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On the night of June 3, 2017, as he was heading home from work at 2 a.m., Eden Prairie police stopped him because the license plate had a June expiration date. The car was in the name of Moises\u2019s wife, \u201cZoraida,\u201d whose driver\u2019s license was suspended \u2013 and they soon discovered that Moises\u2019s license was suspended too. Since 2003, undocumented immigrants have been barred from receiving drivers\u2019 licenses in Minnesota, and Moises and Zoraida were unable to get new, valid licenses.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tMoises said a judge released him after two days in Hennepin County jail \u2013 despite a previous arrest in 2013 for driving without a license \u2013 but immigration agents were waiting for him. 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The Border Patrol sent him back once, but he made it on a second try and settled into an American life, rising in restaurant work from dishwasher to prep-cook, cook, busser, and server. He and Zoraida met when she was working as a restaurant cashier. Their two boys and two girls range in age from 8 to 18, and Moises is most worried about the eldest, \u201cMark.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tMoises told Human Rights Watch at a migrant reception center in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, how Mark, at 18, passes the basket at the family\u2019s Baptist church, plays club soccer, doesn\u2019t drink or use drugs, and is an all-around \u201cgood kid.\u201d \u201cBut at that age they are exposed to all kinds of things, and they need their fathers,\u201d Moises said. Moises had just adjusted his schedule so that he could attend Mark\u2019s soccer games during the coming season when he was arrested. \u201cWhy can\u2019t I be with him?\u201d he asked, shaking his head.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tMoises remembers his own mother, who was a migrant worker, saying what she most regretted was not being able to sit down to a meal each day with her children, and Moises has dedicated himself to doing that. \u201cI\u2019m a homebody, and what we all like best is sitting down to dinner,\u201d he said. He and Zoraida are both good cooks, the kids pitch in with mealtime chores, and the TV is turned off. Zoraida or one of the children leads the prayer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tDuring his deportation, Moises asked a police officer why authorities targeted those who came to start a new life rather than concentrating on those selling drugs or fighting. The answer, Moises recalled: \u201cHell, you guys are easy to catch.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tZoraida, who used to work only two mornings a week, has, since Moises\u2019s arrest, taken a full-time job. \u201cShe can\u2019t even speak for crying\u201d during phone calls, said Moises.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tMoises thinks that moving the family to Mexico would be too hard on the kids, so he is contemplating going back. \u201cBut that could mean a year or two in jail,\u201d he said, for \u201ccrossing the border to see my family.\u201d He paused. \u201cThey will be with me one way or another, but I know it is going to take a little time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]