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They settled in Victoria, Texas, where David\u2019s two brothers and sister were born, and David never returned to Mexico\u2014until he was deported, at age 31, on June 22.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI don\u2019t even know how to buy something to eat here,\u201d he said, looking around the fluorescent-lit deportee reception center in Nuevo Laredo. \u201cI\u2019ve got to get back to my family,\u201d he said, shaking his head.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/33637\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/201710usp_thedeported_riogrande.jpg?itok=ecMKFGFj 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/201710usp_thedeported_riogrande.jpg?itok=n5Gs-LSg 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/201710usp_thedeported_riogrande.jpg?itok=n5Gs-LSg\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022638\u0022 alt=\u0022201710usp_TheDeported_RioGrande\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EThe bridge between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. \u00a9 2017 Human Rights Watch\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter high school, David worked in renovating houses. He and Melissa, a US citizen, began living together in 2008 (eventually getting married in 2012) and became a devoted step-dad to her two daughters\u20143 and 6 years old at the time. David became the family\u2019s sole financial provider, not only for Melissa and his step-daughters but for the two children\u2014a son and daughter\u2014who came next. As the family grew, they fell into a pleasant routine of church on Sundays, followed by visits to the park, or weekend trips to Corpus Christi.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EDavid and his mother were both working to get their residency\u2014he said his father is already a citizen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2005, David was pulled over while driving to a soccer game with some friends. He says he doesn\u2019t remember why. Police discovered that he was driving without a license, which led immigration authorities to get involved.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile being held for a couple of weeks at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Corpus Christi, he bonded with one of the guards, who was from Victoria, Texas, like him. The guard said he would release him if his family could get there in a couple hours. Unsure of what was happening, David agreed, signed whatever paper was put in front of him, and left with his parents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking back, he figures he must have signed an agreement to voluntarily depart the US. But he didn\u2019t leave.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EEverything was fine until one evening this summer when he was driving with Melissa and their children to look at a new home. Making a turn at the light, neither he nor Melissa noticed his emergency blinkers were on until he was pulled over by a Victoria police officer. Again, the officer discovered that he was driving without a license\u2014but this time, he learned that he was on immigration\u2019s radar, after they never received notification of his voluntary departure\u2014a departure that never occurred.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EDavid was sent straight to a private detention center in Houston, where he was held for three weeks. His family was able to visit him only once. His two-year-old daughter pushed on the glass that separated them and began to cry; she didn\u2019t understand why she couldn\u2019t touch her daddy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EMarooned in the border town of Nuevo Laredo now following his deportation, David is visibly afraid. \u201cI\u2019ve always known that I came from Mexico. But I have no memories of it, and they say it\u2019s dangerous.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EBack in Texas, Melissa is struggling to find a job and keep her family together. \u201cWe cry daily for him. It doesn\u2019t get easier with time.\u201d\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\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}]