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Los Angeles Man Demands Answers After Wife Was Detained At Scheduled Green Card Meeting
He believes it was a trick to get the two separated before she was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
September 29, 2025 / 5:57 AM PDT
A man from Pasadena is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.
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Tucker May says that his wife, Barbara Gomes Marques, 38, was on her way to becoming a U.S. citizen when they headed to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building almost two weeks ago. He says that at the end of her meeting for her green card, someone asked his wife to accompany them down a hallway to make a copy of her passport, which they thought was the next step in her gaining citizenship after they were married last year.
Now, he believes it was a trick to get the two separated before she was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
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