Race/Related: Their parents were taken by ICE. The children had to raise one another.
Andrea García and her siblings carry on in a home reshaped by fear, loss and new responsibility.
Race/Related
April 10, 2026

In January, immigration agents raided the García family’s home in a rural section of Donna, Texas. They arrested Andrea García’s parents, Julio Orosco and Lucero Garza, who had been living in the country without authorization for years. Ms. Garza was deported to Mexico; Mr. Orosco is still in custody. But Andrea and her five siblings, ages 11 through 22, are all citizens, born in the U.S.

Andrea García, 22, in her home with her younger siblings.

Read more on how Andrea was thrust abruptly into an unfamiliar role: matriarch.

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