'The system failed us ' says wife of man deported to Mexico after 30 years in US
Jorge Garcia
Undocumented immigrant Jorge Garcia and his family today spoke out on “The View” about his deportation to Mexico this week after living in the United States for 30 years.
Jorge Garcia  who joined “The View” today remotely from Mexico City  where he’s staying with an aunt  said he had a message for President Donald Trump: “We're supposed to only deport people that are criminals and that's not what's going on. They're only basically hurting the economy and separating families just like mine.”
But amid the Trump administration’s ramping up immigration arrests and deportations  ICE notified the family Nov. 20  2017  that  Jorge Garcia  had to leave.  He  was going to be detained at that point  but ICE allowed  him  to stay with  his  family through the holidays  giving  him  no later than Jan. 15 to leave for Mexico.
So  on Monday   Jorge Garcia  was removed pursuant to the judge's removal order  ICE said.
ICE said it wasn't aware of any criminal record for  Jorge Garcia .
“Thanksgiving was very sad. It was devastating because we knew that our nightmare was coming to life since 2005 ”  Cindy Garcia  said of the dread the family experienced knowing they would have to say goodbye. “We knew he may have to leave but never wanted to face that fact.”
Undocumented immigrant Jorge Garcia and his family today spoke out on “The View” about his deportation to Mexico this week after living in the United States for 30 years.
[TGT]who joined “The View” today remotely from Mexico City  where he’s staying with an aunt  said he had a message for President Donald Trump: “We're supposed to only deport people that are criminals and that's not what's going on. They're only basically hurting the economy and separating families just like mine.”
But amid the Trump administration’s ramping up immigration arrests and deportations  ICE notified the family Nov. 20  2017  that  [TGT]had to leave.  [TGT]  was going to be detained at that point  but ICE allowed  [TGT]  to stay with  [TGT]  family through the holidays  giving  [TGT]  no later than Jan. 15 to leave for Mexico.
So  on Monday   [TGT]was removed pursuant to the judge's removal order  ICE said.
ICE said it wasn't aware of any criminal record for [TGT] .
“Thanksgiving was very sad. It was devastating because we knew that our nightmare was coming to life since 2005 ”  [TGT]said of the dread the family experienced knowing they would have to say goodbye. “We knew he may have to leave but never wanted to face that fact.”