This edition of Newsday Investigates explores immigrants caught in America’s deportation system. In Manhattan, Ecuadorian father Julio Zambrano faces an immigration judge, navigating a three-year court backlog while struggling to keep his family together. Meanwhile, brothers Josue and Jose Trejo Lopez — raised in Georgia and Long Island, NY — are deported to El Salvador and fight to return to the only home they’ve known.
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0:00 - Teaser: "We Grew Up As Americans"
0:23 - Intro: 3 Years Investigating Long Island Immigration
2:05 - Seeking Asylum & Facing a 3-Year Court Backlog
13:26 - Intro: Long Island Brothers Deported to El Salvador
14:25 - Detained at Routine Check-In & Sent to San Salvador
26:06 - Human Impact of U.S. Immigration Laws
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