U.S. 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. has filed a lawsuit in opposition to 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 means of her lawyer this week asking a federal decide to intervene.

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

After being dropped at the nation as a toddler on the age of seven, Treviño subsequently acquired authorized permission at 20 to stay within the U.S. underneath the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Introduced in 2012, DACA doesn’t confer authorized standing however has allowed lots of of hundreds of people that had come to the U.S. as kids to quickly stay and acquire work permits.

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

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

Notice to terminate DACA cites ‘unauthorized travel’

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 identical day she was deported from the nation by the Department of Homeland Security.

In an announcement, DHS stated Treviño’s husband was within the nation with out permission and driving on the time of the arrest. After a collision between the couple’s automobile and an unmarked Homeland Security Investigations automobile, the couple was arrested. DHS claimed she “knowingly accepted voluntary departure and waived appeal. She left the U.S. on March 25, 2026, and will NOT return.”

In a current interview with the Associated Press, Treviño stated she didn’t signal any kinds on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility and didn’t wish to be deported.

Lawsuit seeks restitution of standing

Rozas filed a petition asking a federal decide in Brownsville to declare the lady’s expulsion was illegal, order the federal government to facilitate Treviño’s return to the U.S. and permit her DACA standing to stay legitimate.

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

An immigration decide underneath the Justice Department had issued a voluntary departure order for Treviño in February whereas she was in ICE custody, however a sound DACA standing 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 stated Thursday. Her three kids are set to start out college subsequent month and Treviño stated she wish to be there.

The present Trump administration has deported 86 DACA recipients and arrested 241 others, based on a DHS letter despatched in February to Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois.

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

“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,” stated Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, a coverage group defending immigration rights.

Gonzalez writes for the Associated Press.