José Contreras, 30, his wife, his four-month-old son and his stepson watch his other stepson play soccer in Edinburg, Texas, on July 10, 2026. Jose Contreras felt safe from deportation under a program launched years ago under Barack Obama, but the Trump administration expelled him anyway. The day Contreras got the shocking news, at a routine immigration hearing, he said officials laughed when he asked for a stay extension because his wife was about to have their first child. "They looked at me like I had a third eye," Contreras told AFP. He was deported to Honduras that same day, and spent 118 days there until he made it back, thanks to a court order. (Photo by Gabriel V. Cardenas / AFP via Getty Images)