When ICE Comes For Your Family | VICE on HBO Full Report

Summary

El script de este video explora las implicaciones de la política de inmigración de la administración Trump en los Estados Unidos, destacando el impacto en las familias y los niños estadounidenses. Se discute la 'política de tolerancia cero' del fiscal general Jeff Sessions, que ha llevado a la separación de más de 2,300 niños de sus padres desde el mes pasado. Aunque Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva para mantener a las familias detenidas juntas, la política de tolerancia cero sigue vigente. Además, se muestra cómo las nuevas directivas del ICE afectan a las familias inmigrantes, incluyendo a aquellos sin antecedentes penales. La narración también incluye historias de niños estadounidenses que viven en México y cruzan la frontera diariamente para asistir a la escuela en Nuevo México, así como el testimonio de un joven estadounidense que quiere proteger su país como marine. El video ofrece una mirada profunda a la tensión entre la ley, la seguridad pública y las consecuencias humanas de las políticas migratorias.

Takeaways

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 La deportación de padres ha dejado a muchos niños estadounidenses a cargo de sí mismos o en la custodia de otros después de que sus padres fueran deportados.
• 🛡️ La política de 'tolerancia cero' del gobierno Trump ha empoderado a las autoridades para intensificar el control de las fronteras, lo que a menudo resulta en la separación de familias.
• 👶 A pesar de que Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva para mantener a las familias detenidas juntas, la política de tolerancia cero permanece y más de 2,300 niños han sido separados de sus padres desde el mes pasado.
• 📈 Las directivas nuevas para la ICE dictan que no solo se busquen inmigrantes indocumentados con antecedentes penales, sino también aumentar la detención de aquellos sin historial criminal.
• 🚓 ICE realiza operaciones de aplicación de mandatos de arresto, a menudo resultando en arrestos adicionales de individuos no inicialmente objetivos, si son indocumentados.
• 🏡 La ampliación de la red de arrestos bajo la administración Trump incluye a inmigrantes indocumentados sin antecedentes penales, afectando a familias que incluyen ciudadanos estadounidenses nacidos en el país.
• 🤔 La ICE afirma que su papel es ejecutar la ley de manera equitativa y justa, sin considerar si los individuos tienen familia en el país, incluyendo hijos ciudadanos estadounidenses.
• 👪 Muchas familias, incluyendo a niños nacidos en EE. UU., viven en el miedo de ser separadas por la deportación de un padre o madre indocumentado.
• 📉 Las arrestos de no criminales han más que duplicado en el primer año de la administración Trump, afectando a muchas familias con niños nacidos en los EE. UU.
• 🏫 En Puerto Palomas, México, alrededor de 850 niños ciudadanos estadounidenses cruzan la frontera cada día para asistir a la escuela en los Estados Unidos.
• 🤷‍♂️ El debate partidista en el Congreso sobre la reforma migratoria continúa sin un acuerdo legislativo, dejando a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados en una situación de incertidumbre y miedo.
• 🇲🇽 Muchos niños nacidos en EE. UU. siguen a sus padres deportados a México, uniendo a más de medio millón de niños estadounidenses que viven ahora en el extranjero.

Q & A

¿Cuál es la situación de los niños estadounidenses cuyos padres han sido deportados?

Los niños estadounidenses cuyos padres han sido deportados se quedan atrás en los Estados Unidos, enfrentando una separación familiar y dificultades para mantenerse unidos con sus seres queridos.

¿Qué impacto ha tenido la política de 'tolerancia cero' de la administración Trump en las familias inmigrantes?

La política de 'tolerancia cero' ha llevado a la separación de niños de sus familias, ya que ha empoderado a las autoridades para intensificar el control de cruces fronterizos y arrestar a inmigrantes sin estatus legal, incluyendo a aquellos con hijos estadounidenses.

¿Cómo ha cambiado la estrategia de ICE bajo la administración Trump?

Bajo la administración Trump, ICE ha recibido instrucciones para no solo dirigirse a inmigrantes indocumentados con antecedentes penales, sino también aumentar la detenciones de aquellos sin historial criminal.

¿Por qué algunos niños estadounidenses viven en México pero asisten a la escuela en Nuevo México?

Algunos niños estadounidenses viven en México pero cruzan la frontera diariamente para asistir a la escuela en Nuevo México porque tienen derecho a la educación pública en los Estados Unidos debido a su estatus de ciudadanía.

¿Cómo afecta la deportación de un padre a una familia con hijos estadounidenses?

La deportación de un padre puede causar un impacto emocional y financiero significativo en la familia, dejando a los hijos estadounidenses sin el apoyo de un progenitor y a menudo en una situación de incertidumbre sobre su futuro y la estabilidad de su hogar.

¿Qué es DACA y cómo afecta a los niños indocumentados que crecieron en los Estados Unidos?

DACA, o Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia, es un programa que protege a ciertos inmigrantes que llegaron a los Estados Unidos cuando eran niños. Bajo DACA, estos jóvenes pueden recibir un permiso para quedarse y trabajar en el país, aunque no resuelven su estatus de indocumentación.

¿Por qué algunas familias temen salir de sus hogares?

Las familias inmigrantes pueden temer salir de sus hogares debido al aumento en las detenciones y deportaciones, lo que ha creado un ambiente de miedo y la posibilidad de ser arrestados y separados de sus seres queridos.

¿CómoNRa afecta la separación familiar a los niños estadounidenses?

La separación familiar puede tener efectos traumáticos a largo plazo en los niños, incluyendo problemas emocionales, académicos y de comportamiento, así como la pérdida del apoyo financiero y emocional de sus padres.

¿Qué papel juega Nora Sandigo como defensora de los derechos de inmigración?

Nora Sandigo es una defensora de los derechos de inmigración que trabaja con familias con padres indocumentados y niños nacidos en los Estados Unidos. Ella ayuda a las familias a establecer la custodia legal de los niños en caso de que los padres sean deportados.

¿Por qué algunos inmigrantes eligen hacer que sus hijos sean guardianados por otra persona si son deportados?

Algunos inmigrantes eligen nombrar a una persona de confianza como guardiana legal de sus hijos para asegurar que los niños tengan un cuidador estable y responsable en caso de que ellos mismos sean deportados.

¿Cómo se justifica el aumento en las detenciones y deportaciones por parte de las autoridades de inmigración?

Las autoridades de inmigración argumentan que su responsabilidad es ejecutar la ley como fue escrita por el congreso, y que cualquier individuo que haya cruzado la frontera ilegalmente ha cometido un delito y puede ser sujeto a la acción de enforcemiento.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Políticas de Inmigración y Separación Familiar

Este párrafo aborda la situación de los niños estadounidenses cuyos padres han sido deportados. Se menciona el enfoque del gobierno de Trump hacia los indocumentados, la política de tolerancia cero de Jeff Sessions y cómo ha llevado a la separación de familias. Además, se explora la vida de niños que, aunque ciudadanos estadounidenses, viven en México pero asisten a la escuela en Nuevo México. Finalmente, se destaca el impacto de las nuevas directivas de ICE que buscan aumentar la detenciones, incluyendo a aquellos sin antecedentes penales.

05:02

😔 Cambios en las Prioridades de Arresto de ICE

Este segmento examina cómo la directiva de Trump ha ampliado el alcance de los arrestos de ICE para incluir a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados, sin importar si tienen antecedentes criminales. Se incluye una entrevista con Matthew Albens, quien implementó la orden ejecutiva de Trump, y se discute la percepción pública de ICE y su papel en la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración. También se relata la historia de Ricardo, un inmigrante deportado que regresó ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos y su impacto en su familia.

10:03

😢 Deportación y las Consecuencias para las Familias

Este párrafo se enfoca en el miedo y la incertidumbre que enfrentan las familias inmigrantes debido al aumento en las detenciones y deportaciones. Se presenta a Nora Sandigo, una defensora de los derechos de inmigración que ayuda a las familias con padres indocumentados. Se describe cómo las familias viven en un estado de pánico, con padres que toman medidas extremas como nombrar a Sandigo como tutora legal de sus hijos en caso de deportación. Además, se explora el impacto emocional en los niños y la comunidad.

15:05

😢 La Educación y la Vida de los Niños Estadounidenses en México

Este segmento relata la historia de Ulysses, un ciudadano estadounidense que vive en México y viaja diariamente a los Estados Unidos para asistir a la escuela. Se discute cómo la separación de la familia y la deportación de los padres han forzado a estos niños a mudarse a México, lo que ha afectado su educación y su bienestar emocional. Se incluye una entrevista con el superintendente de las escuelas, quien defiende la educación de estos estudiantes estadounidenses y aborda las críticas financieras de los contribuyentes locales.

20:09

😤 El Debate Partidista en Washington y la Perspectiva de los Afectados

Este párrafo explora la lucha política en Washington sobre la reforma migratoria y cómo la agenda de inmigración de Trump ha impactado la vida de las personas. Se incluye una entrevista con el senador Chris Coons, quien discute la falta de progreso en el Congreso y la imposibilidad de deportar a 11 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados. Finalmente, se escuchan las voces de los afectados, incluyendo a un joven que desea unirse a las fuerzas armadas de los Estados Unidos y a una familia que lidia con la separación causada por la deportación.

25:10

😠 La Perspectiva de ICE y la Crítica Pública

Este segmento presenta la perspectiva de un agente de ICE sobre las críticas de que la agencia está 'desgarrando familias' y cómo justifica las detenciones y deportaciones. Se contrasta con las experiencias personales de los inmigrantes afectados, quienes describen su amor por los Estados Unidos y sus deseos de servir y proteger a la nación, a pesar de las políticas gubernamentales que los marginalizan. Además, se destaca la importancia de la educación y las oportunidades para el futuro de los jóvenes inmigrantes.

Keywords

💡Deportación

La deportación es el proceso por el cual un individuo es forzado a regresar a su país de origen o de ciudadanía por violar las leyes de inmigración de un país. En el video, se discute cómo la deportación afecta a los niños estadounidenses cuyos padres son deportados, dejándolos atrás en los Estados Unidos.

💡Protección de la seguridad pública

Este concepto se refiere a la responsabilidad del gobierno de proteger a los ciudadanos de amenazas y delitos. En el contexto del video, se destaca cómo la deportación de inmigrantes no documentados se justifica en el nombre de la seguridad pública, a pesar de las consecuencias para las familias afectadas.

💡Política de tolerancia cero

Es una política implementada por el gobierno de Trump que busca castigar a todos los inmigrantes que cruzan la frontera de manera ilegal, sin importar si tienen antecedentes criminales o no. El video muestra cómo esta política ha llevado a la separación de familias y ha intensificado el miedo entre la comunidad inmigrante.

💡Separación de familias

La separación de familias es un resultado directo de la política de tolerancia cero, donde los niños son separados de sus padres al ser detenidos por cruzar la frontera ilegalmente. El video explora las implicaciones emocionales y legales de esta práctica y cómo afecta a los niños estadounidenses.

💡Inmigración y Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE)

ICE es una agencia gubernamental que se encarga de la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración. El video muestra cómo ICE ha intensificado sus operaciones de arresto bajo la administración Trump, lo que ha llevado a un aumento en el número de arrestos, incluyendo a aquellos sin historial criminal.

💡No criminalizado

Este término se refiere a los inmigrantes no documentados que no tienen antecedentes penales. A pesar de no haber cometido un crimen además de la inmigración ilegal, el video destaca cómo la política actual de ICE los hace blanco de arrestos y deportación.

💡DACA (Acción Diferida para Llegados en la Infancia)

DACA es un programa que protege a ciertos inmigrantes que llegaron a EE. UU. cuando eran niños. Aunque no es el foco principal del video, se menciona para contrastar con la situación de los niños estadounidenses cuyos padres son deportados, quienes no están cubiertos por DACA.

💡Reformas migratorias

Se refiere a los esfuerzos del gobierno para cambiar las leyes y políticas existentes relacionadas con la inmigración. El video menciona los intentos fallidos de congresistas para avanzar en propuestas de reforma migratoria que aborden la situación de los inmigrantes no documentados.

💡Refugiados de la deportación

Son individuos que, aunque nacidos en los Estados Unidos y por lo tanto ciudadanos estadounidenses, viven en el extranjero debido a que sus padres han sido deportados. El video destaca la situación de estos niños que viajan diariamente a través de la frontera para asistir a la escuela en los Estados Unidos.

💡Leyes de inmigración

Son las leyes que regulan la inmigración y el estatus de los inmigrantes en un país. En el video, se discute cómo la aplicación de estas leyes, particularmente bajo la administración Trump, ha tenido un impacto significativo en las familias inmigrantes y ha generado debate y controversia.

💡Familia separada

Una familia separada es aquella en la que los miembros están dispersos geográficamente debido a la deportación. El video explora las consecuencias emocionales y sociales de la separación familiar y cómo los niños se adaptan a vivir separados de un o ambos padres.

Highlights

The impact of the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy on undocumented immigrants, which has led to the separation of more than 2,300 children from their parents since last month.

The shift in ICE's focus to target not only undocumented immigrants with criminal records but also those without any criminal history.

The experience of U.S. citizen children living in Mexico who cross the border every day to attend school in New Mexico, U.S.

The challenges faced by families with mixed immigration status, including the fear of deportation and the destabilization of their lives.

The story of Ricardo, who was deported after living in the U.S. for 16 years, and the effects on his family, including a child with autism.

The perspective of ICE officials on their role in enforcing immigration laws and the misconceptions about their operations.

The increase in ICE arrests and the fear it instills in immigrant communities, affecting their daily lives and sense of security.

The work of Nora Sandigo, an immigration rights advocate helping families with undocumented parents and U.S.-born children navigate the risks of deportation.

The legal and emotional complexities faced by families who sign over guardianship to Nora Sandigo in case of deportation.

The story of Martha, an undocumented immigrant with U.S. citizen children, and her fears of being deported and separated from her family.

The journey of Ulysses, a 12-year-old U.S. citizen living in Mexico, who crosses the border every day to attend school in New Mexico.

The efforts of Dr. Arsenio Romero, the superintendent of Deming Public Schools, to provide education to students living in Mexico but attending school in the U.S.

The criticism and challenges faced by Dr. Romero regarding the funding and policy implications of educating students from Mexico in U.S. public schools.

The personal stories of individuals like Nahima, who have been affected by the increase in ICE arrests and interior deportations.

The ongoing debate in Washington D.C. over immigration reform and the Trump administration's hard-line stance on the issue.

The view of Senator Chris Coons on the challenges of reaching a legislative deal on immigration reform given the current political climate.

The aspirations of a young U.S. citizen, the child of immigrants, who wants to become a Marine to protect and serve their country.

Transcripts

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this week on vice the american children

left behind after their parents

deportation

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because our job is really to to protect

public safety and taking a criminal off

the street is how we do that if they

planted roots you got to rip the roots

out unfortunately

so this is where the line starts for

kids who are us citizens but live in

mexico who attend school in new mexico

in the united states

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change

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the trump administration's tough stance

towards the undocumented in the u.s has

ignited a fierce debate across the

country

attorney general jeff sessions zero

tolerance policy has empowered

authorities to crack down on illegal

border crossings meaning children are

often being separated from their own

families having children does not give

you immunity from arrest and prosecution

while president trump signed an

executive order this week to now keep

detained families together the zero

tolerance policy remains in effect

more than 2

300 kids have been taken from their

parents since last month and inside the

country us immigration and customs

enforcement or ice has been issued new

directives they've been ordered to not

only target undocumented immigrants with

criminal records but to step up the

apprehension of those with no criminal

histories krishna andevoli was granted

rare access with ice to see how this

escalation is impacting immigrant

families

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it's just before dawn and we're in

suburban atlanta and we're about to ride

with ice as they do a targeted

enforcement

all right good morning team uh

we'll be serving the criminal arrest

warrant today please be aware that the

subject has following convictions for

carrying a pistol without a license and

carrying a concealed weapon

the subject also has misdemeanor

convictions of fleeing and attempting to

elude law enforcement officers

2d wise

reckless driving and he has several

driving licenses as well

we spoke to the head of isis atlanta

field office whose region has seen a 52

rise in total arrests during the first

year of the trump administration

on these missions you sometimes

encounter people who aren't necessarily

a target but who you end up arresting

anyway all the time all the time why

um

you know if the targeted individual

isn't you know being accompanied by

somebody and they turn out to be

illegally in this country

you know

and once the officers establish that

they can take enforcement action against

that individual

under this administration

i would say much more than the last that

our officers have

the discretion

police police for the war come to the

door

we're outside of atlanta in a trailer

park and uh ice is effectuating a

warrant to arrest someone who's in this

country illegally

they're knocking on the door ricardo uh

you can tell they're speaking in spanish

but no one seems to be answering

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come on out here come here give me your

hand show me your hands please come out

hey come on come on

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spiracy

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situations like this have become

increasingly common across the united

states and not only arrests of people

with prior criminal convictions

president obama directed ice to

prioritize violent offenders and recent

arrivals but president trump's directive

has widened the net for arrests to

include all undocumented immigrants

encountered including those with no

prior criminal record

in february 2017 matthew albens who

leads ice enforcement and removal

operations nationwide implemented

president trump's executive order by

giving the directive that officers quote

we'll take enforcement action against

all removable aliens encountered in the

course of their duties

what do you think are some of the maybe

biggest misconceptions about the role

that ice plays in enforcing immigration

laws in the country i think the biggest

misconceptions surround how we actually

go about doing our jobs

we engage in targeted enforcement

operations when we go out to make an

arrest we know who we're going for

because we've done an investigation into

that individual to make a determination

as to whether or not that individual is

here in the country lawfully and if he's

a public safety threat or national

security threat or an immigration

violator the majority of the people that

we

go after and that we actually arrest

every year they've been arrested or

convicted of a criminal offense meaning

they're here illegally which is a crime

in the first place and then they commit

another criminal violation on top of

that so what about people who haven't

committed that second crime you do not

need to commit another crime

for us to take an enforcement action

against you you made that initial crime

when you crossed the border illegally

under the prior administration there

were a lot of individuals that were here

unlawfully that we were not allowed to

take an enforcement action against we

were actually prohibited from taking

enforcement action against an individual

who committed a federal violation

that no longer happens

some people might say that like now the

gloves are off so to speak how do you

respond to that kind of idea of you know

what ice is doing

if they're referring to the fact that

ice officers are now able to enforce the

law and the way congress passed it and

do so in accordance with the oath of

office that they took then yes we are

going to enforce the law equitably and

fairly and we were able to do so do you

take any consideration as to whether or

not they have family left over here in

the country or maybe specifically if

they have kids who are us citizens

because they were born here our

responsibility is to

execute the law in the manner it was

written those individuals that have

united states citizen children can make

a determination whether they want their

children to remain here or have their

children accompany them or join them

into whatever country they're being

removed

ricardo left mexico for the u.s 16 years

ago and was first deported there in

2011. he returned illegally five years

later an offense that could lead to a

permanent ban from the united states

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in april of this year he was arrested

and released for a dui by local

authorities

a charge that tipped off ice and set in

motion the immigration arrest that we

witnessed he's currently being held at a

detention facility in georgia

when do you expect to see your husband

again

and can you tell me about the health

condition that your youngest child has

islam

autism

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can you describe your immigration status

at the moment

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ice didn't arrest erica during this

enforcement action but in the first year

of the trump administration arrests of

non-criminals nationwide have more than

doubled

impacting many families that include u.s

born american children and while

undocumented kids brought to the us's

children but allowed to remain in the

country under the deferred action for

childhood arrivals or daca program

continue to dominate the immigration

debate these young american citizens are

almost entirely overlooked

earlier this year senator chris coons of

delaware put forth one of four

bipartisan bills on immigration reform

none of the bills advanced

how do you feel about how ice these days

is just going after anyone who in any

sense might be deportable i think what

that does is it serves to

destabilize families

to terrorize people who are here and

contributing and working hard and

raising their children and it means

we're not prioritizing the deportation

of dangerous criminals

i agreed with setting as a priority for

deportation a focus on folks who are

committing crimes who are harming other

people

who are disrupting their communities

through violent crime i think to instead

change to a prioritization which is

anybody who is here who is out of legal

status in any way can be deported at any

time

without

resolving what might be the pathway

towards legal compliance or citizenship

for those who are contributing to our

community is a truly extreme position

what the trump administration is

settling for

is random and occasional seizures and

deportation of people who are

contributing to society working hard

paying taxes

and

previously had no reason to think that

they could be deported because their

only crime

had been

an immigration violation period

now an estimated 11 million undocumented

immigrants in the united states are

facing an imminent threat of deportation

and more than four million american-born

children are in danger of losing one or

both of their parents

so we're here in south florida to meet

nora sandigo she's an immigration rights

advocate who works with families um who

have fathers and mothers who are

undocumented and children who are u.s

born we're in front of the immigration

detention facility where a family is

waiting on word of the father who is an

undocumented immigrant who has been

slated for deportation

and how long has his family been sort of

camped out here in front of the facility

today is nine days so for nine days i've

been sleeping outside the facility with

a child also with lucito why because

they are trying to convince homeland

security nora is an american citizen

herself and works exclusively with

undocumented immigrants she says have no

prior criminal record

the rise in immigration arrests has

families afraid to leave their homes to

do even basic errands and you're going

to help me yeah man i love you let's see

what is in good price okay uh like uh

oil

oil all right get some oil

but we need like

15 more

15 more of these okay so one two three

four we're gonna need more carts

potatoes like a 50. 50 bags of potatoes

yes explain to me why

you feel compelled to do this

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is

are more people like looking for your

help these days yes oh yeah when did it

start when mr trump came to the white

house

i would bring the car i'll bring the car

okay i'll start moving this to the door

is that it that's it

nora and her team deliver boxes of food

and other essentials to 50 families as

often as four times a week

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elena and her husband are now living in

fear after coming to the united states

from guatemala can you tell me about

sort of your situation with regards to

deportation and immigration

immigrants

do you fear being separated from your

children you think of me

fearing the threat of deportation elena

and her husband named nora the appointed

guardian of their children

and they aren't the only ones

in cases when both parents are deported

as the appointed guardian nora helps

place the children with relatives or

sometimes

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we're at nora san diego's ranch so all

these kids you see here they're all

americans but their parents might be

deported

so many of these people here are

actually going to sign up today to give

legal guardianship of their children to

nora in case they get deported

wow

why do these parents feel the need to

sign a power of attorney form

over to you for their children

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um so do people come to your house do

they actually sign the power of attorney

they do that here yes

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martha came to the u.s from mexico 20

years ago

while she's undocumented her seven

children are american citizens

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martha's husband was deported a few

years ago

but the increase in ice apprehensions

over the last year has drastically

amplified her family's terror

do you find yourself sort of like

looking out the window to see if ice is

around the corner

and

that's

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like have you had conversations about

what you would do what as a family if

you were also deported

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martha's children are u.s citizens by

birth under the 14th amendment but they

have very limited options under the

nation's immigration laws to protect

their parents from removal do you guys

like um

follow the news at all

not really

do you feel like um

your rights as an american citizen

are being

respected

at the moment not really how does it

make you feel

it's just like

this

are you like are you afraid that your

mom might be the next person to be

deported

what does that do your day-to-day like

how do you get through it it's just

really not think about it just like hope

that

she'll be able to come home

like every single day

this fear has become a reality for

children across the united states

with those who follow their parents

after deportation joining what's

estimated to be more than half a million

american-born kids now living in mexico

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ulysses is a 12 year old u.s citizen who

lives in puerto palomas

but while his mother is barred from

re-entering the united states for 20

years ulysses travels to the u.s every

weekday to attend a public school in new

mexico

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so this is where the line starts for

kids who are u.s citizens but live in

mexico who attend school in new mexico

in the united states

so every day about 850 kids make this

journey across this international border

just to go to school

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what was it like to grow up your whole

life in the u.s but then all of a sudden

have to move to mexico

in u.s i felt comfortable secure

and happy because there was like

opportunities and

there's it's just like

i

i struggle

do you feel different

i

i feel separate

i don't know how to explain this

i feel

like in mexico it's my home the united

states is my home

it's like different just going to home

to home

does it feel like you live two different

lives

exactly like that

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is

we spoke to the superintendent dr

arsenio romero about how kids living in

mexico can get a public education in the

united states what prompted the decision

to kind of say you know what it's a

border it's an international border but

we're going to let kids who live in

palomas come to our school right

well all the students that come over

from columbus are american citizens so

they have

in my mind

the right to be able to be educated

through our public school system and be

able to be given that kind of

world-class education do you take flack

for that i do i do because you know i'm

in every legislative session when we are

going through the funding discussions

for public schools this always comes up

about all the students are coming from

palomas and so i have to go to santa fe

quite often to be able to to talk to our

state legislators about why we should

continue to do this and the reason we

should continue to do this is because

these students are going to end up

part of our community they all they all

do how do you respond to criticism of

taxpayers from new mexico who say listen

i don't want to pay for the education of

kids who don't live in america pay now

or you pay later and so we want these

students to be productive

well if if we're not able to educate

these these students now while we have

them uh we want them to be able to grow

up and be and get jobs and be productive

for the community and support the

community to where they can do this on

their own they're not going to rely on

the government they're not going to rely

on any kind of handout they can take

care of themselves whether they live

right here in our community

or they move somewhere else in the

united states because the opportunity is

here for them

while deming public schools offer these

students a chance to attend school in

the u.s the traumatic effects of family

separation are hard to shake

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where do you live now

in poland

what happened once you're there it's

because my desperating his papers he's

fixing his papers yeah so you had to

move from new mexico to mexico

what do you remember what was it like

it was hard because like

we lived in

hatch

and my dad lived in

juarez

so it was hard

to have your dad and juarez and you

living in new mexico yeah

so in some senses it's been easier to be

living with your dad

i think it's easier to have a bigger

relationship with your parents

when you're living with them yeah i can

understand that did you like understand

the reason why he had to move

no

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hi janet

what do you remember thinking about

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well

it was really hard because

but i was a little girl so

i didn't know what to think

the increase in arrests and interior

deportations affects a growing number of

americans like nahima every day

meanwhile in washington dc the same

partisan debate rages on as congress has

been unable to reach any legislative

deal on immigration reform president

trump is trying to force

his unpopular

hard-line immigration agenda

down the throat to the american people

it's crazy

the dumbest laws as i said before the

dumbest

laws

on immigration

in the world

we asked senator coons why congress is

gridlocked when it comes to resolving

this crisis as long as you've got the

head of the department of justice and

the president united states in a very

extreme position on immigration i have a

hard time seeing how we're going to make

compromise how we're going to make

progress here in the next couple of

years to try and actually deport 11

million people from the united states

would require a deportation force of a

cost and size that i don't think

americans will ever accept and

a searching intervention in every aspect

of american life that i also don't think

we'll accept

how do you respond to people who say

that ice is ripping apart families every

law enforcement

agency in this country arrests people on

a daily basis that has families every

individual that commits a crime

is one that's putting themselves in the

position to get arrested and removed

from their family

what do you think about the government

the government

i feel grateful for them

the united states has a lot of

opportunities for the americans so i do

have a lot of

opportunities

i want to be a marine

take me through that why do you want to

be a marine

i want to be a marine because i want to

protect my country not just

serve my country protect my country

when you say my country like the u.s is

your country yeah it's like my home

donald trump thinks we're just

criminals well he's definitely wrong

immigrants come here to have better life

to help their family with food and

money

what would it mean to you if you were

able to sort of cross the border with

your mom if she could pass with me i'll

feel amazed that she could pass once

again

i'll be happy

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you