The Families Hiding from ICE
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With increased immigration enforcement under President Trump, many
families with undocumented members are living in fear of US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Many are afraid to leave their homes
and families are having to face the reality that they may be separated,
detained and even deported. This week on The Sunday Story, NPR
immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd, reporting for the Code Switch
podcast, takes us into the lives of the immigrant families who are
facing immense pressure in the United States.
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I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story, where we go beyond the headlines of the day to bring you one big story. The Trump administration's immigration policies have upended daily life for undocumented immigrants across the country. Some have self-deported, others have gone into hiding, afraid to leave their homes. Many are still torn about what makes sense for their families in the face of an uncertain future. Over the past year, NPR's immigration correspondent Jasmine Garst has been following the ups and downs of some of the people navigating this moment. She sat down with host B.A. Parker on the cold switch podcast to talk about her reporting, and we wanted to share some of it with you. We start with Jasmine's story of a Maryland mom who's taking unusual steps to keep her kids safe. "No, no, no, no, tell me you're gonna be okay. I worry to something will happen to her like something will get her." We'll be right back. Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. This message comes from Rosetta Stone, offering an alternative approach to language learning. Without relying on traditional memorization, the platform guides users to intuitively think in a second language. This message comes from BetterHelp. Your brain has limited storage, so why is it still holding on to that embarrassing moment from years ago? BetterHelp is an online therapy platform that gives you space to talk about what's taking up too much of yours. BetterHelp is now in network with more than 125 health plans, with many co-pays as low as $15 for eligible members. And if you don't have eligible insurance, you can still get 20% off your first month. Visit BetterHelp.com/NPR. Cost and coverage may vary, discount cannot be combined with insurance. We didn't go anywhere. One mother in Maryland told me she quietly lost her mind this summer. We spent it locked down. She says we didn't go out. The weather was bad the day I drove down there to the southern part of the state where rivers and creeks criss-crossed the land. It was late August, hurricane season. And Tropical Storm Erin had led to coastal flooding warnings up and down the mid-Atlantic. They kept kind of eyeing the water nervously every time I crossed a bridge. I was going to check in with a family I wrote about earlier this year for a story about self-deportation. Now, self-deportation is one of the centerpieces of the Trump administration's immigration policy. The message from the government has been, "Take your kids with you." They can always come back as adults. But back when we first met, last winter, this mother in Maryland told me very firmly she would under no circumstances self-deport with her children. My children were born here. She says they are American citizens. This mother asked that I refer to her as M. M and her husband live in a pretty rural
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