"The seven siblings were anxiously waiting for their parents, who had left hours earlier to get them breakfast. That's when the landlady knocked on the door of the family's home in Palm Beach, north of Miami. She confirmed their worst fears: the children's mother and father had been detained and would be deported back to Guatemala. The seven children aged between two and 12 were abruptly left to fend for themselves."
"The Guatemalan-Maya Center based in Lake Worth Beach, Florida serves as a hub for the Maya community. And, in recent months, it has become a bastion amid an unprecedented wave of raids and arrests in the region. The organization learned about the case of the seven siblings and their parents who were arrested on August 16 and deported to Guatemala a month later after receiving a call in mid-September."
"The nonprofit also raised funds to cover their plane tickets. And two volunteers accompanied the children on their flight to Guatemala on Monday, September 29. The work never ends. The center is in the process of coordinating the transfer of a 12-year-old girl, who was born in the U.S., to Guatemala, where her father lives. Her mother has been detained in a migrant detention facility for the past two months."
Seven children aged two to 12 were left alone after their parents were detained and faced deportation to Guatemala. A landlady with no ties to the children initially cared for them until a local nonprofit intervened. The Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth Beach gathered required documents, raised funds for plane tickets, and arranged volunteers to accompany the children on a September 29 flight to Guatemala. The center is also coordinating transfer of a U.S.-born 12-year-old whose father lives in Guatemala while her mother remains detained. The Indigenous Maya community in southeast Florida has been hit hard by recent raids and arrests, and these cases represent only a portion of broader enforcement actions.
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