US EditionHer Husband Was Deported to Mexico. Unwilling to Remain Apart, She Left the US to Join Him.
Lázaro left her family in San Diego to reunite with her deported husband in Mexico, joining a group of about 25,000 immigrants who self-deported, data shows.
- Amid intensified enforcement, Margarito was arrested by federal immigration agents and deported, prompting Lázaro to leave San Diego, California, and join him in Mexico.
- The federal government launched Project Homecoming in May urging undocumented immigrants to return, while ProPublica and DHS data show about 25,000 departures via a mobile app and María Chávez said two clients self-deported after detention.
- She packed part of her life into three suitcases and two large bags the night after the arrest, and two days before she left, Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Logan Heights held a farewell for closure.
- Her children encouraged her to join Lázaro in Mexico, and she said last week she can adapt to living there while planning a future move to Tijuana for family visits.
- Lázaro said she was unaware of the federal process and remains hurt, while others said they left to preserve their dignity; similar efforts occurred under previous administrations.
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Her husband was deported to Mexico. Unwilling to remain apart, she left the US to join him.
As the vehicle approached the Tijuana border, Etelvina Lázaro’s son, sitting behind the wheel, asked her again if she was sure. “I’ve already made up my mind,” she recalled telling him in Spanish. “I’m leaving.” Lázaro, a 54-year-old grandmother, had lived with her family in San Diego for over 20 years. But after her husband, Margarito, was arrested by federal immigration agents in mid-July and then deported, she made the hard decision to leave …
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The Press-EnterpriseHer husband was deported to Mexico. Unwilling to remain apart, she left San Diego to join him.
As the vehicle approached the Tijuana border, Etelvina Lázaro’s son, sitting behind the wheel, asked her again if she was sure. “I’ve already made up my mind,” she recalled telling him in Spanish. “I’m leaving.” Lázaro, a 54-year-old grandmother, had lived with her family in San Diego for over 20 years. But after her husband, Margarito, was arrested by federal immigration agents in mid-July and then deported, she made the hard decision to leave …
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