Overview
- The father, Armando Gonzalez, was taken into custody by ICE in Big Bear Lake on Tuesday, March 31, and he remains detained pending removal proceedings.
- Homeland Security says he is a “criminal illegal alien” convicted of public order crimes and an unlawful entrant, and the agency plans to hold him through the case.
- His daughters dispute a serious criminal history, and reporting points to traffic offenses, including a 2011 no‑license infraction in San Bernardino County records.
- Gonzalez had been his wife’s primary caregiver as she receives hospice care for stage 4 brain cancer, and their daughters now manage her care without him.
- The family has retained lawyers and launched a GoFundMe for legal costs, and they expect an April 10 hearing before a judge, while a 20-year-old daughter cannot yet petition for his residency.