amy: we will leave it there, jani cauthen, the former wife of jean montrevil, the mother of three of an's four children. jean montrevil joining us directly from haiti where he has been deported to just yesterday. and amy gottlieb, the wife of ravi ragbir, who's now in detention in florida in deportation proceedings, and they're trying to get him back to new york to have him released to where he has lived for well over two decades. this is democracy now! when we come back, we go to seattle, washington, district another well-known immigrants rights activist who herself faces detention and deportation. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show with undocumented activist maru mora-villalpando. immigrations and customs enforcement have placed her in deportation proceedings, in a move she calls retaliation for her political activism. maru is a nationally known immigrant rights activist who leads the organization, northwest detention center reresistance.. she has engaged in multiple acts of civi

jean montrevil came to the u.s. from haiti with a green card in 1986 at the age of 17. last june, when he went to his first check-in under president trump, montrevil was detained, handcuffed, processed to be deported until calls from his supporters apparently prompted his release. speaking on democracy now! last summer, jean montrevil described the dangers he could face if he's deportrted to haiti. i'm ae you get deported, criminal alien. there is a process you have to go through in haiti. yet to be interviewed by the haitian government. you have to have a family member to come & you off. all of my family lives here now. if you can get out, yet to pay money to get out. they are making money off criminal deportees in haiti. people have e died in thehe hain jail. amy: montrevil's arrest by ice on wedednesday came after the trump administration said it is revoking a special immigration program for nearly 60,000 haitians, including many who came to the united states after the devastating earthquake in 2010. their temporary protected status, or tps, will now end in july next