx under President Clinton 18 years prior. She was prohibited from entering the United States under long-standing law for ten years.Five months after her death, 5-year-old Ashton was found to have cancer. After having his kidney removed, he was treated with radiation and chemotherapy for 10 months. Gonzlez Carmona found himself in Mrida in southeastern Mexico. Family photos of Ashton, boneless and attached to a tangle in tubes in a hospital room, show Rochester holding a tablet and his wife looking on from far.She applied to the Trump administration to obtain an emergency authorization, also known as a humanitarian parole to allow her to return to Ashton's care. An immigration official informed her by writing on August 31, 2018 that she was not eligible for an emergency permission, also known as a humanitarian parole.It is hard to believe that Ashton used ask me questions when he was ill, about why Rochester wasn't there.Ashtons cancer has not returned, and his father claims he now understands that Gonzlez Carmona made an error that prevented her from being with him. Father and son are U.S. citizens and can travel to Mexico to visit their daughter.Rochester claims he and his son deserve to be punished. He said that we were citizens and had to choose between our mother and our country.Rochester and his wife are currently preparing a request for humanitarian parole. These paroles allow foreigners to enter the country temporarily without requiring any immigration status. Federal officials have broad authority to grant them. Biden created a task force to reunite families separated at the southwest border by Trump's zero tolerance policy. It is is issuing paroles for parents to bring their children back to their homes. Officials from the Administration said that the task force will be used to test out a wider use of paroles in order to reunite more families of deported immigrants.Officials said that the process of organizing the review is taking a while because there are many federal agencies involved. There has not been a deadline to announce the results. However, the goal is clear. We are eager to bring back people who shouldn't have been removed, according to a senior immigration official who was not authorized to talk publicly about ongoing discussions.After Biden's promises to them last year, the highest priority for the administration has been veterans and military families. The Homeland Security spokeswoman Espinosa said that her agency is working to make naturalization easier for these families, which will allow them to obtain U.S citizenship. Officials estimate that at least 11,800 active duty service personnel have close relatives who are facing deportation. Hundreds of veterans have been expelled.Biden's promise was already fulfilled in one case. Alejandra Juarez was reunited with her family in Orlando, Fla. on May 8. Temo Juarez is her husband and an Iraq combat veteran. He and their two daughters are American citizens. Juarez benefited greatly from the years of advocacy by her congressman Rep. Darren Soto, a Democrat from Florida. Estela, her 11-year-old daughter, was a shining star at last year's Democratic National Convention.More than 80 organizations representing immigrants' rights urged Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security Secretary, to establish a central review office for veterans and other groups in a June 9 letter. Advocates compared their proposal to recent efforts to reverse and make amends for wrong convictions in criminal justice systems.Nayna Gupta is a lawyer at National Immigrant Justice Center, who is leading the push to deportation reviews. It's simply making the law do what was intended.Officials are also looking into paroles and reopening deportation proceedings in court to allow immigrants another chance. They also offer waivers to remove any obstacles that prevent immigrants from obtaining legal green card through their family members. Senior officials anticipate intense opposition from Republicans who have accused Biden of allowing in swarms criminals at the southwest frontier. They are also working to protect the review process which draws on established executive branch authorities against legal challenges.Mayorkas directed officials to examine the claims of immigrants who claimed they were being deported for their political activities. Mayorkas stated that retaliation for the constitutionally protected freedom of speech is unacceptable. He made this statement at a conference held at the University of California Los Angeles law school in April.Claudio Rojas, a native of Argentina, was deported in 2019 by Trump's immigration agents shortly after a Sundance Film Festival film that showed the bold resistance he had organized years before inside an immigration detention facility in south Florida. Rojas' return has been demanded by many filmmakers.Biden administration officials are being asked if they will offer return opportunities to those who were deported under Obama's vice-presidentship. Obama was criticized by activists as the deporter in chief.
