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En español abajo-
I need your help.* I am currently detained at the Cibola County Immigrant Detention Center near Grants, New Mexico. I have been in the U.S. for almost all of my life and I am more than 477 miles away from my family in Odessa, Texas.
I was able to get a pro bono attorney to help me get a bond to get out of detention, but the $3,000 ordered by the immigration judge is too much for my family to pay.
Please help my family raise $3,000 so that I can get back home!
One day in April, as I was walking to a friend’s house, police officers in Odessa, Texas stopped me because of reported “suspicious activity” in the area. Unfortunately, the police in Texas are being forced to become part of Trump’s deportation machine through the racist law SB4. Though I wasn't involved in the “suspicious activity,” I was arrested and in two days, I was picked up and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
I have difficulties with speech and learning and I was not able to get the help of an attorney throughout any of that process. Like many others in the United States, my family is struggling to make ends meet and is unable to collect enough money to get me home.
If I get out of detention, I may be eligible to apply for the program known as DACA for immigrant youth to stop my deportation. My family has set up this Campaign to help pay for my release.
I hope to go college one day and to enter the welding trade because I love to work on cars. I am a hard worker and I do what I can—cutting grass, cleaning yards—to help my family financially.
Across the country many families like mine are facing uncertainty and fear because of Trump’s unfair immigration enforcement policies. But immigrants like me know that this is our country too. All of us, in New Mexico, Texas, and across the country, are #HereToStay. Please help keep my family from being torn apart.
*Written in the first person by advocates from information obtained from Alberto and his family.
--- En español--
Necesito su ayuda.* Estoy actualmente detenido en el centro de detención para inmigrantes ubicado cerca de Grants, Nuevo México. He estado en los EE.UU. por la mayoría de mi vida y estoy más de 477 millas de su familia en Odessa, Texas.
Pude conseguir un abogado gratis para conseguir una fianza para que salga de detención, pero los $3,000 ordenados por el juez de inmigración son demasiado para mi familia.
Por favor ayude a mi familia recaudar $3,000 para que pueda salir de detención y ¡para que pueda regresar con ellos!
Un día en Abril, cuando estaba caminado a la casa de un amigo, la policía de Odessa, Texas me paró porque habían recibido información de “actividad sospechosa” en el área. Desafortunadamente, la policía en Texas está siendo forzada a ser parte de la máquina de deportación de Trump por medio de la ley racista SB4. Aunque yo no estuve involucrado con esa “actividad sospechosa,” en dos días fui recogido y detenido por agentes de ICE.
Yo tengo dificultades con el aprendizaje y la comunicación y no conseguí representación legal durante ese proceso. Como muchos en los EE.UU., es difícil para mi familia guardar dinero y no pueden colectar suficiente dinero para que yo regrese a mi casa.
Si yo salgo de detención, posiblemente soy elegible para DACA, un programa para jóvenes inmigrantes, para parar mi deportación. ¡Mi familia ha creado es campaña para ayudar recaudar fondos para que yo salga!
Yo tengo la esperanza de ir al colegio para trabajar en la soldadura porque me gustan los carros. Soy un trabajador fuerte y apoyo a mi familia como pueda—limpiar yardas y cortar zacate.
A través del país hay muchas familias como la mía que se enfrentan a una situación incierta y tienen miedo por las pólizas injustas contra los inmigrantes de Trump. Pero yo e inmigrantes, en Nuevo México, Texas, y a través del país, estámos #AquíParaQuedarnos. ¡No permite que mi familia sea separada!
*Escrito en la voz de Alberto con información recibido de Alberto y su familia.
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