He and his wife, Ani, tried to hide it from their three young children, but every day they dealt with the looming possibility that Deyvid could be deported back to Mexico.
Wednesday morning, Deyvid and Ani said goodbye to their daughter, told her they were going to work, then went to an immigration courtroom in West Valley City where they and some three dozen others had hearings on possible deportation cases.
“When you’re an immigrant, there’s always the potential you’ll leave for work one day and not come back,” Deyvid said after a judge postponed his case for another three months while federal officials figure out whether his marriage to Ani will allow the Morales family to remain intact — a decision that has already dragged out more than a year.