Federal appeals court denies Fairfield mother's request to stay in U.S.
Maribel Diaz, mother of 4, will be deported to her home country of Mexico
Updated: 6:35 PM EDT Apr 11, 2017
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio —
A federal appeals court has denied a Fairfield mother's request to stay in the United States, clearing the way for federal officials to deport her back to Mexico.
Maribel Trujillo-Diaz, a mother of four was moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana Monday, ICE officials said Tuesday.
An ICE spokesman said the removal will go forward. It was said Trujillo-Diaz would remain in Louisiana until her deportation.
The spokesman said "The removal will go forward."
Trujillo-Diaz was detained last week by federal agents, according to her family. Diaz is married and has four U.S.-born children.
Trujillo-Diaz was being held at the Morrow County Detention Center, about 50 miles north of Columbus. She came to the United States illegally from Mexico in 2002, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
More than 30 people gathered Tuesday for a prayer vigil in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Cincinnati. They called the decision a "grave injustice" and prayed for Trujillo-Diaz's safety and for comprehensive immigration reform.
"The family continues to struggle with this. This has been a very, very difficult thing, not only having their mother taken from them so suddenly, but it's been this emotional roller coaster," Father Mike Pucke said.
In a statement, ICE officials said:
"(The) case has undergone review at multiple levels of our nation's legal system, and the courts have uniformly held that she has no legal basis to remain in the United States. In 2014, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed her legal appeals and she became subject to a final order of deportation."
Trujillo-Diaz has since been moved to a facility in Oakdale, Louisiana.
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