In this environment Juan Villasis is 58 years old, and on Friday he could be deported from the United States.
A physical therapist from Colombia , was arrested on 15 November after a test of his request for asylum. «My dad was my whole world,» says one of the daughters-twins of Villasis, Leonie.
The family left Columbia in 2000, when he began to receive death threats because of his political position. Their next stop was Ecuador, but the police soon declared that cannot guarantee safety of family members.
In new York Juan Villasis wife and I arrived on a B2 visa when my daughters were 5 years old.
Since then, the girls managed to finish College in Queens – they are the recipients of the status of DACA. The wife of Juan is so concerned about the fate of her husband, that they forget about their own immigration problems.
According to 57-year-old women, the migration service has established her term until January 15, 2018, to return to Colombia, otherwise she’ll be deported.
«I can’t imagine living separately from their daughters. I think we all deserve to live in this country», — said through tears Daily News Leonie, wife of Juan Villasis. «I work, we pay taxes, our daughter is a good student».
According to the family lawyer, Gillian Chapman, Juan Villasis – impeccable reputation, not a single detention. «This separation of the family. It should not be», — said Chapman.
According to PIX11, now indifferent to the history of the family people have already collected 10 thousand signatures to immigration with an appeal not to deport Juan Villacis and his wife.
