US EditionFather Fears for Safety of Son Missing with Ex-Oregon Politician Who Apparently Fled Country
Hector Alessandro Negrete left the U.S. fearing deportation despite years of immigrant advocacy, starting a new life in Guadalajara with $10,000 in savings and a nonprofit job.
- Last month, Hector Alessandro Negrete, an undocumented immigrant and activist, left Los Angeles, California, with three suitcases and his dachshund mix, Lorca, to settle in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Growing enforcement measures and the rollback of DACA eroded protections he once counted on, while intensified Immigration and Customs Enforcement patrols during Donald Trump, President's second term heightened his fear.
- Planning carefully, Negrete obtained three Mexican identification documents and registered Lorca, emotional support animal, while friends urged him, "I just kept telling him, 'That's not going to happen to you,'" Mariscal said.
- Securing a role that let him live anywhere, Hector Alessandro Negrete began as executive director of Old School Hub in June, booked a two-week Airbnb near the baseball stadium, and received prayers from friend Angel Martinez.
- His advocacy resume includes senior roles at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, and he moved with $10,000 in savings.
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