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 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 then that's when it was just like, it felt like somebody put a little like 10,000 blocks of like bricks on my chest.

I was just hearing mumbles.

I felt like I was building up so many emotions and it was all going to come out.

And I didn't want anybody to see me like that.

So I just gave my paper to my teacher and I like ran out the classroom and I tried to get in my car as fast as possible.

And it's just like you just start envisioning the worst.

Like he's in this terrible place.

This is a hardworking man.

No criminal record. Like you guys just took him.

From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavarro. This is the Daily.

In his first 100 days, President Trump has struggled to fulfill his promise of deporting

one million undocumented immigrants, a reality that has prompted his administration to change

its strategy. Rather than putting its focus on migrants with a criminal record, or those who recently

crossed the border, the White House is increasingly seeking to deport those who came to the

U.S. decades ago and have established a life, career, and family in America.

Today, Daily producer Jessica Chung tells the story of one such migrant through the eyes of his daughter.

It's Friday, May 2nd.

I first spoke to Ila 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.

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