Deported Dad's Struggle, Wife's Fight

A 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.

His 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.