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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Illegal migrant SELF-DEPORTS with entire family over fears Trump is coming for them
An Idaho dad is self-deporting to Mexico with his American wife and four U.S.-born kids, fearing Trump's immigration crackdown will rip their family apart. Cenobio Feliciano-Galeana crossed the border illegally when he was 18 years old. Since then, he's built a life in America: he married a U.S. citizen, Ashlee, and together they've raised four children - all born in the United States. But Cenobio, who was not able to obtain a green card or citizenship, has now made the painful decision to self-deport. Ashlee, Cenobio's wife, says she and the family are coming with him. At the end of the year, she plans to move with her four children to a country they have never known, just to keep the family together. Since they began their relationship, Ashlee says she and her family have been trying to get Cenobio through the process to gain legal status in the U.S., with no luck. Several lawyers and thousands of dollars later, she says not even being married to a U.S. citizen helps Cenobio's cause. 'If I had a penny for every time somebody has said that, I'd have the money to pay for those lawyers,' she said. She says the lawyers initially told them they had a fifty-fifty chance of getting Cenobio After the Trump administration was sworn in, she says she was told they had no chance. Their options were to stay and risk it—or have Cenobio self-deport and try again in 10 years. 'We have a six-year-old down to a nine-month-old baby. Ten years without a father? That is huge,' Ashlee said. For her, moving with him is the only option. Staying behind in the U.S. was out of the question. 'Wait for one day them to come into my home and take my husband away like a criminal and have my kids have to see that. And I decided that was not a choice I was willing to live with,' she said. Ashlee says Cenobio never committed a crime. His name doesn't bring anything up in the Utah court system. His only offense was being caught at the border twice and crossing illegally. That itself is a crime—one that Ashlee acknowledges but doesn't believe should be a life sentence. 'He was born on the wrong side of a line. He came here because he was starving. You know, what would you do if he truly went days without eating, starving? Where would your desperation lead you?' she said. Their decision comes amid a dramatic escalation in immigration enforcement under President Trump, whose return to the national stage has reignited fear in mixed-status households across the U.S. President Trump's ICE is ramping up arrests of criminal illegal aliens, even as protests and riots rock Los Angeles in response to the sweeping crackdown. More than 160 anti-ICE protesters have been arrested in LA since Friday, according to local authorities—many for failure to disperse, and at least one, a Mexican national in the country illegally, for attempted murder after allegedly hurling a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement. Trump has also federalized the National Guard and deployed Marines to Los Angeles to restore order amid growing unrest surrounding ICE operations. But the sudden presence of armed forces has done little to ease tensions—cities from LA to New York have erupted in protests, with local leaders and immigrant advocates slamming the crackdown as authoritarian and lacking due process. A source familiar with ICE operations told that hundreds of illegal aliens have been arrested in LA since protests broke out on June 6. Skirmishes between masked demonstrators and riot police have gone viral online, alongside footage of looting, burned-out vehicles, and chaotic street clashes. One video shows agitators pelting police and ICE vehicles with rocks—some smashing windshields, others striking agents in the head.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Idaho man self-deports, U.S. citizen family to uproot and follow
Idaho () — Cenobio Feliciano-Galeana came to the U.S. illegally when he was 18 years old. 18 years since he's found a life, a wife, and now four children. But after seeing the deportations taking place across the country, he has decided to self-deport back to his home country of Mexico. Ashlee, Cenobio's wife, says she and the family are coming with him. At the end of the year, she plans move with her four children to a country they have never known, just to keep the family together. PREVIOUSLY: Utah immigration lawyer, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, ordered to self-deport Since they began their relationship, Ashlee says she and her family have been trying to get Cenobio through the process to gain status in the U.S., with no luck. Several lawyers and thousands of dollars later, she says not even being married to a U.S. citizen helps Cenobio's cause. She details, 'If I had a penny for every time somebody has said that, I'd have the money to pay for those lawyers.' She says the lawyers initially told them they had a fifty-fifty chance. After the Trump administration was sworn in, she says she was told they had no chance. Their options were to stay and risk it or have Cenobio self-deport and try again in 10 years. Ashlee explains, 'We have a six-year-old down to a nine-month-old baby. Ten years without a father? That is huge.' For her, moving with him is her only option. Staying wasn't something she was willing to do. She says, 'Wait for one day them to come into my home and take my husband away like a criminal and have my kids have to see that. And I decided that was not a choice I was willing to live with.' Ashlee says Cenobio never committed a crime. His name doesn't bring anything up in the Utah court system. His only crime was being caught at the border twice and crossing itself a crime; one that Ashlee acknowledges but doesn't believe it means he should never get a chance. The Latest: Protests over immigration raids spread across the US She says, 'He was born on the wrong side of a line. He came here because he was starving. You know, what would you do if he were truly went days without eating, starving? Where would your desperation lead you?' So now, Ashlee and the kids pack up their things for a country they don't know, wondering if they can ever come home again as a complete family. She hopes stories like hers inspires change so that a path to having status in the U.S. is attainable for people like her husband. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
