Marie D. De Jesús — Photojournalist

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Juan Rodriguez, Celia Rodriguez, Karen Rodriguez, 18, Kimberly Rodriguez, 10, and Rebecca Rodriguez, 15, become emotional in their living room, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Houston. For the past 10 years, Juan Rodriguez has been periodically checking-in at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Houston because he is an immigrant in the country illegally. But during his last yearly check-in, Juan was given a brief reprieve by ICE while the agency prepared to deport him to El Salvador, a country he has not been in 16 years. His three daughters and wife are American citizens.

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Juan Rodriguez closes his eyes holding back tears as his daughter Karen Rodriguez graduates from the Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston, Saturday, June 3, 2017. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him he has to leave the country but was granted a brief reprieve to attend the graduation.

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Karen Rodriguez, 18, shows her father Juan Rodriguez the award medal she received during the Cristo Rey Jesuit commencement ceremony, Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Houston.

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Rebecca Rodriguez, 15, raises her leg to show a pair of athletic footwear to her father Juan Rodriguez looking for his approval, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Houston.

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Juan Rodriguez bursts out laughing with his daughter Rebecca Rodriguez, 15, after she opened the door for him, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Pasadena. The daughter's of Rodriguez are trying to enjoy their father just in case he gets deported at the end of June.

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Celia Rodriguez and her husband Juan Rodriguez start the day with a prayer, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Houston. Juan and his family are active members of the Pasadena Seventh-day Adventist Church. In February during a regular check-in at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Houston, Juan Rodriguez was told he would be deported on June 29th. Sixteen years ago, Juan left gang-infested El Salvador and crossed the U.S. border illegally to reunite with Celia and their first born daughter Karen who were already U.S. residents.

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Celia Rodriguez has been awake since 5:00 a.m., Monday, June 19, 2017. Exhausted she listens to her lawyers before filing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government, one that would challenge, on religious grounds, the effort to deport her husband, Juan Rodriguez.

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Juan F. Vasquez, Jr., David Calvillo, and former Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina, right, pray with the Rodriguez family at their home, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Houston. The attorneys were moved by the immigration struggle the family has been facing for the past sixteen years. Juan Rodriguez the father, has been told to turn himself in to be deported to El Salvador.

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Karen Rodriguez, 18, carries a complaint for declaratory judgment and indicative relief to the United States District Court, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Houston. Karen, her sisters and her mother filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, one that would challenge, on religious grounds, the effort to deport her father.

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Juan Rodriguez, right, holds his daughter Karen Rodriguez, 18, during a press conference on front of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas announcing a lawsuit his daughters have submitted against the federal government, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Houston.

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Kimberly Rodriguez, center, 10, reacts as her father Juan Rodriguez, right, opens the gifts Kimberly and her sisters bought for their him as part of Father's Day morning, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Houston. The sisters tried their best to make this holiday as special as possible for him just in case he gets deported to El Salvador at the end of June.

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Juan Rodriguez and his wife Celia Rodriguez joke with theirs daughters Karen Rodriguez, left, 18, Rebecca Rodriguez, right, 15, and Kimberly Rodriguez during Father's Day morning, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Houston.

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Karen Rodriguez, 18, holds an instant photograph of her family early on Father's Day, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Houston. The family fears it could be the last Father's Day together in a long time.

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Members of the press document Rebecca Rodriguez, 15, Kimberly Rodriguez, 10, and Karen Rodriguez, 18, wearing Batman shirts lead their parents Juan Rodriguez and Celia Rodriguez to the ICE headquarters in Houston so Juan Rodriguez can check-in, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Houston.

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Juan Rodriguez embraces his daughters Karen Rodriguez, 18, Kimberly Rodriguez, 10, and Rebecca Rodriguez as he is received by his family and one of the family's attorneys David Medina, right, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Houston. When there's good news, the lawyers arrive to the family's home with a watermelon to celebrate.

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David Medina, right, one of the attorneys of the Rodriguez family, high-fives Kimberly Rodriguez, 10, accompanied by her father Juan Rodriguez, left, after the family was notified that Juan Rodriguez has been granted a 60-day reprieve by the U.S. government, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Houston.