Photos: A Graduation, A Celebration, And Self-Deportation Samantha Suazo, originally from Honduras and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, graduated from Yale University. Her father, Marvin Suazo, who remained undocumented in the U.S. after the family sought asylum, made the difficult decision to self-deport to Honduras after Samantha’s graduation. The family took a final trip together before Marvin’s departure, during which he began a new life as a coffee farmer in Honduras.

• Samantha Suazo, a Honduran immigrant, graduated magna cum laude from Yale University.
• Her father, Marvin Suazo, was ineligible for asylum and remained undocumented in the U.S.
• Following a raid on Marvin’s construction company and immense stress, the family decided Marvin would self-deport to Honduras after Samantha’s graduation.
• The family took a final trip together to Washington D.C., Orlando, and Miami before separating.
• Marvin Suazo self-deported to Honduras and has since purchased a home and fields to farm coffee.
• Samantha plans to work at an immigrant-advocacy nonprofit and then attend law school.