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It pains me to do this, but I am left with no choice.
It marks almost one month since my mom has been detained and held at the Eloy Detention Center.
In 2005, my mom fled to the US to escape her abusive marriage to my estranged father. That same year we were born, and my brother was diagnosed with speech delay, intellectual delay, autism, and pulmonary stenosis—a narrowing of the heart’s valve. Because of this, the U.S. government granted my mom a work authorization permit that would need yearly renewals.
I can’t begin to describe how grateful I am for the countless sacrifices she has made to provide us a better future in this country.
Thanks to her, I am pursuing a law enforcement career and my brother is provided therapy and behavioral as well as medical services that would have been impossible to obtain in Mexico.
My mom has been held at the detention center for about three weeks now.
I paid half of the $12,000 the lawyers needed upfront to start handling her case, thanks to the kind donations I received.
Today was my mom’s immigration court hearing in the detention center and they told her that I would need to pay the application fee or else they would delay her case or—most likely—dismiss her case (which would lead to deportation).
The lawyer contacted me today and said that I would need the $1,600 for the application fee in less than two weeks or they could delay/dismiss her case.
I barely have enough to keep my brother and me afloat while my mom is detained. If I pay the $1,600 out of pocket, I won’t have any money for rent or the bills due this month; much less for groceries.
And I’m still saving up money to become my brother’s legal guardian so the state does not take him away.
I understand other people need your help more than I❤️
My mom and my brother are all I have. If she gets deported, my brother loses his services and I give up my education and my career to start from zero in a different country.
Thank you again