By Shoshana Walter, Bay Citizen
Enrique Candia lives a quiet life. When he’s not working, he takes care of his ailing wife and his three grandkids, and makes sure his son is on track to finish college. Although he has no criminal record, the 56-year-old is facing a court battle that could take him away from his family for years.
In June 2010, federal agents arrested Candia for working in the United States without proper authorization. A Mexican citizen who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, Candia was sent to an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center.
“It’s the first time it ever happened to me,” he said during a recent telephone interview. “In that moment, I felt they were really going to deport me.”
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