Deported Mom Talks to Reporters in Mexico (Video)

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        Deported Mom Talks to Reporters in Mexico (Video)
    In the midst of protests, a mother in Arizona was deported to Mexico after a routine appointment. 
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          Feb 10, 2017
          
        
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After living in this country for two decades, 35-year-old Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos was deported to Mexico this week. After checking in for a regular visit with her immigration officer in Arizona, de Rayos was detained and sent back to Mexico; the young mother has two children who were born in this country. 
She spoke to reporters in Mexico and explained how she was targeted not just by President Trump's hard-line policies but by notorious Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who routinely targeted Latinos. Watch below:

        
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