00:00I don't want that for him. I would rather leave what I know and take a leap of faith
00:05and move to a different country rather than having my husband feel uncomfortable every single day.
00:10Hannah Silveira, una ciudadana estadounidense, guarda sus últimas cosas en las maletas con las que se irá de Estados Unidos.
00:17Una decisión que tomó tras la detención de su esposo Mateo Silveira, un inmigrante proveniente de Brasil,
00:23que fue detenido por agentes del ICE durante una cita de inmigración.
00:26So, in November, we were scheduled for our interview for the official adjustment of status for his green card.
00:36And as soon as the interview was concluded, the woman who was conducting the interview pulled her key card out
00:42of her computer
00:43and just said, I have people in the hallway waiting to speak with you.
00:46Even before she had exited the room, four ICE agents came in to a very small room
00:53and just started waving around a warrant and just saying, we have a warrant for your arrest for the visa
00:59overstay
00:59and handcuffed him and, you know, put him up against the wall and handed me a card that was supposed
01:09to answer any questions I may have.
01:11Mateo Silveira ingresó a Estados Unidos con una visa de estudiante.
01:15De acuerdo con su esposa, por motivos económicos no pudo continuar sus estudios y su visa expiró.
01:20Silveira no cuenta con antecedentes penales, más allá de un delito por conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol en 2022,
01:26que según su esposa se solucionó tras cumplir lo ordenado por un juez.
01:30El mismo año la pareja se conoció, comprometiéndose legalmente dos años después.
01:35It was crazy and we got pretty serious right away. Started seeing each other on a very regular basis and,
01:43yeah, we fell in love easy.
01:46We had gotten married in August of 2024 and started the adjustment of status very shortly thereafter.
01:54And we had submitted all of our documents. We got a lawyer just to make sure everything was on par.
02:01CNN se contactó con ICE por comentarios del caso y está a la espera de una respuesta.
02:07Además de abogada, Silveira también es veterana del Ejército de Estados Unidos.
02:11Ella dice que a pesar de contar con representación legal, no consiguieron la liberación de su esposo
02:16y fue así que ambos decidieron tomar la decisión de abandonar el país a través de una salida voluntaria que
02:22fue aprobada por las autoridades.
02:24We had planned to move closer to my family and really just settle before we start a family and we
02:31were looking at buying a house
02:33and after everything that's been going on in Minneapolis and just the feeling so unsafe all the time
02:42and knowing that there's no end in sight for that right now, we finally just requested that we're able to
02:49voluntarily depart.
02:50A pesar de ser una opción que les ofrecerá tranquilidad como pareja, Silveira dice que también conlleva despedirse de todo
02:56lo que ella conoce.
03:17Silveira cuenta que su último viaje será a Minneapolis para despedirse de su familia
03:22y que en cuestión de semanas estará llegando a Brasil, donde espera encontrarse con su esposo y comenzar desde cero
03:28una nueva vida.
03:47En medio de los masivos despliegues de control migratorio en varias ciudades de Estados Unidos,
03:52Silveira asegura que el ambiente en su país irá empeorando.
03:55I have lost all faith in this country right now.
04:00I have hope that it's not going to be like this forever.
04:04But it seems to get worse every single day.
04:08Every single day you're seeing breaking news.
04:12This horrible thing happened.
04:14These people are being treated horribly.
04:16A majority of the reason why we're leaving is just because it has yet to feel like you can get
04:22a breath of fresh air.
04:24It seems to get worse every single day.
04:26How did we get here?
