Miguel Lopez, a father of three and grandfather from Livermore who had lived in the U.S. for decades, was deported to Mexico in June 2025 after being detained during a routine ICE check-in at a San Francisco courthouse. His removal stemmed from a 2014 Department of Homeland Security decision to revoke his green card, which his attorney argues was made without due process or valid justification. Supporters rallied outside federal court as his civil case proceeded, but on April 3, 2026, Judge Trina Thompson dismissed the case as time-barred under a six-year statute of limitations, while acknowledging the 'bureaucratic labyrinth' of immigration law and the 'generational trauma' the ruling would cause his family. Lopez's attorney plans to appeal to the Ninth Circuit, which represents his remaining legal pathway to return to his wife, children, and granddaughter in Livermore.