Help Lucy and Her Kids After Her Husband’s Deportation

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This fund keeps Lucy’s rent, children’s needs, and stability covered during separation

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Help Lucy and Her Kids After Her Husband’s Deportation

Help Lucy and Her Kids After Her Husband’s Deportation

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For the past month, the Méndez family has been trying to stay afloat financially, after the family's father, Dionisio, was arrested and deported to Guatemala in August. Now, the mother, Lucy, has become the only one who supports her two children (15 and 2 years old), while she is also pregnant with her third.

Dionisio is in Guatemala, trying to find his place after returning to a country where he has not been for more than 20 years, looking for a job and taking care of his sick mother. When he was in the United States, he was the only provider of his family and his mother.

Before being separated, the Mendez family enjoyed spending time together in the parks, they regularly attended the church where the father was an usher.

Now the children are wondering about their father and when he will return. Lucy faces an uncertain future and financial difficulties while waiting for the birth of her third child.

The purpose of this go fund me is to relieve part of the economic burden of this family and help them while they make their plans for the future.

Can you help this family while they go through difficult times?

The North Virginia Immigrant Rights Collective is a group of neighbors who support their neighbors during the difficult moments after ICE's violence. Through mutual aid, we strive to achieve collective liberation.

Durante el último mes, la familia Méndez ha estado intentando mantenerse a flote económicamente, después de que el padre de la familia, Dionisio, fuera detenido y deportado a Guatemala en agosto. Ahora, la madre, Lucy, se ha convertido en la única que mantiene a sus dos hijos (de 15 y 2 años), mientras también está embarazada de su tercero.

Dionisio está en Guatemala, intentando encontrar su lugar tras regresar a un país en el que no ha estado durante más de 20 años, buscar empleo y cuidar de su madre enferma. Cuando estuvo en Estados Unidos, fue el único proveedor de su familia y de su madre.

Antes de ser separados, la familia
Mendez disfrutaba pasando tiempo junta en los parques, asistían regularmente a la iglesia donde el padre hacía de ujier.

Ahora los niños se quedan preguntando por su padre y cuándo volvera. Lucy enfrenta un futuro incierto y dificultades económicas mientras espera el nacimiento de su tercer hijo.

El propósito de este go fund me es aliviar parte de la carga económica de esta familia y ayudarles mientras haces sus planes para el futuro.
¿Puedes ayudar a esta familia mientras atraviesan tiempos difíciles?

El Colectivo de Derechos de los Inmigrantes del Norte de Virginia es un grupo de vecinos que apoyan a sus vecinos durante los momentos difíciles posteriores a la violencia de ICE. A través de la ayuda mutua, nos esforzamos por lograr la liberación colectiva.
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