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29 Oct, 8 tweets, 3 min read
Trump killed my American dream: 8 stories from the war on immigrants bit.ly/3mvLyyo
"People talk about light at the end of the tunnel. We're still in the dark part of the tunnel."-Shahad Sarmad, 26

Trump made me choose between my husband’s green card and food for my baby: bit.ly/3kExPoB
"People like me are used to the bureaucracy. But the cruelty that has happened in the last four years just feels so unnecessary."-Vishakh, 38

I’m an Ivy League–educated coder. I was told I had to leave the country. bit.ly/2TxzcJG
"I couldn’t believe they were going to deport me. I did nothing wrong. I love this country."-Goura Ndiaye, 61

After 20 years in the US, I was suddenly deported to a country that still has slavery bit.ly/31Q0q2I
"If I had known back then what I know now…we would’ve just tried to cross illegally. We thought we were doing the right thing."-Juan Carlos Perla, 38

Instead of making my case for asylum, I’m collecting trash in a foreign country bit.ly/3e5s0xY
"During the Trump era, having DACA has meant anxiety and broken dreams."-Reyna Montoya, 29

With DACA, the government gave me hope. Then it betrayed me. bit.ly/2HJJjZu
"I think four or five of us will cross again soon, and I’m a nervous wreck."-Héctor (a pseudonym)

I fled corrupt cops. Instead of asylum, I got detention, COVID, and deportation. bit.ly/37QiMV1
"President Trump is considering us disposable, and I don't think that’s fair. We’ve given our lives to this country."-Maria Elena Hernandez, 60

We escaped a war 40 years ago. Now we might be sent back. bit.ly/2HMD7zy

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