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Rapid deportation efforts leave immigrant families in the dark
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Wisconsin Watch
Only about a third of immigrants in Wisconsin with upcoming hearings in federal immigration court have legal representation.
A Manitowoc County dairy worker arrived for her shift early on a Thursday morning in late September and waited for a message from her husband.
That man, Jose Hilario Moreno Portillo, was charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child in Manitowoc County in May.
The dairy worker said her husband had previously received a deportation order in an immigration court case that began while the couple was living in Iowa.
Attorney Aissa Olivarez works on a commuter train on Oct. 24, 2018, while traveling between Madison, Wis., and the Chicago Immigration Court.