When ICE Comes, Gen Z Latinos fight back

DW (English)

Fear of immigration raids is reshaping daily life in the US. Mary, a first-generation American, uses her privilege to help families targeted by deportations.

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00:00As U.S. immigration agents tighten their grip on migrant communities, Mary tries to help.

00:07She is the first U.S. citizen in her family, born and raised in the United States.

00:12Her family came from Central America, but she herself has never been there.

00:16Mary feels that a certain responsibility comes with her background.

00:20I'm in a position where I'm able to help.

00:22I can get questioned, I can get stopped, but I'm least likely to get stopped than someone else in my community.

00:29So with that privilege, I should be able to help other people in my community.

00:34Across the U.S., scenes like these have become common.

00:38Under President Donald Trump's crackdown on irregular migration, many undocumented families barely leave their homes,

00:44now afraid of federal immigration agents known as ICE.

00:48Mary and her neighbors raise money for families affected by deportations, helping to pay rent, bail and legal fees.

00:56The first-gen Central American American Americans, like, it's hitting us.

01:02There's no way to get around that, even if your parents are citizens.

01:06About 11 million people live in the U.S. without the correct documents,

01:10and you have built a life there over the decades.

01:12Now, some are considering leaving on their own.

01:16The American dream that I had before has become a nightmare for each one of us.

01:26The American dream that I'm trying to be afraid of was the most part of this film,

01:28surely some monarchies do march the whole time around the world's power to be found.

01:30The Canadian dream that I had before has become a mereaga dever of having to sit up where is considered a whero season

01:33for a little period of time, but not for a real traded one place.

01:34There's no way toage their homes'.

01:36There's no way to get around that, even if my parents are riding over there,

01:37the coronavirus will be moreover now.

01:39At largewerts in our city there would be more northern than the company's leaders.

01:41At largewerts in our state, it's open to the business Network.

01:42The modern renewal of our work that they find that we all have sworn to be very much more remarkable,

01:44We've 기다� got together about 3 years.

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