Jasmine Garst

She was rubbing her shoulders as she told me this. And then Berta pointed at her teenage daughter, who was waiting tables, wearing this big Harvard sweatshirt. A school that Berta says her daughter dreams of attending.

She was rubbing her shoulders as she told me this. And then Berta pointed at her teenage daughter, who was waiting tables, wearing this big Harvard sweatshirt. A school that Berta says her daughter dreams of attending.

She was rubbing her shoulders as she told me this. And then Berta pointed at her teenage daughter, who was waiting tables, wearing this big Harvard sweatshirt. A school that Berta says her daughter dreams of attending.

And then she asked me this question. She says, you know what I always think to myself?

And then she asked me this question. She says, you know what I always think to myself?

And then she asked me this question. She says, you know what I always think to myself?

Yeah, and I think that there's like this idea that the immigrant dream is for the immigrant themselves. But I've never met an immigrant that has the dream for themselves. I think there's like every time I've spoken to an immigrant, there's like this acknowledgement that life is going to continue to be very difficult.

Yeah, and I think that there's like this idea that the immigrant dream is for the immigrant themselves. But I've never met an immigrant that has the dream for themselves. I think there's like every time I've spoken to an immigrant, there's like this acknowledgement that life is going to continue to be very difficult.

Yeah, and I think that there's like this idea that the immigrant dream is for the immigrant themselves. But I've never met an immigrant that has the dream for themselves. I think there's like every time I've spoken to an immigrant, there's like this acknowledgement that life is going to continue to be very difficult.

Maybe less difficult than it was back home, but that the reason you're doing this is actually for your kids. Yeah. And, you know, there's been so many policy changes that it's become hard to see the forest for the trees. Like, where are we heading?

Maybe less difficult than it was back home, but that the reason you're doing this is actually for your kids. Yeah. And, you know, there's been so many policy changes that it's become hard to see the forest for the trees. Like, where are we heading?

Maybe less difficult than it was back home, but that the reason you're doing this is actually for your kids. Yeah. And, you know, there's been so many policy changes that it's become hard to see the forest for the trees. Like, where are we heading?

What I really started to see clearly when I was in Nebraska was how this constant state of fear would make the kind of social mobility that Berta dreams about for her daughter really hard.

What I really started to see clearly when I was in Nebraska was how this constant state of fear would make the kind of social mobility that Berta dreams about for her daughter really hard.

What I really started to see clearly when I was in Nebraska was how this constant state of fear would make the kind of social mobility that Berta dreams about for her daughter really hard.

Yeah. So the Chicago area was one of the first places the Trump administration targeted for immigration raids. So I wanted to be there. It was late January of this year. And You know, I've often described covering immigration right now. Like, do you remember that early scene?

Yeah. So the Chicago area was one of the first places the Trump administration targeted for immigration raids. So I wanted to be there. It was late January of this year. And You know, I've often described covering immigration right now. Like, do you remember that early scene?

Yeah. So the Chicago area was one of the first places the Trump administration targeted for immigration raids. So I wanted to be there. It was late January of this year. And You know, I've often described covering immigration right now. Like, do you remember that early scene?

It's a famous scene in Alice in Wonderland where she's falling down the rabbit hole and she can't hold on to anything and she doesn't know where she's heading. Yes, I do remember that. Like, that's how it feels to be covering immigration right now. And that feeling... That started when I went to the city of Waukegan, which is right by Chicago.

It's a famous scene in Alice in Wonderland where she's falling down the rabbit hole and she can't hold on to anything and she doesn't know where she's heading. Yes, I do remember that. Like, that's how it feels to be covering immigration right now. And that feeling... That started when I went to the city of Waukegan, which is right by Chicago.