After 36 years in L.A., grandmother self-deports to Mexico, leaves family behind (1 Viewer)

[Politics - CBSNews.com]

Los Angeles — As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stepped up raids across Los Angeles in recent weeks, Julie Ear and her family made a difficult drive to Tijuana International Airport just south of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Ear's mother, Regina Higuera, had lived in the United States for 36 years. But on this particular morning in early June, she left her home, her children and grandchildren — all of whom are U.S. citizens — and headed back to her birthplace in Mexico.

"When the ICE raids started picking up on other states, we knew that we...

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