Figueroa, 36, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in 2016 and was ordered deported after she missed an immigration court hearing that November. She met Martinez, 64, later that year, when they worked on the same ranch. “He was, and still is, my angel here,” she said.

During a heated election campaign, there was one promise Trump repeated at every rally – to launch the “largest deportation programme in American history”, in a bid to drastically reduce the number of undocumented migrants, and deter illegal crossings at the southern border.

Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States illegally.

A Spanish Coast Guard vessel tows a fibreglass boat with migrants onboard to the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, December 25, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) - As many as 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa may have drowned,

Over 10,457 migrants lost their lives in their attempts to reach Spain by boat from West Africa in 2024, a new report has found. ・Over 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain from West Africa in 2024 ・Majority of the fatalities were from Pakistan ・Migrant rights group Walking Borders had alerted authorities about the missing boat The report