With No Options Left, a Venezuelan Family in Colorado Walks Into ICE Custody, Seeking to Go Home

A Venezuelan mother who crossed into the US with her children — and whose husband had already been detained by immigration authorities — walked into ICE’s Centennial, Colorado, office to surrender, unable to survive financially and choosing to leave rather than wage a prolonged legal fight. The Denver Post frames her decision as part of a broader wave of self-deportations, with tens of thousands signing up to depart in exchange for a promised cash payment and a flight home.