Cindy Garcia said Wednesday that each case for illegal immigrant needs to be looked at separately after her husband, Jorge, was deported this week.
“We knew maybe one day this was going to happen, but it has happened, and it’s horrible,” Mrs. Garcia said on CNN.
“They need a pathway to citizenship. I also believe that they need to look at each individual case separately. Not as a group,” she explained.
Mr. Garcia was deported Monday after living in the U.S. for 30 years. He was brought into the country from Mexico as a child by a family member.
“I understand that we have to protect our borders from terrorists. But my husband is not a terrorist,” Mrs. Garcia said.
She added that no one has reached out to help her family yet, but the Detroit Free Press reported that the family has been trying to figure out a legal path to stay in the U.S. since 2005.
He was accompanied by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Monday at the Detroit Metro Airport where he boarded his flight to Mexico City where he remains.
• Sally Persons can be reached at spersons@washingtontimes.com.
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