Undocumented El Monte mother faces judge, sees sick daughter from detention center

Donald Trump’s cruel offensive against migrants has put under the spotlight the names of people like Yolanda Magalón Pérez. His arrest by ICE agents was recorded a few days ago and was filmed by neighbors of El Monte, a city in eastern Los Angeles. The arrest, together with his eldest son Jonathan, caused a domino effect that has broken the fragile balance with which thousands of Latino families live in the United States. Yolanda was the main pe…

Undocumented El Monte mother faces judge, sees sick daughter from detention center

For the first time since being taken into immigration custody on Feb. 24, 50-year-old Yolanda Perez saw a judge for her first immigration hearing and had an opportunity to see her sick daughter, who is battling cancer. “She means everything to me. She’s like my right hand,” said Xitlali Tejeda, her 20-year-old daughter who relied on her mom as her primary caretaker as she went through chemo treatments. “She cooks for me. She does everything for …

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By Zoe Bowman, Supervising Attorney at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and Maria Archuleta, Communications Director at ACLU-NM   Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories from inside the Otero County Processing Center, based on interviews conducted in the summer of 2024 by Colorado College students: Alex Reynolds, Sandra Torres, Karen Henriquez Fajardo, and Michelle Ortiz. We are grateful for their invaluable work on this p…

For the first time since she was arrested by immigration agents on February 24, Yolanda Pérez, 50, appeared before a judge for her first immigration hearing and had the opportunity to see her sick daughter, who is fighting cancer. “She means everything to me. It’s like my right hand,” said Xitlali Tejeda, her 20-year-old daughter who depended on her mother as her primary caregiver while going through chemotherapy treatments. “She cooks for me. S…

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