Update: Margarita was released on bond on July 9, 2014.  Thanks for all your support!

Update: Rosy was released on bond April 29, 2014, though Margarita remains detained. 

Last September, thirty U.S. residents, known as the ‘Dream 30,’ joined arms and walked across the border, asking to return home. Although most were released, their family members who returned alongside with them, are still being held in immigration detention.

Rosy Rojas Gallego (A#205-930-728) is a 20-year old DREAMer whose high school education in Arizona was interrupted when doctors gave her grandfather one week to live.  Margarita Rojas Ramirez (A#205-936-572), Rosy’s aunt and a mother of 4, was heartbroken by the news. Together, Margarita, Rosy, and the rest of their family left Arizona for Mexico to be with the man on his death bed.

However, in Mexico, Rosy and Margarita faced violence and persecution. They knew they had to come home. Rosy’s cousin, who is also Margarita’s daughter,  joined the DREAM 30.  After her successful crossing and release, 6 other members of the Rojas family took the risk to come home.

Two of them were released from Eloy Detention Center, but Rosy and Margarita are still detained, facing imminent deportation. 

Help us bring them all home! Tell ICE to release Rosy and Margarita and stop their deportation!

To: Daniel Ragsdale, Acting Director of ICE; Andrew Lorenz-Strait, National ICE Public Advocate

I am writing to ask that you immediately release Margarita Rojas Ramirez (A#205-936-572) and cancel her deportation. Margarita lived in Mesa, Arizona with her four children for 6 years before her father in Mexico became ill. The doctors gave Margarita’s father only one week to live, so Margarita and her family traveled to Mexico to be with him. Margarita tried to stay in Mexico, but she and her family faced persecution and violence. Out of fear for their lives, they made the difficult decision of heading for home in Mesa.

Margarita has no criminal charges. The only reason she is in Eloy Detention Center right now is because she was detained for returning home. Her sister and niece, who crossed the border with Margarita, have already been released.

Don’t separate Margarita from her family or her children in Mesa! People shouldn’t have to endure detention or deportation for visiting dying relatives or seeking safety. Please release Margarita and close her case.

I await your response.

Categories: Deportation Cases, Victories