TAFT, Texas — Since 2023, Gabriela Isela Morales Rodriguez has been in the process of obtaining her U.S. citizenship. On Thursday, Oct. 16, Rodriguez was detained by U.S. Border Patrol and now faces deportation.

According to Rodriguez’s husband, Gerardo Bodroe, agents detained her at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Inspection Station checkpoint in Sarita, Texas.

Gerardo Bodroe Gerardo Bodroe and Gabriela Isela Morales Rodriguez

Rodriguez had been in Brownsville visiting her mother and helping her run errands.

Rodriguez, a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, was living in Taft on a C09 work visa and, according to Bodroe, had traveled through this checkpoint numerous times. Bodroe said that when his wife arrived at the checkpoint, she presented her work permit and other paperwork provi

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