" After being wrongfully deported, a South Texas man and his family navigate realities of shifting immigration policies " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

MERCEDES — For most of her life, Geovanna Galvan didn’t worry that her parents, both undocumented farm workers in the Rio Grande Valley, would be deported. After President Donald Trump entered his second term in office, that changed. With a new pit in her stomach, she downloaded an app to track the location of her immediate family.

It didn’t take long for the app to prove useful. One afternoon in January — less than two weeks after Trump was inaugurated for his second term.

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