California man in the United States for 35 years was detained by ICE on school

A man in California was on his way to capture his children to take them to school in Manta, about 70 miles east of San Francisco, when he stopped two unique cars.

What was revealed after that was the moment of disbelief and fear that destroyed the family and left them looking for answers.

Juan Alejandro Monoz, 38, was detained by immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) on February 19. His wife, Syrian Ibara, 36, told, Newsweek It was destroyed after his arrest.

“I have been troubled since it happened. I overcame waves of sadness and crying randomly throughout the day. We hear that the families who were tearing in the news often, but you never imagined it will happen to us,” she said.

Newsweek I called the ice via email to comment.

President Donald Trump has pledged to have large -scale deportations as his administration is looking to remove millions of illegal immigrants. The White House said that anyone who lives in the country illegally is considered a “criminal.”

Monoz, who lived in the United States for more than three decades, is now being held in a detention facility in Arizona while fighting his family home and preventing his deportation.

He was on his way to capture his children when he ice agents stopped him. Despite the recent separation, Ebara said that Monoz has made a point to approach the family home to stay actively involved in children’s daily lives. She remembers: “He called me on his way, when I heard the officers who ask him and ask him to get out of the car, saying they had an ice note to arrest him.”

During the arrest, Monoz, who was confused and worried, asked to see the arrest order, especially since the ice agents were initially invited by another name. Ibara said that the officers refused to show any documents and instead they removed it by force from the car.

For fear of his safety, Ibara rushed to the scene with their children.

She said: “The hands were caught and I have been done by ice agents. I also asked the agent to prove the existence of an ice note, and he told me that he does not have to show me. When I asked where they took it, you will know that there is something that invites you.”

What followed that was a desperate research to follow.

“I started communicating with the lawyers who asked me to move quickly to locate it, because the first 24 hours are the most important,” Ebara said.

I started contacting local prisons to no avail until I found a local detention center that I believed was in it. The phone number related to this center does not work, so I traveled and found that it was held there. “

Monoz was finally transferred to the Iloy detention center in Arizona. Originally from Mexico, he came to the United States at the age of three in 1990, which his mother brought, who was seeking medical assistance for her sick daughter. He lived in the United States for more than three decades and has no legal status.

Monoz, a barber and a father of four children, two of whom have autism.

The influence on their children was emotionally sad.

“His younger child are the most affected, because they do not understand the reason for being in” prison “, as they call it. My children pray to release him daily and are constantly asking when their father will return to the house because they miss him a lot.”

They often ask their mother to transfer them to their father’s favorite restaurants and watch his favorite films.

“It is their way of restoring memories with him. He was very present and participated in separation. Our children are struggling to understand or accept the loss of their father.”

Recently, after a long legal battle and countless prayer, the family has given a bond session – an opportunity for Monoz to return home and fight his case from California. Despite her gratitude for the opportunity, the family is now unexpectedly facing a struggle to cover it.

With a date for hearing on June 10, the family’s focus on collecting the necessary support to bring Monoz to the home and prevent a permanent separation.

“All we can imagine is the worst. We were afraid that it would be deported, and all that he did and achieved would be thrown.”