No more carne asada dinners with relatives and friends. No more playing bingo with the women while the men play dominos nearby. After immigration agents arrested and deported several of her relatives and friends during the Dec. 12 Swift raid, Pimental no longer has the family she used to have.

"Things aren't the same," she says. "Things will never be the same."

It has been three months since the raid, but Pimental and her husband are still trying to adapt to life without her loved ones and caring for her own two kids and almost 2-year-old cousin, Yasmin.

Pimental, a 30-year-old U.S. resident who moved to Utah six years ago, says she can't imagine how Yasmin's parents are surviving after their arrest and deportation.

Yasmin's mother, 22-year-old Maira Barreto, is pregnant and was deported to Mexico about a month ago. Yasmin's father, Cesar Moralez, 30, also was deported. Both were using U.S. citizen identities they had bought.

Now, the couple won't be here Tuesday to celebrate their daughter's second birthday. But, they will likely call, as they do every night about 6.

"Her mom cries every day because she wants her to be there with her, but it's difficult to get the paperwork done," says Pimental, who already has waited several weeks for Yasmin's passport.

jsanchez@sltrib.com