Maribel Diaz, mother of 4, will be deported to her home country of Mexico

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WEBVTT OKESMAN SAYS THE REMOVALWILL GO FORWARD.AS EACH HOUR PASSES, FEELINGS OFUNCERTAINTY INTENSIFY.THE WEIGHT ALSO CARRIES HOPE FORFRIENDS AND FAMILY OF DIAZ.FROM THE HOUSE TRUJILLO-DIAZWOULD READ SCRIPTURES IN, TO THEONE SHE SHARES WITH HER HUSBANDAND FOUR CHILDREN, LOVED ONESARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING ADECISION FROM THE FEDERALAPPEALS COURT.>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HER.EVERYDAY I QUESTION MYSELF, GOTO SLEEP THINKING ABOUT IT, WAKEUP THINKING ABOUT IT.KARIN: 14-YEAR-OLD OSWALDO ISTRUJILLO-DIAZ'S OLDEST SON.SINCE FEDERAL AGENTS PICKED UPHIS MOTHER FROM HERE IN THEIRFAIRFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD A WEEKAGO, HE'S BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ONAN ADULT ROLE AND STAY STRONGFOR HIS YOUNGER SIBLINGS ANDTHEIR FATHER.>> I'VE BEEN CALMING HIM DOWN,SAYING IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.IT'S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.KARIN: THE FAMILY SAYSTRUJILLO-DIAZ HAS NO CRIMINALRECORD. SHE'S THE BREADWINNER IN THEFAMILY AND IS ACTIVE IN HERCHURCH.>> SHE'S A PERSON THAT IS ASTRAIGHT-FROWARD, HONEST,COMPASSIONATE PERSON.KARIN: BUT SHE DID ENTER THEU.S. ILLEGALLY 15 YEARS AGO.FEDERAL AGENTS SAY HER CASE HASUNDERGONE A REVIEW AT MULTIPLELEVELS, AND SHE HAS NO LEGALBASIS TO REMAIN HERE.>> I'VE GOT ONE MESSAGE FOR THECURRENT PRESIDENT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY YOU AREGOING TO MAKE AMERICA SAFER, IDON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MAKEIT SAFER SENDING A MOM BACK TOMEXICO, MAYBE A CRIMINAL, MAYBEYOU SHOULD PROBABLY SEND THOSE.KARIN: THE LAST FEW DAYS WE'VE, SEEN RELIGIOUS LEADERSRALLYING BEHIND THIS FAMILY.TONIGHT ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION ISPLANNED HERE OUTSIDE THE FEDERALCOURT BUILDI.THAT SHOULD BE GETTING UNDERWAY

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A federal appeals court has denied a Fairfield mother's request to stay in the United States, clearing the way for federal officials to deport her back to Mexico.Maribel Trujillo-Diaz, a mother of four was moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana Monday, ICE officials said Tuesday.An ICE spokesman said the removal will go forward. It was said Trujillo-Diaz would remain in Louisiana until her deportation.The spokesman said "The removal will go forward."Trujillo-Diaz was detained last week by federal agents, according to her family. Diaz is married and has four U.S.-born children.Trujillo-Diaz was being held at the Morrow County Detention Center, about 50 miles north of Columbus. She came to the United States illegally from Mexico in 2002, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.More than 30 people gathered Tuesday for a prayer vigil in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Cincinnati. They called the decision a "grave injustice" and prayed for Trujillo-Diaz's safety and for comprehensive immigration reform. "The family continues to struggle with this. This has been a very, very difficult thing, not only having their mother taken from them so suddenly, but it's been this emotional roller coaster," Father Mike Pucke said. In a statement, ICE officials said:"(The) case has undergone review at multiple levels of our nation's legal system, and the courts have uniformly held that she has no legal basis to remain in the United States. In 2014, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed her legal appeals and she became subject to a final order of deportation."Trujillo-Diaz has since been moved to a facility in Oakdale, Louisiana.