Jasmine Garst
👤 Speaker
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Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
She's an American citizen.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
But she wants to protect the man who called her that day.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
Her son's best friend's father.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
They've been in the U.S.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
And they spent the last month or so hiding in their homes.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
We're not even going to work right now, he says.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
There's been a heavy ICE presence in D.C.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
for the last month or so.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
You might have seen some of the videos, arrests throughout the city, delivery workers being arrested.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
And the Honduran father says there are literally checkpoints on both sides of his street.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
Our neighborhood is surrounded, he says, and, you know, you might get past a checkpoint once, but twice?
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
So the only person who goes in and out of that house is their 17-year-old son, who's their only child.
Up First from NPR
The Families Hiding from ICE
He goes to high school every morning.