He lived in the U.S. for 29 years. He's now fighting to return home from Mexico.

"He had lived there until May 27, when federal immigration agents arrested him at a routine appointment at 630 Sansome St., the city's headquarters for immigration court and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lopez's deportation order was based on the Department of Homeland Security's decision in 2014 to revoke his green card - an order he has continued to contest: His attorney argues that the 2014 decision violated his due process rights to review the decision."

""We are not challenging a removal order; we are seeking review," Saad Ahmad, Lopez's attorney, said in court. "We believe that this court does have discretion and can provide meaningful relief to the plaintiff." In court, Ahmad called Lopez's case "unique" because he had received a green card that was later revoked, and said the DHS's decision to revoke his permanent residency and order his removal was "improvidently" made. He repeated that the court can provide relief."

Rosa Lopez attended a San Francisco courtroom hearing while her husband, Miguel Lopez, remained in Chimalhuacán, Mexico after being deported in June. Miguel lived most of his life in the United States and now faces adjusting to a country he barely knows. Federal immigration agents arrested him on May 27 at a routine appointment at 630 Sansome St. The Department of Homeland Security revoked his green card in 2014 and ordered his removal. His attorney contends the 2014 revocation violated his due process rights and seeks judicial review rather than a removal challenge. Judge Trina L. Thompson set an Oct. 30 hearing on jurisdiction and possible relief.

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