Hayward family, including deaf child, deported to Colombia
KTVU • • general
Key Points:
- A Hayward mother, Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, and her two young sons were detained at a San Francisco ICE office during a routine immigration check-in and deported to Colombia within days, according to their attorney Nikolas De Bremaeker.
- The family had lived in the Bay Area for about four years after Gutierrez fled Colombia to escape an abusive partner with alleged gang ties, raising concerns for their safety upon deportation.
- The older son, who is severely hearing impaired, was deported without his necessary assistive hearing devices, prompting outrage from educators and California officials who say the deportation disrupts his education and development.
- Conflicting information about the family’s detention location hindered legal efforts to file emergency appeals, and
