When Maximino Hoz presented his case asking for relief from deportation, he submitted letters from his children’s teachers, therapists and friends saying his family would suffer extreme hardship if he were removed from the country. But his most sympathetic advocate may be his 12-year-old, U.S.-born son. In a heart-wrenching, one-paragraph letter begging judge Rex Ford not to deport his father, Anthony Hoz's words highlight the pain of family separation that has become a common by-product of an immigration system that deports nearly 400,000 people every year. The letter reads: Dear Rex Ford, please I beg you with all my heart to leave my dad with us Because we need him so he can pay the bills...
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