She took the abuse from her longtime boyfriend for years because she was undocumented and was afraid to go to the authorities. It even continued when she moved out with her two daughters into her own apartment about eight months ago. But after she was arrested by immigration agents during the Dec. 12 Swift raid and was later let go to care for her daughters, she got a restraining order against her partner of eight years because she no longer needed to fear discovery by immigration authorities.

Now, Piedra fears immigration agents coming to her front door and deporting her to a country she no longer considers home.

"In reality, I have nothing in Mexico," she says. "I have totally disconnected myself from that life."

Piedra, who moved to United States almost nine years ago, can't imagine raising her kids in a small Mexican village as a single mom. She has two brothers and a sister - all of whom have proper U.S. documentation and work at Swift - living in Cache County. Her daughters love their school. Piedra, 27, had been working at Swift for three years for about $11 an hour before the raid.

"I didn't think this would happen to me. I'm not ready to go," she says. "I want an opportunity to stay and demonstrate that I can work and support myself without [government] help."