US cites ‘unauthorized journey’ to finish DACA standing for a mom of three deported to Mexico

McALLEN, Texas — A Texas mom deported to Mexico regardless of having authorized permission to remain within the U.S. after arriving as a baby has filed a lawsuit towards the federal authorities after it notified her it might be terminating her permission due to “unauthorized travel” stemming from her deportation.

Jessica Treviño, 34, filed a lawsuit by way of her legal professional this week asking a federal decide to intervene.

Treviño and her husband had been arrested in December after federal brokers adopted them right into a Home Depot car parking zone in South Texas. Both had been deported and reside in Matamoros, Mexico, simply south of Brownsville, Texas. Their three youngsters, all U.S. residents, reside with household on the U.S. aspect close to the border.

After being delivered to the nation as a baby on the age of seven, Treviño subsequently obtained authorized permission at 20 to stay within the U.S. below the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Introduced in 2012, DACA doesn’t confer authorized standing however has allowed a whole lot of 1000’s of people that had come to the U.S. as youngsters to briefly stay and procure work permits.

As a DACA recipient, she should keep a clear legal document and isn’t allowed to journey outdoors the United States.

Her legal professional, David Rozas, filed the lawsuit. He famous her standing and work allow had been most lately approved till April 2027.

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services despatched her a discover of intent to terminate her standing for “unauthorized travel outside of the United States on or about March 25, 2026,” the same day she was deported from the country by the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS did not respond to a request for comment as of Thursday afternoon.

Rozas filed a petition asking a federal judge in Brownsville to declare the woman’s expulsion was unlawful, order the government to facilitate Treviño’s return to the U.S. and allow her DACA status to remain valid.

“The government had no lawful basis to remove her, and we filed this petition to demand she be brought back home,” her legal professional added.

An immigration judge under the Justice Department had issued a voluntary departure order for Treviño in February while she was in ICE custody, but a valid DACA status prevents the Department of Homeland Security from deporting her.

“I would be so blessed to be able to go back home, because that’s what I long for most right now. I’m really desperate. It’s been seven months since I’ve been home,” Treviño said Thursday. Her three children are set to start school next month and their mother said she would like to be there.

The current Trump administration has deported 86 DACA recipients and arrested 241 others, according to a DHS letter sent in February to Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois.

Advocates for DACA recipients say Treviño’s deportation is part of a pattern.

“This is what a deliberate, systematic effort to destroy DACA looks like in practice: target recipients one by one, manufacture justifications after the fact, and leave their children to grow up without them,” said Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, a policy organization defending immigration rights.

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This story has been revised to appropriate that Treviño arrived in U.S. at age 7, not 8, later receiving DACA standing at 20 years outdated.