The Rivera family of Raleigh, North Carolina, spent a recent weekend playing board games, cheering at a soccer game and visiting a local park. But unlike most families out and about that weekend, those routine moments marked an emotional farewell. Fidel Rivera, a husband and father who has been in the U.S. for 30 years without legal status, decided to return to Mexico , leaving his U.S. citizen wife and two daughters behind. He said his decision was the result of the Trump administration's promise to "arrest and deport" anyone without lawful status. The Riveras' story, airing on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and on "ABC News Live Prime," was produced in partnership with ABC Owned Station WTVD in Raleigh, North Carolina. Rivera, who left Mexico at 18, is one of a growing number of
Mexican father, reflecting a trend, self-deports due to threat of arrest

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