"With a forlorn smile, Dailemas Natali Montana Andrade watched her 6-year-old daughter play with other children inside St. Peter's Church in Midtown. Shouldering the weight of the world, she sat with a dozen other families awaiting immigration counsel. At 27, Montana Andrade has been fighting two battles: one for herself to achieve the American Dream, and the other for the return of one of her beloved daughters."
"Just one week prior, she appeared in the same courtroom, on the same floor where masked ICE agents lurked in the hallways of the 12th floor waiting to arrest their targets, the name federal agents give to immigrants just like her as they attend their legally mandated court proceedings. On Feb. 2, she left the courthouse in tears in the arms of immigrants rights advocate Father Fabian Arias afraid of what the future may hold, for she is not only taking on this fight for"
Dailemas Natali Montana Andrade is a 27-year-old Venezuelan mother living in Queens who has pursued legal residency while seeking the return of a daughter. She spent years navigating immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza and appeared in court on Feb. 2 and again hoping for resolution on Feb. 10. She waited in a crowded 12th-floor waiting room and at St. Peter's Church with other families seeking immigration counsel. Masked ICE agents patrolled hallways and generated fear of arrest during mandated court appearances. She received comfort from immigrants' rights advocate Father Fabian Arias and expressed hopes to take classes so her daughters have a role model.
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