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Isla Gomez

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
271 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

And if I can even continue my dad's company to keep going and get other people to manage it, I will be continuing to making their name.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

It's one thing to take my dad away from me.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

It's another to take everything that they worked hard for.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

I'd get it if you're talking about a murderer that doesn't belong here and he's just out running on the street or I'd get that.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

But if you're okay with separating families because they're just simply immigrants, that's a battle you're dealing within yourself.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

If they're hearing my story specifically, I hope they hear that and that they try to picture one of their daughters sitting here and having to talk about one of their parents like this because somebody out there is wishing that on somebody else.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

And I just really want them to picture that.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

As of right now, there's like no dream, no goal.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

It's just like, okay, well, my dream is to kind of just be able to push through this.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

Have you dreamt about reuniting with your dad, on the other hand?

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

That's been my little ideal dream since February 26th.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

Just me getting that call of being told, go pick up your dad.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

And all I could think of is me just like parking my car, getting out my car.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

He's standing outside, like quite literally the same exact person he left, like in his work clothes, just the way he is with his face, like his regular face.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

No, like literally no time has passed, but it feels like life spent upside down.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

And just hugging my dad and all I could literally do is cry, like cry my literal heart out.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

Like everything that I've been holding in, like within these two months, that's exactly how I see.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

It just feels like it's going to happen and it's all I think about is,

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

That's all I can envision, like, over and over again, every single day that I wake up.

The Daily
Family Separation 2.0: An Update

And it's just me.