ICE detained her partner for 5 months. She built a community for women like her.

Since President Donald Trump's second term began, nine out of ten people deported by federal immigration officers have been men — a ratio that has remained consistent even as the number of detainees has skyrocketed, according to a Washington Post analysis. Many of those detained have lived and worked in the U.S. for years, upending the livelihoods and routines of scores of families. One of those families is Roxana Torres Valdés and her partner, Maikel Rojas. After Rojas was detained, he was sent to the Florida immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” before being transferred to facilities across the country over five months in custody. As Roxana struggled to track her partner through the detention system, she created a WhatsApp group for women like her — a lifeline for those asking the same desperate question: Where are our loved ones? Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: X: https://x.com/washingtonpost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/washingtonpost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/washingtonpost/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@washingtonpost Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/washingtonpost.com