After living in the US for 35 years and raising 3 citizens, these parents got deported to Colombia. Their kids want them back

Parental Deportation Impacts the Mental Well-being of U.S. Citizen Children - Legal Reader

While the focus remains on the policy surrounding immigration, we often overlook the most vulnerable victims: the U.S. citizen children of deported parents.

Deported OC couple with no criminal record transported 'like animals,' daughter says

Stephanie Gonzalez says she and her family have endured "heartbreak" since the deportation of her parents, 55-year-old Gladys and 59-year-old Nelson Gonzalez.

Daughter of couple deported with no criminal record says they were transported 'like animals'

Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stephanie Gonzalez says she and her family have endured “heartbreak” since the deportation of her parents, 55-year-old Gladys and 59-year-old Nelson Gonzalez. “They really did not deserve to be treated as criminals,” Stephanie Gonzalez, 27, told ABC News on Wednesday, describing how she and her sisters, 23-year-old Gabriella and 33-year-old Jessica, have been “devastated” as their …

Orange County couple deported after 35 years in the U.S. with no criminal records

A California couple from Laguna Niguel was deported after being detained during a routine check-in. They had no criminal records.

A Colombian Couple Lived In The U.S. For 35 Years; They Were Deported After a Regular Check-In With Immigration Officials

"They were put into handcuffs by their wrists and ankles and treated as criminals before getting to these detention centers," one of their daughters told media members.

Gladys and Nelson González arrived in the country in 1989 escaping the violence in Bogotá and, since then, sought to regularize their immigration status