South Los Angeles' mother deceived herself in the case of an ice raid, family said
According to her family, a South Los Angeles mother was deported after living in the U.S. for 36 years last week in amid raids and forced deportation by federal immigration agents.
The woman's daughter, Julia Ear, recorded the entire experience and posted a video on tiktok. The family drove from Los Angeles to Tijuana on June 7, when protesters were riding on the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and ongoing attacks on immigration and customs enforcement.
Al told CBS News that her mother Regina Higuera, 51, chose to deceive herself after seeing the increase in immigration attacks and decided not to go against her will.
“She made the decision out of fear,” Al said.
While fear is the driving force for some, the Trump administration has also provided undocumented immigration if they voluntarily return to their homeland. Any use Customs and Border Protection Home Mobile Apps To inform the government, they plan to return home, they will receive a payment of $1,000 after the government confirms the return, the department said. It is not clear how many people have taken advantage of the program.
Higuera's family took her to the airport in Tijuana, where she flew to Mexico City and drove five hours to Guerrero State where she planned to retire.
“With my mom's complex legal status, she decided to do so with her own opinions,” Al said in the Tiktok video. “She has no criminal record and is a hardworking taxpayer who has been working for 12 hours since 15 hours of six days of the week.”
Hear said in the video that Higuera first moved to the United States at the age of 15 and had not seen her mother in 22 years. She left three grandchildren in the United States with her children, and her husband intends to join Mexico within a few months.
“She asked me not to cry, to give her peace, to take care of herself, and not to trust all these new friends I met,” Al said in the video.
As of early June, about 51,000 undocumented immigrants were detained in Ice, the highest number since September 2019.
