A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) to the US, ruling that her deportation to Mexico last month was a “flagrant violation” of the legal protections afforded to immigrants who arrived in the country as children.
Judge Dena Coggins said in her Monday ruling the administration must return Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a Daca recipient, to the US within seven days. She was arrested on 18 February in Sacramento during her green-card appointment, and was deported to Mexico the next day.
“Less than 24 hours after the petitioner’s good-faith appearance to pursue lawful permanent resident status in this country”, Coggins wrote, “she was removed to a nation where she had not lived in over 27 years, pursuant to an order purportedly entered against her when she was 15 years old.”
Estrada Juarez said in a statement that she was “overwhelmed with relief and hope after learning about the court’s decision”.
She said: “Being separated from my daughter and my home has been incredibly painful. I followed the rules and trusted the process, and I just want to return to my family and rebuild my life. This decision gives me hope that I will be able to come home soon.”
Her daughter, Damaris Bello, said the “past weeks without my mom have been devastating. Nothing has felt the same without her. We are so grateful that the court recognized what was done to her was wrong.”
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