Three Southern California sisters are devastated and working to get by after they said their parents were suddenly taken away from them by immigration authorities.
It’s been weeks since their mother, Gladys, and father, Nelson, were detained after the couple went in for a standard appointment with immigration authorities.
“You never think that it could happen to you and my parents were just ripped away from me like that,” Gabby Gonzalez, the couple’s daughter, said tearfully. “Then this happened on Feb. 21. I didn’t even know they had the appointment and I didn’t even say goodbye to my dad that morning. I didn’t get to say goodbye to them.”
Gladys and Nelson Gonzalez moved from Colombia to the U.S. without documentation 35 years ago before settling down in Newport Beach in Orange County and building a life. The couple has raised three daughters and now have a young grandson…