Herminia

Hi.

Hi.

It's been a few years, but it sounds like it was yesterday. I remember your voice now.

It's been a few years, but it sounds like it was yesterday. I remember your voice now.

Yeah, same to you.

Yeah, same to you.

Yes, I am. I just got home from work.

Yes, I am. I just got home from work.

Michael, this is the question that anyone wants to hear. How am I? Scared, worried, but praying God that nothing happened to us. But it's a hard question to start.

Michael, this is the question that anyone wants to hear. How am I? Scared, worried, but praying God that nothing happened to us. But it's a hard question to start.

I mean, ask someone that is undocumented in this country for more than two decades, you know, trying to do the right thing, paying taxes, working, raising my kids. And then someone come and, you know, threatening people like me, families that can be separated. I'm having nightmares. I'm not sleeping well. I'm not okay.

I mean, ask someone that is undocumented in this country for more than two decades, you know, trying to do the right thing, paying taxes, working, raising my kids. And then someone come and, you know, threatening people like me, families that can be separated. I'm having nightmares. I'm not sleeping well. I'm not okay.

I mean, I'm not okay because I know next week it's going to be hard for a lot of people.

I mean, I'm not okay because I know next week it's going to be hard for a lot of people.

In 2000, she had traveled to the United States from Nicaragua, where she said that the political situation had made it impossible for her to find work and to support her family.

In 2000, she had traveled to the United States from Nicaragua, where she said that the political situation had made it impossible for her to find work and to support her family.

At the end of the year in 2006, I received a letter from immigration with the asylum case that it was denied. I appealed, but the judge denied again.

At the end of the year in 2006, I received a letter from immigration with the asylum case that it was denied. I appealed, but the judge denied again.

It was the summer of 2019, just as President Trump, then in his first term, ordered nationwide raids to round up and deport undocumented immigrants

It was the summer of 2019, just as President Trump, then in his first term, ordered nationwide raids to round up and deport undocumented immigrants