Should I stay or go? Immigrants across U.S. consider self-deportation
Immigration,Deportations,Trump Administration,Campaign Ads,Media Industry,Immigration Reform
Sitting at her kitchen table in Durham, N.C., a woman who goes by "S." lets out a deep sigh, recalling the first few days of the second Trump administration. Her husband holds her hand; in the background the kids' cartoons are blasting.
Both S. and her husband are immigrants without legal status in the U.S., which is why she's asked NPR to withhold her full name. Their two children are U.S. citizens.
"I felt so anguished," S. said. "I didn't want to do anything in the house, I just wanted to sleep and sleep and wake up to find it was all over, it had all been a dream...
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