{"id":70065,"date":"2025-11-26T02:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/70065\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T02:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:18:09","slug":"long-beach-father-alberto-mota-deported-just-two-days-after-ice-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/70065\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach father Alberto Mota deported just two days after ICE arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A Long Beach father with no criminal record has been deported to Tijuana just two days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Thursday, Nov. 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundo52.com\/noticias\/local\/padre-familia-detenido-agentes-federales-dice-que-no-se-le-permitio-hablar-con-abogado\/2817199\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Telemundo Los Angeles<\/a> reported Alberto Mota\u2019s deportation on Monday. Mota was one of at least nine people detained by ICE in Long Beach last week, when federal agents swarmed the city across <a href=\"https:\/\/sigtrib.com\/long-beach-sees-increased-ice-activity-multiple-residents-taken-as-community-asks-for-city-to-step-in\/#:~:text=At%20least%2011%20people%20were%20detained%20and,in%20Long%20Beach%20and%20Wilmington%20on%20Thursday%2C\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at least eight locations<\/a>. Mota told Telemundo that he was denied access to a lawyer during his two days in a detention center and deported to Tijuana by Sunday, Nov. 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mota was the main provider for his family, and his wife and young daughter are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-alberto-mota-with-legal-defense?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_td&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=instagram_story&amp;lang=en_US&amp;fbclid=PAdGRleAONj3xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacb5y3LUHLbMOe-d_iCKLLqOav3-LriK0Fv4c3H4sIBQ4AtEhct6sTGboX7Sw_aem_e0d0jsS6073hhn4vGmV-9g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">raising funds in order to pay their rent and purchase groceries, and to help Mota start his new life in Tijuana.<\/a> According to the family\u2019s GoFundMe, Mota has no criminal record and was deported without signing any paperwork.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mota was working when ICE agents detained him. According to Telemundo, Mota and his coworkers were about to start working on a house in Long Beach when two trucks arrived with federal agents. Knowing they were about to be arrested, Mota said he ran in order to protect his friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey arrived, said \u2018good morning,\u2019 and what I did immediately, because I knew they were going to grab us, was I ran to save my friends and I actually succeeded. I ran quite a distance and threw myself down. I pretended to fall so they would grab me and I told them: \u201cGo, go so I can save you,\u201d Mota told Telemundo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Donate to the Mota family through their GoFundMe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-alberto-mota-with-legal-defense?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_td&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=instagram_story&amp;lang=en_US&amp;fbclid=PAdGRleAONj3xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacb5y3LUHLbMOe-d_iCKLLqOav3-LriK0Fv4c3H4sIBQ4AtEhct6sTGboX7Sw_aem_e0d0jsS6073hhn4vGmV-9g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Do you know someone who has been arrested by ICE in Long Beach or Signal Hill? Help us track the ongoing immigration raids targeting our community. We\u2019d like to share their story, beyond the statistics, and tell people the reality of what\u2019s going on and who is being impacted. We\u2019ll also promote any fundraiser for a family or person affected by the ICE raids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u00a0<br \/>Send us a tip or fundraiser information at <a href=\"https:\/\/sigtrib.com\/long-beach-father-alberto-mota-deported-just-two-days-after-ice-arrest\/mailto:Newspaper@SignalTribune.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newspaper@SignalTribune.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.square.site\/merchant\/VTEV4JWNN0BCX\/checkout\/QITBSZJMKSPZ6B24C37I4VYL\" aria-label=\"If you enjoyed what you read, consider donating to the Signal Tribune, one of the only independently-owned newspapers in Long Beach and Signal Hill.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764123489_645_If-you-enjoyed-what-you-read-consider-donating-to-the-Signal-Tribune-one-of-the-only-independently-o.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1500\" height=\"600\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Long Beach father with no criminal record has been deported to Tijuana just two days after an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-70065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}