107 deported from Santa Cruz, strikes fear into residents - California

Posted on: September 16th, 2006
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“The unexpected deportation of a Mexican man who made a living cooking meals for residents of a Live Oak residential care home has shaken staff members, including his wife, who is a caregiver at the center. The woman and her husband were separated after a 5:30 a.m. immigration sweep at their workplace Friday. “They showed up abruptly, and said if he tried to come back he would go to jail for 20 years,” his wife said in Spanish. One phone call is the only contact she and the pair’s three children have had with him since. The identity of the center and the couple have been withheld in light of a series of sweeps dubbed “Return to Sender” by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week that snared 107 undocumented people from Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Hollister. The operation has left families and communities uneasy, especially with federal officials saying Wednesday that more sweeps are “very possible” in the region.”

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