HUDSON COUNTY — After coming to the United States from El Salvador more than 20 years ago, a 51-year-old Union City resident was taken from the warehouse where he works in Secaucus by immigration officials on Dec. 1 and will soon be deported, according to a story on NJ.com.
The man’s wife of 21 years was born in Staten Island, and their three children — 20, 18, and 10 — are United States citizens.
The couple only had one prior run-in with immigration officials before, when the father was detained after he visited his sick mother in El Salvador years ago. His wife took their marriage license to Texas to have him released into her custody.
He is being held at Essex County Jail, and officials have issued a final order of deportation.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement report that 392,862 undocumented immigrants were deported last year.
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