Colorado Couple Fighting To Stop Deportation Of Their 4-year-old Daughter

In yet another immigration story that makes no sense, authorities are ready to deport a four-year-old girl in Colorado, who was legally adopted in Peru rather than through an international adoption. Amy and Marco Becerra had been working in Peru at the time. When her parents, both American citizens, came back to live in the United States they were told their daughter would have to go through an immigration process. This week they found out that her application had been denied, for reasons unknown.

The Becerras have been with the little girl since she was 11-days-old and are the only parents she's ever known. Angela is set to start preschool on Monday. But if this mess isn't sorted, authorities of the United States will take the little girl from her parents and put her on a plane back to Peru.

Disgusted yet?

Source: KDVR

“The unique thing about Angela’s adoption is it’s not an international adoption. It’s a domestic adoption in Peru,” Amy Becerra said.

Angela’s adoption was finalized in Peruvian court in April 2017. At that point, the Becerras decided it was time for their family to move back to Colorado.

“We wanted her to have the opportunities that are available here, the education that’s available here. The American dream,” Amy Becerra said.

That is when she says their dream turned into a nightmare.

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