{"id":114170,"date":"2026-04-24T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/dhs-wants-to-deport-woman-whose-loved-one-died-on-baltimore-bridge-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:02:13","slug":"dhs-wants-to-deport-woman-whose-loved-one-died-on-baltimore-bridge-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/dhs-wants-to-deport-woman-whose-loved-one-died-on-baltimore-bridge-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS wants to deport woman whose loved one died on Baltimore bridge : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-118539\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4500;&#10;        --source-height: 3000;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F9a%2Fe6f2baa243e88950fa50298cfd51%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-012.JPG\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Zoila Guerra Sandoval, mother of the child of Jos\u00e9 Mynor L\u00f3pez, one of the workers killed in the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, stands above downtown Baltimore in the office of Eldridge Crandell Law Firm, in Baltimore, on April 22, 2026.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Wesley Lapointe for NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Wesley Lapointe for NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/newsletter\/politics\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 Zoila Guerra Sandoval, 48, remembers making &#8220;frijoles blancos,&#8221; white beans, the day before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/26\/1240857704\/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-baltimore\">Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed<\/a> in Baltimore in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>She had just spoken with Jos\u00e9 Mynor L\u00f3pez about the usual things \u2014 like when their daughter should be picked up from school. Mynor L\u00f3pez, her co-parent and friend, joked that she should bring him some of the beans; she told him to swing by her house. But he had to go work his overnight road maintenance shift.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is how we left it. In the morning my brothers were calling me&#8221; to ask about him, Guerra Sandoval recalled in an interview with NPR this week.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;He died in the accident,&#8217; my [brother] told me. &#8216;It&#8217;s all over the news. A boat took out the bridge.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mynor L\u00f3pez&#8217;s body was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/sixth-victim-recovered-key-bridge-collapse-baltimore\/60722459\" target=\"_blank\"><u>last to be found<\/u><\/a> \u2014 two months later \u2014 out of the six construction workers who were killed that night. Their deaths put a spotlight on the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/28\/1241369789\/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-draws-attention-to-dangerous-jobs-hispanic-workers\" target=\"_blank\"><u>immigrant and unauthorized labor<\/u><\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wypr.org\/wypr-news\/2024-03-29\/latino-immigrants-in-maryland-call-for-stronger-federal-protections-after-key-bridge-collapse\" target=\"_blank\"><u>construction industry<\/u><\/a>, and prompted the Biden administration to try to provide immigration protections for about 30 people with immediate connections to the victims. <\/p>\n<p>Now, under President Trump, those protections are being undone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1241399259\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/29\/1241399259\/bridge-baltimore-francis-scott-key-maynor-suazo-sandoval-construction-worker\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/29\/1241399259\/bridge-baltimore-francis-scott-key-maynor-suazo-sandoval-construction-worker&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/28\/maynor-suazo-sandoval-niagara_sq-da86b12d7468cd1df3a22e15e7e8dd13d1db0e99.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"'A generous man': Baltimore bridge worker helped family, community in Honduras\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Girod, the immigration attorney representing Guerra Sandoval, says this administration has made every undocumented immigrant a priority for deportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And when everybody is a priority, the person convicted of some of the most heinous crimes that a person can be convicted of \u2014 is just as much a priority as the mother of a child who lost her father in a national tragedy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s story is a stark example of how immigration policy can change drastically with each administration \u2014 and transform the lives of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Mynor L\u00f3pez was a part of a road maintenance crew filling potholes when the bridge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/26\/1240857704\/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-baltimore\" target=\"_blank\"><u>collapsed<\/u><\/a> after being hit by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/04\/1242605876\/baltimore-bridge-collapse-dolphins\">cargo vessel<\/a>. Guerra Sandoval met him in 2016 in the U.S., and they bonded over being from the same town in Guatemala. They never married, but maintained a close friendship, said Guerra Sandoval, in large part because they shared a 7-year-old U.S. citizen daughter.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I ask her if she remembers her father. She says &#8216;Yes, but my dad died in the water,'&#8221; Guerra Sandoval said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1241122687\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/27\/1241122687\/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-history\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/27\/1241122687\/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-history&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2024\/03\/27\/ap693912580630_sq-3d4b9aace9e1522996bd81262544e273ba60dc2f.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Baltimore's Key Bridge was built in the '70s, but has a deep and patriotic history\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval is in the country without legal status. After the bridge collapse, officials with the Biden administration approached dozens of family members and loved ones of those who died and encouraged them to apply for programs that provide limited protection from deportation. 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T\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Laura Labra places flowers at a memorial to honor the six men killed on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, in 2024.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Bonnie Cash\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Bonnie Cash\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s daughter allowed her to qualify for that relief since she is now her sole caretaker.<\/p>\n<p>A former Biden-era official with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that processes immigration applications, corroborated Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p>The official requested anonymity to speak candidly about the sensitive conversations that took place at the time. The official said USCIS has policies in place to provide relief to people facing emergencies or other unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The terrible tragedy of the collapse of the Baltimore bridge fell in this category, and USCIS reviewed expedited requests from survivors and their families with great care and on a case-by-case basis,&#8221; the former official said.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS did not respond to a request for comment this week on Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s case, or others affected by the collapse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5611495\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/10\/nx-s1-5611495\/trump-citizenship-immigration-services-changes\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/10\/nx-s1-5611495\/trump-citizenship-immigration-services-changes&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5243x5243+1802+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F75%2F19c4ce254a8b9b5792ec8330b82b%2Fap25184638507161.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"A woman clutches a U.S. flag as she and applicants from 20 countries prepare to take an oath of citizenship in commemoration of Independence Day during a naturalization ceremony in San Antonio in July 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Stepping &#8220;out of the shadows&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>At the time, former President Joe Biden met with some of the families of those who died. He offered his condolences and called the men &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5112751\/president-biden-francis-scott-key-bridge\" target=\"_blank\"><u>hard-working, strong, and selfless.<\/u><\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most were immigrants but all were Marylanders,&#8221; Biden said in May 2024. &#8220;We&#8217;ll never forget the contribution these men made to this city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But just over two years since the collapse, some of those family members could now be at risk for deportation. Earlier this month, Guerra Sandoval received a letter from USCIS, notifying her that she was denied immigration relief and that she is now in removal proceedings and must appear in immigration court.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rachel Girod, Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s lawyer, said that after living in the U.S. for two decades without any criminal record, she wouldn&#8217;t have been a priority for removal under previous administrations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She stepped out of the shadows to entrust that they would follow through on the promises that they made to her,&#8221; Girod said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-118541\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4500;&#10;        --source-height: 3001;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3001+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F5b%2F180bac7d42c79e89e42b9e0b7bda%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-002.JPG\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Immigration attorney Rachel Girod listens as Zoila Guerra Sandoval discusses recent developments in her immigration status including threats of deportation, at Eldridge Crandell Law Firm in Baltimore on April 22, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Immigration attorney Rachel Girod listens as Zoila Guerra Sandoval discusses recent developments in her immigration status including threats of deportation, at Eldridge Crandell Law Firm in Baltimore on April 22, 2026.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Wesley Lapointe for NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Wesley Lapointe for NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-103\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5707535\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/20\/nx-s1-5707535\/trump-immigration-detention-appeals-board-deportation\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/20\/nx-s1-5707535\/trump-immigration-detention-appeals-board-deportation&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2554x2554+144+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2F9c%2F9d3bd5f3498ab4648d786570d87a%2Fap26065575670719.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Cases in immigration courts nationwide can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. Here, federal agents stand outside an immigration court in New York on March 6, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Girod noted that by applying for relief, Guerra Sandoval was giving the government all her personal information \u2014 even fingerprints. &#8220;With the promise that, &#8216;In you giving us this information, we&#8217;re going to give you a work permit.&#8217; And instead, what they gave her is a hearing in front of an immigration judge with a deportation charge against her,&#8221; the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, USCIS has fallen more in line with other immigration enforcement branches at the Homeland Security Department, which have a focus on policing.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has ramped up arrests and deportations for those in the country illegally to meet a goal of deporting one million people a year. It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/23\/g-s1-103001\/trump-immigration-deportation-migration-legal-status\" target=\"_blank\"><u>stripped previously available legal protections<\/u><\/a> from immigrants who had relied on Biden-era and earlier programs.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS has also slowed processing of immigration applications. Nearly a quarter of a million applications \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/17\/nx-s1-5777632\/us-trump-immigration-delay-applications-citizenship-deportation\" target=\"_blank\"><u>like some of those filed by the families<\/u><\/a> of the six victims \u2014 saw months long delays before being opened by the agency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-104\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-103001\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/23\/g-s1-103001\/trump-immigration-deportation-migration-legal-status\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/23\/g-s1-103001\/trump-immigration-deportation-migration-legal-status&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x4000+1309+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F76%2F037a4d0f43be87ad56a77a6d58b3%2Fgettyimages-2195125932.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"A person tries to use the CBP One app on their phone.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-104\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Cumbersome processes collide with changing administration<\/h3>\n<p>Girod represents five clients with relationships to victims of the bridge collapse. About 30 people were considered eligible for this, according to lawyers working on the cases. Girod said she had to file each application several times and, for some, it was almost a year before USCIS acknowledged receipt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rejections had become so numerous that it was something the entire office knew about. It just felt like a cruel joke trying to get these filed,&#8221; Girod said, noting some of the rejections came during the Biden administration. &#8220;Paper filings with USCIS go to these massive warehouses all over the United States. So, 30 applications out of the millions of different pieces of paperwork that come to USCIS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-1-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-1\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-105\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5777632\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/17\/nx-s1-5777632\/us-trump-immigration-delay-applications-citizenship-deportation\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/17\/nx-s1-5777632\/us-trump-immigration-delay-applications-citizenship-deportation&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2348x2348+472+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fd2%2F29335f4b4693ba8ddb5beecf574b%2Fap25181361224394.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"In June 2025, people stand in a long line outside the Los Angeles Federal Building.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-105\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The lawyers got specific instructions for how to get approval. Lawyers filling out the applications for the family members had to send the applications to a specific location, were told what the envelopes should look like and to mark each one clearly with the words &#8220;FSK Bridge Collapse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ama Frimpong, chief of services at We Are CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, said some of the applications were successful. In 2024 and early 2025, several qualifying loved ones received at least temporary protection from deportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As time went on, there was very clearly a slowdown in the adjudication of the applications and now clearly a denial and a placement in removal proceedings indicating a reversal,&#8221; Frimpong said. She also confirmed that Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s name was on a list of others corresponding with Biden officials about who was applying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot let a child who lost her father on the bridge now lose her mother,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-118555\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4500;&#10;        --source-height: 3000;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2F3e%2F4511be3b4e29a0b528b8e30d7b1a%2F2026-04-keybridge-wlapointe-007.JPG 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Sandoval holds a photo of Jos\u00e9 Mynor L\u00f3pez, one of the workers killed in the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and their daughter, at Eldridge Crandell Law Firm, in Baltimore on April 22, 2026.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Wesley Lapointe for NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Wesley Lapointe for NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-106\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5745069\" 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loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-106\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Removal proceedings lead to immigration court<\/h3>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s ordeal to stay in the U.S. also illustrates the chaotic nature of the immigration bureaucracy as the Trump administration uses the levers of government to ramp up its campaign of mass deportations.<\/p>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval went into a USCIS office in December to have her fingerprints taken as a standard next step in her application. It gave her hope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The hope stays because they called me for my fingerprints and I am awaiting my permissions,&#8221; Guerra Sandoval said.<\/p>\n<p>Then she got a letter dated April 14 of this year from USCIS acknowledging that she applied for a program known as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-131\" target=\"_blank\"><u>parole in place<\/u><\/a>,&#8221; which would give her permission to work and be in the U.S. The program was also used by those impacted by the mass shooting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aila.org\/aila-files\/0283A4C8-85A3-40A0-8571-B4AFD53228D7\/22053102.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Uvalde, Texas<\/u><\/a> and by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/military\/discretionary-options-for-military-members-enlistees-and-their-families#:~:text=You%20may%20be%20eligible%20for,of%20the%20following%20service%20members%3A\" target=\"_blank\"><u> those in the military who have undocumented relatives<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-2-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-2\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-107\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5723914\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/24\/nx-s1-5723914\/ice-iran-deporatation-adoption-adoptee-veteran\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/24\/nx-s1-5723914\/ice-iran-deporatation-adoption-adoptee-veteran&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3001x3001+750+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F0a%2F8371017340fd9eb350a7b728c00c%2Fstellakalinina-adoptee-31.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"The Iranian passport of an adoptee brought to the United States by her American parents from Iran as a young child, photographed in California on Feb. 21.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-107\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Girod, her lawyer, said this would not on its own give her a pathway to citizenship but could allow her daughter to someday sponsor her. It would also need to be periodically renewed.<\/p>\n<p>The letter from USCIS also notes that the Secretary of Homeland Security has discretion to parole any applicant on a case-by-case basis. But in the same letter, the agency told her her application was denied because she is &#8220;presently in removal proceedings before an immigration judge or [has] an administratively final order of removal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That was news to Guerra Sandoval and her lawyer. Neither had received any formal documents that cite where and when she needs to appear before a judge, nor official documents from DHS that indicate the agency was moving forward with deportation proceedings. Girod had to physically go to the Baltimore Immigration Court to request the formal notice to appear before a judge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5795825-108\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-94019\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/19\/g-s1-94019\/ice-immigration-detention-due-process\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/19\/g-s1-94019\/ice-immigration-detention-due-process&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3024x3024+574+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ffc%2Fff4581b6467e90ce140902e588d4%2Fimg-0488.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Roman Surovtsev and Samantha Surovtsev are seen in a photo from August 2024.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5795825-108\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The court notice was filed April 10, just days before USCIS sent its own denial of her parole application. The notice, reviewed by NPR, notes that Guerra Sandoval is in removal proceedings because she is in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is becoming more and more normal to see different sub agencies of DHS not dot their I&#8217;s and cross their T&#8217;s. It means that these letters are going to come with less and less information,&#8221; Girod said. She got the notice to appear this week. &#8220;And immigrants are going to be left having to fill in those blanks themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval&#8217;s initial hearing is scheduled for July. While going through immigration court, she will have the opportunity to ask for other kinds of relief from deportation, including specific protections for parents of children under 21.<\/p>\n<p>But there are risks. Immigration cases can stay pending in court for several years. And the Trump administration put in place policies mandating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/18\/nx-s1-5746809\/trump-administrations-expansion-of-migrant-detention-ignites-fierce-opposition\">detention<\/a> for those who entered the country without legal status \u2014 meaning she faces the risk of being put behind bars while she fights for her right to stay.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-3\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Guerra Sandoval said others she knows were able to get their work permission within a year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s the hope I have,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014NPR&#8217;s Rachel Baye contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/23\/nx-s1-5795825\/maryland-immigration-families-key-bridge-collapse-deportation\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoila Guerra Sandoval, mother of the child of Jos\u00e9 Mynor L\u00f3pez, one of the workers killed in the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, stands above downtown Baltimore in the office of Eldridge Crandell Law Firm, in Baltimore, on April 22, 2026. 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