‘I am so desperate’: Canadian arrested by ICE at green card interview for being in the U.S. illegally

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It was supposed to be a major milestone in her life.

Cynthia Olivera wore black dress pants, flats and a blouse, arriving early to her June 13 green card interview in Chatsworth, Calif.

“The U.S. is my country. That’s where I met my husband. That’s where I went to high school, junior high, elementary. That’s where I had my kids,” Olivera, 45, said in a tearful video interview with Team 10 from an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas…

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