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Two years ago, we shared with you the story of a young immigrant in Grand Rapids.

Brandon Reyes is part of a generation of immigrants known as dreamers, who arrived in the United States as children.

At six years old, I had no idea what were the laws or anything, Reyes said then. I just know my mom said We're coming over here for the great opportunity. I didn't know that I would be called illegal as a human, you know?

In February of this year, Brandon Reyes was arrested by federal immigration officers.

Tomorrow, Reyes' family says he will go before an immigration judge and voluntarily ask to be deported¹.

Over the past few years, Brandon Reyes has become known as an outspoken² activist³ for immigrant rights. He's shared his story at rallies. He's been on the news.

But more importantly, his mom Marilu Parra-Velazquez says, he's always been there for his family, including his two younger sisters.

"Sus hermanas dicen que lo van a extra?a, Parra-Velazquez says.

The girls are going to miss him a lot, says Nelly Gudino, Reyes' cousin, who interprets his mom's words. And they were saying like, What's going to happen with Brandon, what are we going to do now? There's nothing else that we could do. Brandon was the one who would always be here, giving his opinion on anything. But Brandon understands the positive side of everything. Like he's always telling us, well maybe I'm going to Mexico because God knows that someone else needs me over there.

I met Parra-Velazquez and Gudino at their home Thursday morning. We sat in the same living room where I first talked to Brandon Reyes shortly after the inauguration⁴ of President Trump⁵.

Reyes was enrolled⁶ in DACA, a program created by the Obama administration to protect certain young immigrants from deportation⁷.

But last year, he was arrested for a DUI. He'd been working on his probation⁸ when officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him.

We all make mistakes, Reyes told me on a phone call from inside the detention⁹ center in Calhoun County. But that one mistake came back to me and it came back to my mom as well, so that hurts a lot.

Brandon's mom was in the car with him when he was arrested. She was picked up to, though now she's out on bond, waiting for another court hearing.

She could go with her son to Mexico, but because of her status, she wouldn't be allowed back.

And living there isn't an option.

For one thing, Gudino says the family came to the United States originally to flee Reyes' abusive father. She says Brandon's mom was threatened after they fled.

She received a phone call from Brandon's biological father saying if they went back to Mexico they were going to get killed, Gudino says.

That phone call was 15, maybe 16, years ago. The family says their lawyer told them it can't be used as a reason for an asylum¹⁰ claim now.

Reyes has decided¹¹ it's better not to fight his deportation case.

So he plans to ask a judge to leave. Within weeks, and without a chance to gather his things or see his friends, he'll be sent on a plane to Mexico.

His family will stay here, but now they say his political activism is their political activism.

Next week, on May 1st, there will be a march for immigrant rights in Grand Rapids. Brandon won't be there. But his family says they will be.

Todos son iguales, his mom, Marilu Parra-Velazquez says.

We're all equal.

No somos diferentes.

We're not different.

We should have equal rights, she says.

1 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

8 probation   

n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)

参考例句：

• The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
• His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

9 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

10 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。