Mother Trumpist arrested in a center for undocumented who maintains her support for the deportations of the US president.

It is an animated home, with three dogs and four young children, and the husband and Mother of Arpineh, with glassy eyes and exhausted by the concern, try to be brave.

“Our home is shattered,” says Arthur Sahakyan, Arpineh's husband.

In many ways, Arpineh, 39, is a history of American success: an excellent example of how the country offers second opportunities, and even third parties.

Arpineh's mother cries when talking about her daughter, who lives in the United States from 3 years.

He went through a bad streak many years ago, in 2008, when he was convicted of robbery and major robbery and sentenced to two years in prison.

An immigration judge revoked the Green Card, the permanent residence card, which is a common practice. But since Iranian Christian Armenia, the judge allowed him to remain in the country instead of being deported.

“We are Christians. He can't return in any way,” says Arthur while his 4 -year -old daughter enters and runs out of the room. He fears that his life is in danger if they return her to her country.

But since he left prison, Arpineh rebuilt his life, creating a successful business and a family among the hundreds of thousands of Iranian immigrants who consider southern California their home.

The western Los Angeles, often called Tehranghes, houses the largest population of Iranians out of Iran.

Some, such as Arpineh, have been arrested in recent weeks in migratory raids that have put the city in suspense.

While most detainees in Los Angeles come from Mexico, the daily updates of the Department of National Security show that immigrants from practically everyone have been arrested.

Trump was partially chosen by his promise to “launch the biggest criminal deportation program in history”, a promise in which Arpineh, her husband and her mother say they still believe.

But the family claims to have faith that Arpineh will be released and believes that only the most dangerous and repeat offenders will be deported.

“I don't blame Trump, I blame Biden,” says Arthur. “He was responsible for opening the borders, but I believe in the system and in which all good people will be released and the bad will be deported.”

While many of the detainees have no criminal record, Arpineh is a convicted criminal, which makes it an easy target for deportation.

ICE did not respond to a request for comments on the case of Arpineh.

Arthur says he does not know the details of theft. They talked briefly about it before marrying and then forgot what he considered his wife's youthful indiscretion.

On the other hand, he focuses on his wife's good works during the last 17 years as a volunteer in the local school district and taking food to firefighters and police.

“We all make mistakes,” he says.

When Ice called Arpineh on June 30 while the family had breakfast, the couple thought it should be a joke.

But immigration agents arrived at their home 30 minutes later.

Despite the posters for all the Los Angeles County who urged immigrants to “know their rights” no longer open the door to immigration agents, the couple went out to talk to the agents.

Arpineh explained how a judge had allowed him to stay in the United States due to the situation in Iran, as long as he did not commit any other crime and presented himself frequently to immigration agents. He showed them that his last record was in April, presenting his documentation.

Arthur even invited them to enter the house, which they refused, he says.

Immigration agents informed him that his circumstances had changed and had an arrest warrant.

They allowed him to re -enter and say goodbye to his children of 14, 11, 10 and 4 years. The agents warned him that if he did not leave again, they would catch her sooner or later.

“They told us to happen whatever, they would catch her, even if she drove down the street with her children. So we thought about what we had seen in the news: stunned bombs, cornered cars,” says Arthur.

They did not want to risk that they stop her violently, possibly with their children looking.

“He went to give a farewell kiss to the children,” he recalls. “He came out as a champion and said: 'Here I am'”.

Arthur asked immigration agents not to handcuff. They said it was not possible, although they agreed to do it on the other side of the vehicle so that the couple's children did not see it.

“I knew that my children were looking from above,” he says. “I didn't want her to see her handcuffs.”

Arpineh was taken to a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, used by ICE to process those arrested in the raids that were carried out throughout the region.

The building became the Center for Protests against ICE, sometimes violent, which shook them angels for weeks.

She states that those who were held in the building “were treated as animals.”

Arpineh told the BBC that she was arrested in an frozen and very illuminated room along with 28 other women for three days. They survived with refreshments and a bottle of water a day, has women crowded to heat and sleeping on the ground.

As Arpineh speaks three languages ​​(Armenian, Spanish and English), he was able to communicate with many of the other women and says they helped each other.

Three days later, they transferred it to advance, the ICE private detention center in the desert to the northeast of Los Angeles, known for their harsh conditions, similar to those of a prison.

But Arpineh points out that it is much better than what they faced in the center of Los Angeles, since they now have three meals a day, access to showers and a bed.

Although he has heard that it is difficult to obtain medical treatment if needed, the woman is young and healthy.

“But it is still a great challenge,” he says.

Both she and her husband claim that they still have faith in the Trump administration and believe it will be released.

“I am not subject to deportation to any country,” Arpineh told the BBC from the detention center.

But that has not stopped immigration officials in the past. In February, a group of Iranian Christians who had just crossed the border from Mexico were deported to Panama.

Arpineh maintains the hope of an pardon, but points out that he also feels discouraged.

He claims that he loves the United States and feels American even if he does not have the papers.

Calls her husband once every hour so that they can talk about the novelties about her legal case, although so far there is not much to share.

Older children understand what is happening, but their 4 -year -old daughter does not stop asking when Mom will go home, he says.

The four children are American citizens, born and raised in California. The couple believes that the authorities will take it into account when deciding the fate of Arpineh.

“I have four citizen children. I have a business. I have a property. I have cars,” says Arpineh. “I haven't done anything wrong in many years.”

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