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  • A DACA recipient is stuck in Mexico after traveling to Juárez for an immigration interview in August.
  • Jaime Avalos is trying to get home to his wife and son but was barred from the US for 10 years.
  • Avalos and his wife spoke to Insider about their fight to reunite their family. 

Jaime Avalos had a bad feeling about his impending trip to Mexico. For weeks leading up to the immigration interview in Juárez, he was plagued with premonitions of irrevocable consequences. 

"It was really nerve-racking," Avalos told Insider, describing the unshakable feeling in his gut. "I feel like if I go to this appointment, I'm not going to come back."