Latino Army Officer’s Mother deported Due to Prior Deportation Cases in the US
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A United States of America Officer of the Army of Latino desent felt "betrayed" by the U.S. for deporting his mother back to Mexico this Thursday.

The fifty-year-old mother of the army officer was directed to self-deport. She left the country last week. Her self-deportation request by the US government was made after failing to attain protection from the government from deportation that would allow her to live in the US for longer periods as a family member of the military personnel of the United States.

The United States of America employs a "Patrol in Place" campaign wherein the parents, wives, widowers, and offspring of military members of the United States who are on active duty to apply a discretionary deferred action not exceeding 2 years. However, upon the application of the mother, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE did not approve the application due to record of a previous order of removal.

Her son, 2nd Lieutenant Gibram Cruz, shared that he feels betrayed by the nation that he is proudly serving. He explained that the laws being implemented in the country to maintain security for his family had let him down.

The thirty-year-old officer described the deportation of his mother as "inhumane." As an active military member, he has no time to go to Mexico to see his mother. Active military members are required to strictly follow military travel rules. In United States laws, being an intelligence officer in the country requires complicated procedures to be approved of leaving the country. 

Rebollar Gomez will be restricted to reenter the United States of America for ten years since her order of deportation.

His mother lived in San Diego for more than three decades. She operated a business upon her arrival in the United States in the year 1988. After 7 years, while seven months-long in her pregnancy, she was arrested through an immigration bust operation and was deported to her country. She illegally crossed the border again to reunite with her two children. She was deported and went back to the US again twice after that event.

Rebollar Gomez's daughter named Karla Cruz admitted that her mother had a deportation record, but said with pride that all of those efforts that their mother did was made so that she can be reunited with her children.

Their family is requesting Senator Kamala Harris to help them with their case.

Xitlay Cruz Rebollar, the youngest of all the mother's children, said that their family is hoping for a change in the law that would make their mother's deportation cases null or forgiven. 

Currently, Rebollar Gomez is living in Acapulco, Mexico. It is a city near the sea that had been dominated by violence by multiple cartels in the past years. 

The Lt. Cruz was recently ordered by higher-ranking authorities to report on Friday at Fort Hood in Texas. He will be dedicating a minimum of three more years to the military of the United States.