13/ Yelianny Primera was released after the raid, with an ankle monitor and instructions to get her three young daughters’ birth certificates and passports in order so they can be returned to Venezuela together. Her two youngest daughters are U.S. citizens.
14/ Primera and her daughters are now living in a homeless shelter in Chicago, while her husband waits in jail to be returned to Venezuela. Primera said she rarely leaves the shelter, afraid of getting detained again - and separated from the girls.
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15/ When her husband calls her from detention, a knot forms in the back of her throat. Primera said she wants to lift his spirits. She assures him that everything is fine. She had forced a smile on her face as she told me this, but her eyes were shiny with tears.