A church community is speaking out after a mother and her four children, three of them American-born, were deported to Guatemala.
Last month, Paula Ramirez and her children — ages 13, 10, 9, and 6 — reported to the Syracuse Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, complying with a detainment order. Her husband had been arrested by immigration officials at their home just days earlier.
Now, the Ramirez family has left behind the life they built in Central New York, and their local church is navigating the emotional aftermath…