He came to US as a child refugee from the former Soviet Union. Now he's a father facing deportation to Ukraine

"Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon. It's important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with. At home with his wife Samantha, he would always be facilitating the bubbles at bath time, meticulously brushing out tiny blonde and brunette ponytails, and tucking the giggling girls into bed after reading to them."

"Surovtsev was unexpectedly detained during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on August 1, and never came home. Now, it's unclear when his family will see him again as the father of two learned just days ago of his imminent deportation on Monday to Ukraine, a country ravaged by war, and one he hasn't lived in since it was part of the Soviet Union."

"His detainment stems from President Donald Trump's determination to arrest and deport undocumented migrants en masse - an effort fracturing families across the country as communities watch their workers, schoolchildren and church members be swept up by ICE. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a CNN request for comment on Surovtsev's detainment. Surovtsev had never so much as skipped an event at the girls' school before missing his oldest daughter's fifth birthday later in August."

Roman Surovtsev routinely picked up his two daughters from school and cared for them at home, bathing, brushing ponytails, and reading them to sleep. He was unexpectedly detained during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on August 1 and has not returned; his daughters have not seen him in 107 days. Surovtsev learned days ago that he faces imminent deportation to Ukraine, a country he has not lived in since the Soviet era and that is ravaged by war. The detention is linked to an enforcement push to arrest and deport undocumented migrants, fracturing families and communities. His family has missed multiple milestones and struggles to explain his absence to the children.

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