According to the family, the chain of events started on Sept. 13, when the twins were born at 35 weeks.
The family was told on the phone that the immigration hearing would be rescheduled, Arellano stated in his affidavit.
During a press conference Monday, Arellano told reporters in Houston his wife missed the Oct. 9 hearing because she was told by doctors to recover at home.
We didn’t have anything with us," Salazar-Hinojosa told Noticias Telemundo.
According to Salazar-Hinojosa, her husband begged immigration authorities to please not take his family away from him.
Persons:
Ashley, Allison, Salazar, Hinojosa, ” Salazar, Hinojosa's, Federico Arellano, Arellano, Federico, Yitzel, Cristina Geraldyn Salazar, Isaias Torres, Arellano's, " Salazar, ”, Torres, WOAI, Silvia Mintz, Cristina, Mintz, KHOU Arellano, “, ” Torres, Joe Biden, Donald Trump's, Trump, Tim Homan, —
Organizations:
Telemundo, NBC, Arellano, Noticias Telemundo, Hinojosa Immigration, NBC News, Enforcement, ICE, U.S, Justice Department's, Immigration Review, DOJ, Republicans, Migration Policy Institute, ”, Press, Office, GAO
Locations:
Texas, Mexico, Houston, Spanish, U.S, Mexican, Greenspoint , Texas, Rio Grande Valley, United States