He came to the US as a child refugee from the former Soviet Union. Now he’s a father facing deportation to Ukraine

Roman Surovstev with his two daughters Samantha Surovstev

Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon.

It’s important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with.

At home with his wife Samantha, he would always be facilitating the bubbles at bath time, meticulously brushing out tiny blonde and brunette ponytails, and tucking the giggling girls into bed after reading to them.

But giggles have grown quiet as the young girls wonder what happened to their loving dad, who, in their eyes, simply vanished this summer. The girls haven’t seen him in 107 days.

Surovtsev was unexpectedly detained during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcem