This can’t be what we stand for as a country and it is something as a representative of a proud immigrant community that I will always fight against. ✊
And here’s the thing: when Trump talks about mass deportations, this is what he means. Taking people in the middle of the night who have a RIGHT to be here and trying to remove them to foreign countries.
Our dedicated caseworkers have worked nonstop with this woman’s family, her attorney, ICE, and Mexican officials to prevent her illegal deportation. And we’ll continue until her rights are upheld.
When she courageously pleaded her case, the Mexican government rightly told ICE that they would not accept her. Now, she’s back in Texas, and her family and loved ones are concerned for her wellbeing.
In the middle of the night, she was loaded on a bus in TX and driven across the border to MEXICO - a country she has no ties to. She alleges that ICE officials threatened her with violence if she did not sign a voluntary departure form.
This constituent, a victim of unspeakable torture and abuse in Colombia, had been granted legal protections under the Convention Against Torture, meaning that she couldn’t be sent back to her home country.
Last night, ICE attempted to deport a constituent who had been granted legal protections against removal. This is an egregious and illegal overstep by ICE. Here’s what happened, and why it matters 🧵