Green Card Holder Deported for Over Decade-Old Minor Crimes

José Luis O. with his wife and two stepdaughters in an undated photograph.
José Luis O. with his wife and two stepdaughters in an undated photograph. © Private
José Luis O. with his wife and two stepdaughters in Texas in an undated photograph.
José Luis O. with his wife and two stepdaughters in Texas in an undated photograph. © Private
José Luis O. with his wife and two stepdaughters in Texas in an undated photograph.
José Luis O. with his wife and two stepdaughters in Texas in an undated photograph. © Private
José Luis O. speaks with Human Rights Watch researchers at the Instituto Tamaulipeco in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
José Luis O. speaks with Human Rights Watch researchers at the Instituto Tamaulipeco in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. © 2017 Human Rights Watch

José Luis O. was deported from Texas to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico in 2017, separating him from his wife and two stepdaughters. Human Rights Watch researchers spoke with José Luis in Nuevo Laredo after his deportation. He shared three photographs of himself with his family taken before he was deported.