"On Sept. 16, Barbara Gomes Marques May and her husband arrived at the downtown Los Angeles federal immigration building for what they believed would be the final step in Marques May's process to obtain her green card. The interview process had gone smoothly, Tucker May recalled. But toward the end, a federal immigration official she had met with said he needed Marques May to follow him so he could photocopy her passport, he recalled."
"Instead, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent arrested Marques May, a 38-year-old Brazilian national who has no criminal record and works as a film director in Los Angeles. She was handcuffed and transferred to the ICE facility in Adelanto in San Bernardino County before being sent to Louisiana. Meanwhile, her husband and her lawyer scrambled to try to stop her deportation."
"On Wednesday, Marques May was scheduled to board a 6 a.m. flight to her home country, but her attorney was able to file a motion to reopen her deportation proceedings and keep her on U.S. soil, at least temporarily. As of Thursday, she had been moved to Arizona and will return to California while her deportation proceedings remain open, her attorney said."
Barbara Gomes Marques May arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 16 for what she and her husband believed would complete her green-card process. Toward the end of the interview, an official requested that she follow him to photocopy her passport. An ICE agent then arrested her; she was handcuffed, transferred to the Adelanto facility, and later sent to Louisiana. Her husband and lawyer mobilized to stop deportation, and a motion to reopen proceedings temporarily prevented a scheduled flight. She was moved to Arizona and will return to California while proceedings remain open. She entered the U.S. in 2018 on a tourist visa, was denied an extension, overstayed, received a 2019 notice to appear, failed to update her address, and a removal order was issued after she missed court.
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