Wife of Marine leaves for Mexico amid family tears
ORLANDO — The 16-year-old American daughter of a U.S. Marine held back tears as long as she could Friday before her family was split.
Her mother, Alejandra Juarez, was finally leaving for Mexico, rather than be sent off in handcuffs, after exhausting all options to stop her deportation.
“My mom is a good person. She’s not a criminal,” Pamela said, cursing at the immigration agency before her mother checked in for her flight from Orlando International Airport.
Alejandra and Temo Juarez, a naturalized citizen who runs a roofing business, quietly raised Pamela and their 9-year-old daughter Estela in the central Florida town of Davenport until a 2013 traffic stop exposed her legal status.