Deported Dad's Struggle, Wife's Fight

0:00A month back, 25-year-old Jesus Basquez from Fort Worth got deported to Mexico after living in the U.S. since he was a baby. He never got citizenship, got nabbed during a routine ice-check-in last November, spent three months detained, and now he's starting over in a place. He barely knows, separated from his wife and four young kids. He settled in with a half-sister deeper in Mexico, picked up a job paying about 2,000 pesos a week, that's around $112. He's scraping by, buying basics at flea markets, even eyeing a water heater to fix up the spot for when his family might join him this summer. Meanwhile, back home, his wife Cassidy, a U.S. citizen, is holding it down with their kids aged six months to eight years. The little ones missed their dad bats since November, and she's juggling bills with help from family, friends, and a go-fundme while sorting travel plans. And legal options, that legal snag comes from a misdemeanor marijuana bust in 2022, which has embarked from the U.S. for ten years.

1:02His lawyer is pushing for a waiver that could cut it to five or six years, but Cassidy's not waiting, she's prepping to move south once schools out. This whole mess has Cassidy rethinking things, amazed at folks who cross North with nothing while the family is gearing up for whatever comes next in. Mexico, that's the story for today. Dallas News Today, Driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Storing.