Well, in addition to clamping down on the number of immigrants being let into the U.S.,

the Department of Homeland Security says it deported more than 675,000 people in the first

year of Trump's second term.

Although the administration claims to be targeting violent criminals, others continue to

be caught up in the crackdown, including some who are protected from deportation.

Les Landers spoke recently with one woman who was detained, deported, and then allowed to come back into the United States.

Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez entered the United States at 15 years old and has lived in the U.S. for 27 years. She was a recipient of a

deferred action program established under President Obama that protects certain undocumented

individuals from deportation if they came to the U.S. as children and do not have a criminal record.

Maria was on her way to citizenship with a family petition through her U.S. citizen daughter,

but on February 18th, she was detained at her green card appointment and deported to Mexico within 24 hours.

A judge ruled her deportation was illegal and ordered her return on March 23rd.

She joins us now from her home in California.

Maria, thank you for joining us this afternoon. You're welcome. Thank you for having me. So like many others, you were arrested by ICE

at a normal USCIS appointment that you were at trying to get your green card through your U.S.

citizen daughter. Can you describe what happened that day?

We showed to the appointment at USCIS in Sacramento. We walked into the office.

We had my interview at the end of my interview. The interview agent, the interview agent

told me that she needed to speak to his supervisor.

And as soon as that I know, they knock on the door and I got arrested.

And I was told that I was being detained and I was going to get deporter back to Mexico.

Did they handcuff you?

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