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Last fall,<\/span> life for the Perez children was turned upside down. Their father, Romeo Sr., was picked up on his way to work and sent to immigration detention. A few months later, their mother, Olga, was detained, too. Her daughter was driving when they were pulled over. Romeo Sr. and Olga were both undocumented and had lived in the United States for decades; their children are US citizens.<\/p>

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\u201cI just remember after he had started banging on the window, like, telling me that I have to put the windows down so my mom and my uncle can give their IDs,\u201d says 21-year old Eliza Perez. She told the officer, \u201cYou took my dad, and now you\u2019re taking my mom.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

With their parents gone, Eliza, Jessica, Romeo Jr., and Cynthia had to fend for themselves in Lake Worth, Florida. Eliza, a college student, took charge of the household and the family\u2019s landscaping business.\u00a0<\/p>

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The Perezes are not alone. An estimated 205,000 kids have had a parent detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year and a half. It\u2019s happening all over the country and, in some cases, to the same families who were separated at the border during the first Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This week on Reveal<\/em>, filmmakers Max Maldonado and Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas Zaragoza and Mother Jones <\/em>reporters Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias look into the lives of two families fighting to stay together as the Trump administration\u2019s deportation agenda rips them apart.\u00a0<\/p>

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