Husband gets deported to Honduras after appearing at immigration office in Miami

The path to becoming a U S citizen often takes years of waiting and several appointments at immigration offices But specific South Florida immigrants are afraid those appointments are setting them up to be taken from their families Heather Walker has this Investigates Jessica Aguilar and her husband Josue have been together for five years They have been trying to legalize his status but it hasn t been easy Jessica Rodriguez-Aguilar Why is it that we re getting punished for trying to do the right thing for trying to legalize in this country Jessica mentioned Josue came to South Florida from Honduras by himself years ago when he was He applied for asylum status but was denied because of insufficient evidence Jessica Rodriguez-Aguilar So during the time that his event was kind of ongoing he got a temporary work permit and a social safety number He appealed the decision and while he waited he attended high school and got a job A deportation order was issued after he graduated in It was never enforced until now Josue Aguilar I m just a little bit scared because I don t know what s gonna happen Jessica is a U S citizen When she and Josue got married in they filed an application so she could sponsor her husband for a green card That would allow him to live and work in the U S permanently Their first appointment was last month Jessica Rodriguez-Aguilar And we veritably got approved on the spot which I was explained is kind of rare and right after that an officer came into the room and sought me to step out After she left Josue was detained by ICE agents Josue Aguilar They just ask me for my name and then I reported them my name and they notified me You re under arrest Honestly I don t remember anything because my brain was you know Even though Josue had the deportation order he was never a target for ICE agents Immigration attorney Valerie Crespo reported cases like his were not a priority back then because he didn t have a criminal record Valerie Crespo So the previous administration didn t focus on complying with the deportation orders necessarily if they weren t criminals But the Trump administration is and illegal immigrants with no criminal records are being locked up when they visit the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services otherwise known as USCIS Valerie Crespo So I ve seen that everyone that has a deportation order and go to the USCIS appointments are being detained They have ICE officers inside the USCIS building like already waiting for immigrants that have deportation orders Crespo declared several of her clients have a tough decision to make if they want to continue trying to get legal status They can go to their appointments and menace being detained or skip them and take their chances Valerie Crespo So we re advising our clients like I cannot advise you against the law so you have an appointment you should comply with it They re like Am I going to pay for a process that will eventually deport me anyways ' Josue was taken from the immigration services center to Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade He was transferred four times Josue Aguilar They moved me to so several places that it was super hard for me Josue was deported to Honduras a month later Jessica is now with him The couple is staying with a family member while they file all the paperwork needed for Josue to enter the U S legally They know it could take a long time Jessica Rodriguez-Aguilar We just have to wait They know it won t be easy but they are willing to wait as long as it takes to bring Josue back to his family in South Florida Heather Walker News CONTACT INVESTIGATES - -CLUE - -CLUE Investigates wsvn com