A true and outrageous story about an ICE raid and deportation [View all]

'A father of five was detained by ICE on his way to work. Now his family is losing their home.
Richard Hall reports:

Jose Luis had stopped to pump gas on his way to work in southern Texas when his family’s whole life changed.

ICE agents pulled up out of nowhere and demanded to know his immigration status. The father of five, who came to the United States from Mexico in 2010 when he was 19, was quickly placed in handcuffs and taken away.

Now, he is facing deportation and permanent separation from his wife and kids — and the family’s sole income is gone.

“His little girls ask every day ‘Where’s Dad? What time is he coming home?’” his wife, Rosa, who doesn’t want to break her children’s heart by revealing the truth just yet, tells The Independent. “I have to tell them he’s out working.”

“I’m really stressed right now, like really, really stressed. I don’t know what’s next,” she says.'

(Reported by Richard Hall, The Independent, 2/10/2025)