A Baltimore-area mother who was locked up in federal immigration custody while her teenage son battled cancer says she is preparing to return to Mexico after he died without her at his bedside. Arlit Martinez-Carrada was arrested by ICE on Jan. 3 while driving to work in Salisbury, according to her attorneys, and her 15-year-old son, Kevin Mendoza Martinez, died just days later. After a judge ordered her released on a $12,000 bond, she was able to attend his late-January funeral, but Martinez-Carrada and her lawyers say the ordeal has pushed her to seek voluntary departure.
Attorneys Describe The Final Hours
Sarah Takyi-Micah, the family’s immigration attorney, says she was the one who had to break the news to Martinez-Carrada that Kevin had died,…..