US cites 'unauthorized travel' to end DACA status for mother deported to Mexico
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- A Texas mother with DACA status was deported to Mexico despite legal permission to stay in the U.S.
- She and her husband were arrested and deported; their three U.S. citizen children remain with family near the border.
- DHS notified her of intent to terminate DACA for 'unauthorized travel' on the day she was deported.
- Her attorney filed a lawsuit seeking her return to the U.S. and to keep her DACA status valid.
- An immigration judge issued a voluntary departure order while she was in custody, but DACA status prevents deportation.
- The current administration has deported 86 DACA recipients and arrested 241, according to a DHS letter.
- Advocates say her deportation is part of a systematic effort to dismantle DACA.