Francisca

About seven years ago Francisca was married to a man who often did illegal things.  I don’t know the exact circumstances but they both were deported from the country.  Francisca was not successful in getting a job in Mexico and arranged to return to the US as a single person about five years ago.  She successfully worked at a fast food place and had no legal difficulties for five years when she was stopped for a traffic violation.  Because she was once deported she was to immediately be deported again.  She was in an immigration detention center for three weeks and was then deported.  Francisca was the only person in her family who had a land-line telephone and that was cut off so she was not able to communicate with anyone about where she was and how she was doing.  She has many health problems including diabetes and had no medication while in detention.  Her boyfriend is an American and he has decided to follow her to Mexico and marry her.  It used to be that marrying an American provided a path to citizenship but today marrying someone who is in the country illegally brings many immigration problems.  This is true love that has not yet found a home country.