Lara Lopez deported

CLEVELAND — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent greeted Jesus Lara Lopez just past the security gates at Hopkins International Airport to board a plane scheduled to leave for Atlanta at about 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Surrounded by supporters from advocacy groups America's Voice, Indivisible Ohio and Refuse Fascism, Lara Lopez said a tearful goodbye to his family before walking to the gates. "I'm just standing here wondering how this makes America safer," David Leopold, Lara Lopez's attorney, said. "These are dark times in America."More ICE agents will meet Lara Lopez in Atlanta, where he will board a plane bound for Mexico.Jesus Lara Lopez arrives at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Tuesday morning for his scheduled flight to Mexico. Lynn Tramonte, deputy director of America's Voice, hugs Jesus Lara Lopez's son Eric, 14, as the family says goodbye to their father early Tuesday morning at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Shortly after, Lara Lopez walked through security to be deported. Any Sterling, a minister at Lara Lopez's church, cries as Jesus Lara Lopez hugs his family goodbye before being deported at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Elsiy, 6, hugs her father Jesus Lara Lopez as her mother Anahi comforts her early Tuesday morning at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Lara Lopez was saying goodbye to his family before getting deported. Jesus Lara Lopez hugs his sons Edwin, 11, Anuar, 9, and Eric, 14, while he prepares for deportation on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Protestors plead for officials to stop the deportation as Jesus Lara Lopez spends his last moments with his son Anuar, 9, and the rest of his family at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Jesus Lara Lopez's attorney David Leopold makes a statement to media gathered at Cleveland Hopkins Airport as Lara Lopez is scheduled to be deported early Tuesday morning.