2 weeks Ago By Mekahlo Medina
An undocumented immigrant father was arrested by immigration agents Thursday as he was taking his daughter to school in the city of Azusa. Security camera video captured the arrest just before 7:45 a.m.
The man is seen wearing a blue outfit walking to his family truck when several agents box him in. The man’s wife, who is also undocumented, said she still has her kids after her husband was taken away by agents. His wife recorded the moment he was put into a grey sedan after his 14-year-old daughter, whom he was about to drive to school, ran back inside crying and afraid, saying someone had taken her dad.
“She said ‘Mom, mom, my dad, someone caught him,” recounted the man’s wife. Her name was withheld because she was afraid due to her immigration status. The wife said that during the encounter, her husband yelled out that the agents were from immigration.
It was not immediately clear whether the agents were from ICE or the Department of Homeland Security. NBCLA reached out to both agencies and has not received a response. The couple came to the U.
S. 21 years ago from Puebla, Mexico, looking for better opportunities, according to the wife. She said their lives are now deeply rooted in Azusa as they have three children and a grandchild.
“He didn’t have a deportation order, I don’t know why they took him. Why did they take him?” the wife said..
