Waiting for the Immigration Raids, Again

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Five years ago, we interviewed a woman who asked that we call her Herminia. It was the summer of 2019, just as former President Donald J. Trump — then in his first term — ordered nationwide raids to round up and deport undocumented immigrants. Herminia feared she was on the list. In the end, she was never arrested. A few days ago, we called Herminia back. We asked what has happened to her since Trump left office, and how she is preparing for a second Trump term — in which he has pledged to put the deportation of people like her at the center of his presidency.

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0:00.0	Hey.
0:02.1	Hi.
0:03.0	Is this for manya?
0:04.0	Yes.
0:05.2	It's been a few years.
0:08.1	It's been a few years, but it sounds like it was yesterday.
0:11.6	I remember your voice now.
0:13.9	Well, I remember your voice as well, and it's really nice to hear it again.
0:17.9	Yeah, same to you.
0:19.3	Are you at home?
0:20.6	Yes, I am. I just got home from work.
0:24.2	Which means we're creating more work for you with this conversation. So thank you for making
0:28.7	time for us. I really, really appreciate it. No, it's nothing. So how are you doing? How was your
0:34.9	family? How are you? Oh, Michael, this is the question that anyone wants to hear. How am I?
0:45.3	Scare? Worried. But praying God that nothing happened to us. But it's a hard question to start.
0:56.6	It sounds like it's a hard question to answer for you.
1:00.6	I mean, ask someone that is undocumented in this country for more than two decades, you know,
1:08.1	trying to do the right thing, paying taxes working, raising my kids, and then someone
1:16.7	come and, you know, threatening people like me, families that can be separated.
1:28.3	I having nightmares.
1:31.2	I'm not sleeping well.
1:34.9	I'm not okay.
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