article_snippet: Now Garcia is in limbo, and Garcia may have to wait 10 years for Garcia citizenship application to be considered because of huge backlogs in the system.
article_snippet: Hernandez Garcia was eventually acquitted of the charges, but they resulted in Hernandez Garcia showing up on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's radar and since then Hernandez Garcia has been fighting deportation proceedings.
article_snippet: After yet another unsuccessful appeal to immigration authorities in August, ICE decided to deport Hernandez Garcia on October 21, 2014, the same day Hernandez Garcia took sanctuary in the First Unitarian Society of Denver's church.
article_snippet: Before Hernandez Garcia fight with ICE, Hernandez Garcia and Hernandez Garcia wife had applied for legal permanent resident visas in 2005 through Hernandez Garcia father-in-law, who is a U.S. citizen, but because of a backlog it could be 2025 before he and his wife receive a decision.
article_snippet: But getting approved will take months, and Hernandez Garcia is worried that Hernandez Garcia could be removed from Hernandez Garcia family and deported in the meantime.
article_snippet: On December 2, Hernandez Garcia's wife, Ana, as well as their two daughters, traveled to Washington, D.C. to try to halt Hernandez Garcia deportation.
article_snippet: Representatives Diana DeGette, Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter all signed on to a request for 'stay of removal' for Hernandez Garcia, and the day after the family returned to Denver, Hernandez Garcia's attorney sent in the paperwork to re-open his case.
article_snippet: Hernandez Garcia says Hernandez Garcia will claim sanctuary until Hernandez Garcia knows Hernandez Garcia will not be deported, Hernandez Garcia says.
article_snippet: On December 2, Garcia's wife, Ana, as well as their two daughters, traveled to Washington, D.C. to try to halt Hernandez Garcia deportation .
article_snippet: Hernandez Garcia campaign is being backed by the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition, who have taken in other immigrants who face deportation .
highlights_snippet: Backlogs in immigration system mean Garcia may be waiting until 2025 .