Adan Rico and Maria Torres, both undocumented immigrants, face revived deportation cases despite having their proceedings previously paused. Rico, now 29 and a father, has had his DACA status renewed multiple times, while Torres was preparing for her green card interview. The revocation of safety by the Department of Homeland Security is forcing thousands like them back into legal uncertainty. Immigration lawyers are encountering numerous motions to recalendar, risking resumption of cases in a system that has already become a hub for arrests over recent months.
"No matter what we do, no matter how far we go in school, in our jobs and with our families, it doesn't matter. It is all hanging by a thread," he said.
"It has been 10 years," Adan Rico said. "And all of a sudden our lives are on hold again, at the mercy of these people that think I have no right to be here."
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