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Home » Press Releases » Voces de la Frontera: On the deportation of Yessenia Ruano: Cruelty is the point
(Milwaukee, June 17th, 2025)— Today, despite overwhelming community support and a pending T-Visa application as a survivor of human trafficking, Yessenia Ruano and her twin 10-year-old U.S. citizen daughters were forced to board a plane to El Salvador. This devastating outcome follows weeks of advocacy and action by local leaders, elected officials, and hundreds of community members who mobil...