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Public Support Urged as Filmmaker Faces Deportation Risk

9/30/2025

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Tucker May seeks public support after his wife Barbara Gomes Marques was detained at a Los Angeles green-card hearing.
Marques, a documentarian with no criminal record, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The arrest followed a missed 2019 court date the couple says they were unaware of.
An emergency restraining order aims to prevent deportation.

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Story summary

Tucker May seeks public support after his wife Barbara Gomes Marques was detained at a Los Angeles green-card hearing.
Marques, a documentarian with no criminal record, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The arrest followed a missed 2019 court date the couple says they were unaware of.
An emergency restraining order aims to prevent deportation.