An undocumented 64-year-old grandmother is dealing with deportation after she mistakenly took the mistaken exit on her manner dwelling from work.
Ana Camero’s household says she’s presently being held at Otay Mesa Detention Heart greater than a month after she made the sudden detour and ended up on the entrance to a U.S. Marines facility in San Diego.
Camero was driving dwelling from her job as a dishwasher at a La Jolla restaurant on April 7 when she stopped to get gasoline. She then drove into the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego by mistake. There, she was requested for correct identification and when she couldn’t present one, immigration enforcement was known as, officers mentioned.
“It was only a mistaken flip,” her daughter, Melissa Hernández, instructed information station Telemundo 20.
Camero has lived in the USA for greater than 20 years. Born in Mexico, she doesn’t have a California driver’s license or every other type of identification, in accordance with her household.
Hernández mentioned her mom is diabetic and has a vascular situation, however isn’t receiving any medical care or remedy whereas within the detention facility.
“Her foot has already begun to swell once more on account of lack of circulation — one thing that, if untreated, might result in extreme penalties,” Hernández mentioned in a GoFundMe marketing campaign looking for to lift cash to rent an immigration legal professional.
A spokesperson for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot mentioned in a press release that when somebody tries to enter a federal set up with out correct authorization they’re required to supply a government-issued type of identification.
“When a person can’t or doesn’t present the required type of identification the suitable federal authorities, together with U.S. customs and border patrol are notified. This is applicable no matter whether or not the person claims the entry was by mistake,” the assertion mentioned. “As a federal set up, we’re mandated to uphold all federal statutes [or laws].”
Camero’s household mentioned that officers on the Marine Corps Recruit Depot contacted U.S. Border Patrol after Camero couldn’t current a sound type of identification.
Hernández discovered that her mom was in custody after she obtained a name from a Marine Corps spokesperson who instructed her that her mom’s automotive was at their base.
As she waited exterior the bottom for extra data, she noticed the Border Patrol automobiles arrive, Hernández instructed the Mercury Information.
U.S. Division of Homeland Safety didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark about Camero’s case.
Camero was offered an legal professional throughout a current courtroom look on the Otay Mesa Detention Heart. In accordance with her household, she intends to battle the deportation order.
