"I am trying to cope because that's what I am supposed to do, but what hurts me the most is to hear my kids ask where daddy is. My eight-year-old daughter with autism waited for him until the last minute. They would talk over the phone while he was detained, but one day before the funeral, I had to tell her that daddy was in heaven and that he would be watching her and that she wouldn't see him."
"I was coming back from a doctor's appointment for my pregnancy and I was so excited to tell him about our son, but I got a call saying that my husband was in the hospital, said Gauffeny, switching between English and Spanish intermittently. I walked into the [hospital] room and I just started crying. His arms were restrained to the bed and he had handcuffs on his feet."
"Garcia-Hernandez ended up in ICE custody early on 24 September after a short time in jail for a DUI. That same morning, while he was shackled inside a government van, a gunman opened fire outside the ICE field office in Dallas where he was awaiting intake. Federal authorities have said the attacker was targeting ICE officials, but only detainees were hurt, including Garcia-Hernandez, 31, who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition."
Miguel Garcia-Hernandez was detained by ICE on 24 September after a short jail stay for a DUI. While shackled inside a government van awaiting intake at a Dallas ICE field office, a gunman opened fire outside the facility; multiple detainees were wounded and Garcia-Hernandez was critically injured and died on 29 September. His wife, Stephany Gauffeny, was pregnant and later gave birth three days after his death. The family’s eight-year-old daughter with autism had been waiting for him and was told he had gone to heaven. Gauffeny placed a red ribbon with his name at an unmarked grave and cares for their children alone.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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