I am a 40 year old Mexican living in the US illegally. I was in the mob, went to prison and I’m now living to tell the story.

Hello everyone,<br><br>I’m currently a 40 year old Mexican living in the US, but unfortunately I am living here illegally. I am married with 2 beautiful children and I am in the middle of deportation proceedings. I don’t want to brag about the things I did because it caused a lot of pain to the people in my life, to my parents and above all to my son and wife who have suffered through all these years. But I feel like I need to tell my story to let the US know what made me come here and why I didn’t leave this country.<br><br>When I was 15, I joined the eastside Cholos, a gang in my neighborhood. I wanted to be part of something and the gang looked after me. I loved them like they were my family and would have jumped into fire for them without hesitation. At 16 I started working in a mob-run meth house in Boyle Heights, California. I would sell meth, harvest it and even sometimes cook it myself. But one day I was caught and put in prison. I was released from prison, I didn’t have a job, I wasn’t in school and I was on parole. I was lost, so I decided to go back to the gang.<br><br>During this time I made a lot of money, but I also made a lot of mistakes. I was in and out of jail, and I got deported three different times. But every time my friends came and got me, and brought me back across the border to the only life I had ever known. In 2002, I was arrested again and this time sentenced to six years in prison. I was released in 2008 and I was deported a fourth time. <br><br>This time, my friends came back for me again, but this time the border patrol caught us. The border patrol sentenced me to two more years in prison for illegal entry, and released me in 2010. I came back to California and stayed with some friends. I was barely surviving. I had no papers, so I couldn’t get a good job. I was all alone and had no family. I was sad and angry. I didn’t know how much longer I could survive like this. <br><br>This is when things took a turn for the better. I met my beautiful wife and she gave birth to our wonderful son. Both of them were my motivation. They showed me that I was important, that I mattered. I finally had a family to call my own. I had someone to look after, to feed and to give everything to. I had a reason to live. I looked for a job and found one at a kitchen in Pomona. I was working there and then I found another job at a restaurant in Ontario. I was now making much more money. I was able to provide for my wife and our son.<br><br>But I was also living in fear. I was constantly being pulled over by police and deported. I was never able to stay in one place for too long. Even when my son was born, I could barely hold him in my arms for longer than a day. I would leave the house early in the morning and get home late at night so that I didn’t have to worry about the police. I was constantly in fear of being deported and separated from my family.<br><br>In 2014, I was able to obtain a work permit and a driver’s license. Even though I was still an undocumented immigrant, I could finally live freely. I could stop living in fear of the law. I was able to buy a house and build a life for me and my family. I was proud of the man I became. My wife was also working and we were earning enough to support our family. We were able to give our son the life he deserved, with food, shelter, clothes and a family to call his own. We were happy. We were finally happy.<br><br>This was when the mob came back into my life. They wanted me back, they wanted me to come back to the drug house to work again. They offered me a lot of money and even threatened my family. I knew I had to do something. I didn’t want to go back to that life. I had a family to look after and I wanted to protect them. I decided to call the police and report the mob. They took my information and my family and I were placed into witness protection. We had to leave our lives behind, again. But I was willing to do whatever it took to keep my family safe. I would do anything for them.<br><br>But a month later, the police called me and told me that the mob had been arrested. They told me my family and I could go back home. I was so excited. My family and I could finally go back to our lives. But when we got home, we saw that our house had been broken into. Everything was stolen and the house was empty. The mob had left a note saying that I had to go back to them. If I didn’t, they would kill my family.<br><br>I knew I had to do something. I didn’t want to go back to that life, and I wanted to protect my family. I called the police and reported the mob again. I told them everything, and they arrested them again. I was finally safe. My family and I were finally safe.<br><br>In 2018, I received a call from the police. They told me that the mob had made bail and was released from prison. I couldn’t believe it. I had thought that I was finally safe. But now they were back on the streets. I was so scared. I knew that the mob would do anything to get back at me. I knew I had to do something.<br><br>I called the police again and told them that the mob was released. I begged them to protect my family. I begged them to keep us safe. And they did. They put my family and I into witness protection. We had to leave our lives behind, again. But I was willing to do whatever it took to keep my family safe. I would do anything for them.<br><br>I was in witness protection for two years, and then the police called me again. They told me that the mob was arrested again, and that they were going to stay in prison for a long time. They told me that my family and I were safe. We could finally go back home.<br><br>I was so excited to go back home. My family and I could finally go back to our lives. But when we got home, I received a deportation order. I couldn’t believe it. I had done everything right. I had worked hard, I had provided for my family, and I had even helped the police. But I was being deported. I was being sent back to Mexico, where I hadn’t lived in years. I was going to lose my family, my house, my job, everything.<br><br>I went to the immigration court, and I explained my story. I told them about the mob and how they had threatened my family. I told them about how I had helped the police. I told them about how I had worked hard and provided for my family. But it didn’t matter. The judge told me that I was going to be deported.<br><br>I couldn’t believe it. I had done everything right. I had worked hard, I had provided for my family, and I had even helped the police. But I was being deported. I was being sent back to Mexico, where I hadn’t lived in years. I was going to lose my family, my house, my job, everything.<br><br>I am currently in deportation proceedings. I am fighting to stay in the country that I love. I am fighting to stay with my family. I am fighting for my life.<br><br>This is my story. I am not a criminal. I am not a bad person. I am a father, a husband, and a hard worker. I am a good person. I just made some mistakes. But I have learned from those mistakes. I have changed my life. I have become a better person.<br><br>I want to stay in the US. I want to stay with my family. I want to continue working and providing for them. I want to be able to live my life without fear of being deported. I want to be able to live my life without fear of losing everything.<br><br>I am not alone. There are millions of people like me. There are millions of undocumented immigrants who are living in fear of being deported. There are millions of people who have done everything right, but are still being deported. There are millions of people who are losing their families, their houses, their jobs, everything.<br><br>We need to do something. We need to help these people. We need to give them a chance. We need to let them stay in the country they love. We need to let them stay with their families.<br><br>We need a pathway to citizenship. We need a way for undocumented immigrants to become citizens. We need a way for them to live their lives without fear of being deported. We need a way for them to be able to live their lives.<br><br>I am not a criminal. I am not a bad person. I am a father, a husband, and a hard worker. I am a good person. I just made some mistakes. But I have learned from those mistakes. I have changed my life. I have become a better person.<br><br>I want to stay in the US. I want to stay with my family. I want to continue working and providing for them. I want to be able to live my life without fear of being deported. I want to be able to live my life without fear of losing everything.<br><br>Please, help me. Please, help my family. Please, help the millions of undocumented immigrants who are living in fear of being deported. Please, give us a chance. Please, let us stay in the country we love.