When Iván Porras agreed to be transferred from a migrant detention center in Las Vegas to one in Otero, New Mexico, he thought it would be an opportunity to continue his trial near his little daughter. Today, a year after his deportation, he understands that the transfer was a tactic of the Donald Trump administration to evade the legal protections that kept him in the country.
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When Iván Porras agreed to be transferred from a migrant detention center in Las Vegas to one in Otero, New Mexico, he thought it would be an opportunity to continue his trial near his little daughter. Today, a year after his deportation, he understands that the transfer was a tactic of the Donald Trump administration to evade the legal protections that kept him in the country.