NEED TO KNOWOregon parents Miguel Garcia Pazaran, 26, and Dulce Maria Trejo Segura, 27, were reportedly detained by ICE and deported to Mexico without their 2-year-old daughterTrejo Segura called her sister-in-law after she was detained and asked her to take care of their daughter, according to The Oregonian“It’s like a living nightmare, we are devastated,” the sister-in-law told the outlet, adding that she's thinking of returning to Mexico herselfAn Oregon couple were forced to leave behind their 2-year-old daughter after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained them before they were deported back to their home country of Mexico, a family member has said.Miguel Garcia Pazaran, 26, who was in his pajamas and house slippers at the time, was taking his wife, 27-year-old Dulce Maria Trejo Segura, to her job at a snack production plant in the city of Forest Grove before dawn one weekday when they were pulled over by immigration agents, according to The Oregonian.They were taken to a detention center in Tacoma, Wash., before being deported to Mexico within eight days. Their 2-year-old daughter, Sofía, who is a U.S. citizen, ended up being left behind in Hillsboro, where they lived, per the outlet.Garcia Pazaran's older sister, Maggie Garcia — who lived with the family and sometimes helped out with child care — explained to The Oregonian that her sister-in-law called her after the couple was detained on Dec. 8.Trejo Segura told Garcia about the situation, before asking her to "Take care of Sofía," per the outlet.Garcia said that the couple had lived in Oregon without authorization for four years, but noted that both of them worked hard and neither had a criminal record, according to the paper. Garcia has since had to quit her job at a building materials warehouse so she can take care of Sofía full time, telling the outlet that the couple doesn't have any other close relatives in Oregon.“It’s like a living nightmare, we are devastated,” Garcia told the publication. “We need to find a solution to reunite them as soon as possible. In the meantime, we have to endure what’s happening.”Garcia explained the family's situation on a GoFundMe page, which she set up to help her and Sofía financially. She said in the translated description that she needs help "to cover basic expenses such as rent, electricity, diapers, and other necessities" for the toddler.Garcia Pazaran and Trejo Segura, who hadn't been separated from their daughter before being deported, were dropped off in Nogales in the Mexican state of Sonora, and didn't eat for two days as their money and identification documents had allegedly been confiscated, per The Oregonian. They eventually made it back to their hometown in the state of Veracruz after getting food, clothes and money for a bus ticket from a migrant shelter where they'd spent the night, Garcia told the outlet.Garcia, who doesn't have the documents herself to return Sofía to the couple, said that a friend who was born in Mexico but lives in Oregon was now planning to reunite Garcia Pazaran and Trejo Segura with their baby. The friend in question is a legal permanent U.S. resident, according to the paper.The nonprofit organization Adelante Mujeres, located in Forest Grove, has been helping Garcia in terms of paying for food and necessities. She explained that she moved to Oregon from the town of Huayacocotla in Veracruz to get a better job so she could provide for her two daughters, ages 10 and 12, who are still living in Mexico.“I have cried so much,” Garcia told the outlet of the situation, admitting she's also now thinking of returning to Veracruz.She added to the paper that Sofía had been crying out for her mother in the middle of the night, insisting, “She knows they are not here. She knows something is wrong.”Garcia also said that the toddler “takes her mom’s photo and hugs it.”PEOPLE reached out to ICE, Garcia and Adelante Mujeres for comment.Getty An ICE agent in uniformGarcia's interview comes after residents in the Hillsboro area, where Garcia Pazaran and Trejo Segura lived, shared their concerns about ICE activity last month, PEOPLE previously reported.A 16-year-old boy, who was identified as Manny, broke down as he told the Hillsboro City Council at a meeting held on Nov. 4, “I just want to tell you guys that I’m scared for my parents to walk out their house because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work.”“I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again if you guys don’t side with us," he said. "And I’m scared because of it, because they fought so hard to come here and choose a life for their kids,” the teenager added. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The meeting consisted of three hours of public testimony from Hillsboro residents about their fears and frustrations over ICE’s controversial enforcement as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, NBC affiliate KGW and the Hillsboro News Timesreported. Trump was reelected in part on a sweeping pledge to focus on illegal immigration, including vowing to conduct “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”But the implementation of that enforcement has sparked near-constant controversy, amid reports of U.S. citizens being swept up, families divided and more.Read the original article on People