Ayesha Roscoe

My husband had to explain to them and says, you are U.S.

They made it home.

I froze, she says.

When we come back, host B.A.

Parker talks to Jasmine about the process of emergency guardianship and what it means for families either giving up or taking over the responsibilities of parenting.

We're back with a Sunday story and a conversation between Cold Switch host B.A.

Parker and NPR's Jasmine Garst about emergency guardianship.

I mean, to me, it seems like an impossible place to be in.

Like you're caught between wanting to be with your kids and wanting what's best for your kids, but also knowing that you might have to leave them behind if you're targeted by immigration enforcement, you know?

Like having it all legally sorted out.

That was NPR correspondent Jasmine Garst and Code Switch co-host B.A.

Parker.

You can hear more of Jasmine's reporting on immigrant families on NPR's Code Switch podcast.

This episode of Code Switch was produced by Javier Lopez.

It was edited by Leah Dinella.

The engineer was Kwesi Lee.

And a special thanks to Courtney Stein.

Jenny Schmidt, Thomas Coltrane, and Andrew Mambo worked on this episode of The Sunday Story.

Our team also includes Justine Yan and Liana Simstrom.

Irene Noguchi is our executive producer.