While A Chelsea Man Remains In Immigration Custody, His Family Struggles With A New Normal
Mellanie Rodriguez, Francisco Rodriguez’s 10-year-old daughter, goes shopping for school supplies with her grandmother, Jesus Rodriguez, on Saturday. Photo by Hadley Green for WBUR
A Chelsea man remains behind bars three months after being arrested by federal immigration officials during a scheduled office visit.
Forty-four-year-old Francisco Rodriguez is at Suffolk County House of Corrections awaiting potential deportation back to El Salvador, the country he fled more than 10 years ago.
But life carries on for his family. There are homework assignments to finish, meals to cook and loads of laundry to be done.