Celebrating Upcoming Josue Lopez High School Graduation on May 21 — instead, Deported to El Salvador

After coming to the U.S. as children, and living in the country for nine years, brothers Jose, 20, and Josue Lopez, 19, were detained during a routine immigration check-in and deported to El Salvador.  Read the Spanish version here.

As Documented reports, “Jose and Josue had lived in the U.S. for nine years after migrating from El Salvador in May of 2016 and complied with ICE check-ins since 2018, after their asylum claim was denied and they were given an order of deportation. Despite having no criminal records, their deportation reflects what immigration advocates say is a growing pattern nationwide of long-settled immigrants being taken into custody during scheduled ICE appointments.”

KJ