00:00the officer indicated to me that because she had a final order of deportation,
00:04that they had every right to remove her from the country. And I asked him,
00:08were you aware that she was a victim of the Walmart shooting
00:12and that she had cooperated with police? And he said,
00:16yeah, she mentioned that, but that, you know, that, that doesn't change anything.
00:31She got pulled over and they, and they found that she had two outstanding tickets from 2015.
00:37So what would have been a simple traffic stop with her staying in jail for a day and a half
00:42to pay the fines, turned into an ICE detainer and her being transferred to ICE custody on Friday
00:49morning. She went to high school here. She worked here. She had her ties here, you know, family and
00:56friends. So this deportation was, was really, I think very surprising to her because the last
01:03time that she was in Juarez, she was still a child.
01:06Not only was she present and observed everything, she was in fear for her life the entire time she
01:34was there. She came to my office in October of 2019. And she explained to me her circumstances
01:43of, you know, her, her presence at the Walmart that day and how things, you know, happened and
01:47unfolded for her. And during the interview, one of the, either the FBI or the Homeland Security
01:53official mentioned that some of the information that she had provided had not yet been corroborated
01:59by any other source. She was targeted by the shooter directly, which, you know, every crime
02:23that is listed in the U visa includes the attempt of that same crime. So attempted murder, say,
02:30for example, is a crime that qualifies for a U visa. And in this case, having a weapon of war
02:39pointed at you, I would imagine would qualify you for a U visa.
03:09We're asking that she be returned to the United States so that, number one, she can continue the
03:18emotional and mental therapy that she was attending that was a result of this, that was
03:23necessary as a result of this crime. And number two, she can continue to assist and, and provide
03:30information for law enforcement and the prosecutors in this case. And most importantly, so that she
03:38can continue living her life with the understanding that because she has taken the steps necessary to
03:47to help bring about justice, you know, that's what all we're looking for is justice for
03:52all those 23 people that died and, and the countless numbers of people who will now live
03:57the rest of their lives with emotional and mental scars that are incomprehensible to most of us.
