Hey, it's Michael. All this week, the Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year,

listening back and hearing what's happened in the time since they first ran. Today, we return to the

subject of President Trump's broad and historic crackdown on immigration. To reach his

promised deportation numbers, Trump increasingly sought to deport those

without a criminal record, those who came to the U.S. decades ago, and who have established lives,

careers, and family in this country. Daily producer Jessica Chung told the story of one such man who was detained this year through the eyes of his daughter.

It's Tuesday, December 30th.

So I was in class.

I was about to turn in all my work to the teacher, so I was already starting to pack up my things slowly.

And I got a call from my mom. She seemed very down. And she was like, it's like when you hear somebody, they're

trying not to cry, but like they're really like holding it in. And I could hear in her voice. and that's when I started to get a little bit worried.

She told me that, like, your father got detained.

And it's just like, you just aren't envisioning the worst.

Like, he's in this terrible place.

This is a hardworking man.

No criminal record.

Like, you guys just took him.

I first spoke to Ayla back in February.

This was a month into the Trump administration,

which had promised quick and mass deportations.

I was calling immigration lawyers around the country trying to get a sense of who

exactly was getting targeted for deportation and how ICE was finding them. And that's when a lawyer

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