<div>My name is Erika Perez. I am a First Responder in California and the daughter of Maria Valeriano Perez a and loving mother who was taken from my siblings and I. On June 4th, during her routine ICE check-in in Camarillo, California, my mother was detained and later deported to Oaxaca, Mexico. She came to the United States in search of a better life, and she found it here. She worked hard. She followed the law. She paid her taxes. She had a valid work permit. She built a life and a family. This country was her home. She lived in the US for 35 yrs.
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<div>My mother was not a criminal. She was our rock. She raised her children with quiet strength and endless love. Everyone who knew her saw her kindness the way she would care for others before herself, the way she lit up a room with her presence. Now, she is gone to a whole other country where she has to start all over again without her kids by her side. ICE took her from us like she meant nothing. I’ve been left alone to care for my two younger siblings. We are grieving, overwhelmed, and broken. Our lives have been turned upside down. What’s even more painful is knowing how my mother was mistreated among other women in those detention centers. The conditions she and other women endured in the Los Angeles facility were cruel and dehumanizing. My mother suffers from mental health challenges severe anxiety and depression and she is diabetic. She relied on consistent medical care here in the U.S. That care is gone now. My mother deserved compassion. She deserved dignity. She did everything right and still, the system tore her away from us.
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<div>This is not just my family’s story. This is the story of countless immigrant families torn apart by policies that see paperwork, not people. Any donations would be greatly appreciated all the donations will go toward my mother to pay her expenses in Mexico and health. Thank you to VC Defensa and PSL Los Angeles for the support and everyone in the community.
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<div>Mi nombre es Erika Pérez. Soy bombera en California y la hija de María Valeriano una madre amorosa y dedicada que fue arrebatada de mi lado y del de mis hermanos.El 4 de junio, durante su cita rutinaria con ICE en Camarillo, California, mi madre fue detenida de manera repentina y posteriormente deportada a Oaxaca, México un lugar que no había llamado hogar en más de 35 años. Ella vino a Estados Unidos en busca de una vida mejor, y la encontró. Trabajó duro. Obedeció las leyes. Pagó sus impuestos. Tenía un permiso de trabajo válido. Construyó una vida aquí una familia, un hogar, un futuro. Estados Unidos era su hogar. Mi madre no era una criminal. Ella era nuestro pilar. Nos crió con una fuerza silenciosa y un amor inmenso. Todos los que la conocieron pudieron ver su bondad la forma en que siempre ponía a los demás antes que a sí misma, la luz que traía a cada lugar con su espíritu dulce y su corazón generoso.
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<div>Ahora ya no está con nosotros enviada sola a otro país, obligada a comenzar de nuevo sin sus hijos a su lado. ICE se la llevó como si no valiera nada. Me he quedado sola, a cargo de mis dos hermanos menores. Estamos de luto. Estamos abrumados. Estamos rotos. Nuestras vidas han sido completamente trastornadas.
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<div>Lo que duele aún más es saber cómo fue maltratada en detención. Las condiciones que ella y otras mujeres enfrentaron en el centro de detención de Los Ángeles fueron crueles, frías y deshumanizantes. Mi madre sufre de ansiedad severa y depresión. Es diabética y dependía de atención médica constante atención que ahora ya no tiene. Fue dejada sin compasión, sin dignidad y sin justicia.
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<div>Mi madre hizo todo bien. Y aun así, el sistema nos la arrebató.
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<div>Esta no es solo mi historia. Es la historia de incontables familias inmigrantes familias destrozadas por políticas que ven papeles, no personas.
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