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Canadian Mother Detained During Green Card Interview Faces Deportation

Her husband, who voted for Trump, says he feels betrayed as she waits in an El Paso facility under a final removal order.

Cynthia Olivera was detained by ICE agents in California
_US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Overview

  • ICE agents arrested Cynthia Olivera at her June 13 green card interview in Chatsworth, California, and moved her to an El Paso detention center pending removal under a felony re-entry order.
  • Olivera has lived undocumented in Los Angeles since age ten, spending 25 years paying taxes and raising three US-born children without any criminal convictions.
  • After receiving a work permit in 2024, she was navigating the process to obtain a green card when she was swept up by expanded enforcement targeting civil immigration infractions.
  • Francisco Olivera, a US citizen and self-described Trump voter, said he feels betrayed by the administration he supported and has requested compassionate travel arrangements for his wife.
  • Canada’s government confirmed it is aware of her detention but said it cannot intervene in another country’s immigration enforcement decisions.