The Needle: Virginia Family Plans to Self-Deport Following Mother’s Arrest, and Foreign Med Students Can’t Get Into the U.S.

The Needle: Virginia Family Plans to Self-Deport Following Mother’s Arrest, and Foreign Med Students Can’t Get Into the U.S.

Self-deporting: A family in Manassas is leaving the U.S. after the mother was detained by ICE agents. Claudia Alvarenga España was detained when she appeared for a check-in with ICE; she was deported to Guatemala and then returned to the U.S. for an immigration hearing and remains in detention. But her husband now says they’ve decided to leave the states, where they have lived for 15 years (she applied for asylum in March). Minus one point becau…