Ismael Labrador sits with his hands folded on his desk, wearing a maroon button-down shirt
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Ismael Labrador voted for Trump - but he says he was "blindsided" by scale of deportations

ByWill GrantBBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent
  • Published19 minutes ago

Since the Trump administration launched its crackdown on undocumented immigrants two years ago, the waiting room of Cuban-born immigration lawyer, Ismael Labrador, in Miami is never empty. His appointment book is packed with relatives of detained immigrants trying to secure their release before they're deported back to their countries of origin.