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Andres found work with a roofer, but the job soon turned sour. Sometimes he wasn\u2019t paid in full \u2013 he was owed roughly $1,500 in total, he estimated \u2013 and ultimately he suffered physical blows from the boss.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tAfter three years, Andres couldn\u2019t take the bullying and cheating anymore, he said, and he walked off the job, which nearly led to homelessness. That\u2019s when he met \u201cRaymundo,\u201d who took him in, gave him a room in his own house and eventually work in Raymundo\u2019s store. \u201cRaymundo is like my father,\u201d he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tRaymundo continued to believe in Andres despite two brushes with the law. In 2005, after being pulled over for speeding, Andres served 10 days in jail and paid a $1,000 fine for possession of marijuana he says a friend left in the glove compartment of his truck. And in 2014, Andres was ticketed for drag racing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tAndres never married Anthony\u2019s mother, \u201cKaren,\u201d but he tried to create a stable home, not only for Anthony but for Karen and her six children from a previous relationship. The problem, for Andres, was that Karen kept returning to her former partner, he said. In September 2016, Andres came home from work to find Karen preparing to go out and they argued, he said, and both ended up calling the police. His goal was to keep Karen from taking Anthony to visit the ex\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Ewho he felt was a bad person. He was questioned by police and charged with interfering with a 911 call \u2013 a charge that was later dropped.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tThe day after his arrest, Andres paid his bail. But instead of releasing him, he was taken upstairs in the Harris County Jail to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE agents transferred him to the Houston immigration detention center, and on September 21, 2016, Andres entered the Rio Grande Detention Center, where he fought his case for nearly 10 months until he was deported on July 14.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tThroughout his ordeal, memories of Anthony have sustained Andres. \u201cAnthony loves playing in water,\u201d he said, with a smile. \u201cI used to give him a bath, and he would spend hours splashing and waving his hands around.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tAndres doesn\u2019t know how long it will take him to get back to Houston, but he is determined to see his son again.\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}]