"The paletero knew that, after 30 years of selling ice pops from a pushcart in South San Diego, it would be his last weekend in the United States. But before Francisco Duarte, 59, and his wife prepared to turn themselves over to immigration agents to be deported across the border, he still had coolers with frozen treats known as paletas in Spanish and snacks waiting to be sold."
"Duarte had shared the news on social media him standing in front of his paletero cart, delivering a heartfelt goodbye message that quickly went viral. He and his wife, Rosenda Perez, recently lost their deportation case after fighting it for eight years. We fought court after court, he said in Spanish in the video posted on Instagram in late September. We were holding on to the hope that everything would turn out fine. It didn't."
Francisco Duarte, 59, sold paletas from a pushcart in South San Diego for 30 years. Facing deportation with his wife, he chose to give away remaining frozen treats at Cesar Solis Community Park as a thank-you and farewell. Many clients knew about the impending deportation. Duarte posted a heartfelt video on Instagram standing by his paletero cart; the message went viral with over 2.3 million views. He and his wife lost a deportation case after eight years of litigation. They were detained by Border Patrol in May 2017; his wife was released after 17 days, while he remained detained for seven months.
Read at www.sandiegouniontribune.com
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