Three Siblings Face Deportation

Three Siblings Face Deportation – Help Stop Perez Families Separation!
Submitted by Mohammad on April 12, 2010

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On April 6, 2010, Laura Perez, and her two siblings, Camilo Perez and Natalia Perez. ICE came to her door asking for her parents, but they were not there. Then, ICE proceeded to ask for Laura, Camilo, and Natalia. After the children identified themselves, ICE detained them. The Perez family came to the U. S. in 2000, escaping violence from a guerrilla group in Colombia. Laura was 15; Natalia was 13; and Camilo was 11. On April 13th, 2010, Laura will be turning 25 in detention.

The Perez family regularly received death threats in Colombia from a guerrilla group. In their threatening phone calls, guerrilla terrorists regularly described what the Perez family was wearing and where they lived.

After having grown up in the United States, these three DREAM Act students are awaiting deportation in Broward Transition Center. Laura was a pre-med student at Broward Community College; Camilo was studying engineering on a full scholarship at Florida Atlantic University; and Natalia was studying interior-design at Broward Community College. But for her detention, Natalia would have graduated with her bachelor’s this May.