Jasmine Garst
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Yeah, so early this year, I went to the city of Durham, North Carolina. Now, North Carolina is estimated to have over 300,000 people living in the state without legal status. I was there to spend time with this nonprofit organization called Siembra NC. It's an immigrant workers' rights organization, and one of the members, Jose, invited me over for dinner.
Yeah, so early this year, I went to the city of Durham, North Carolina. Now, North Carolina is estimated to have over 300,000 people living in the state without legal status. I was there to spend time with this nonprofit organization called Siembra NC. It's an immigrant workers' rights organization, and one of the members, Jose, invited me over for dinner.
So José and his wife are from El Salvador, and they requested that we refer to them by first name only because they don't have papers. They have two small kids. Both are U.S. citizens. And I do want to issue a correction on my earlier reporting. José and his wife invited me to eat chicken pupusas, homemade chicken pupusas, and those were actually the best pupusas I've ever had.
So José and his wife are from El Salvador, and they requested that we refer to them by first name only because they don't have papers. They have two small kids. Both are U.S. citizens. And I do want to issue a correction on my earlier reporting. José and his wife invited me to eat chicken pupusas, homemade chicken pupusas, and those were actually the best pupusas I've ever had.
So José and his wife are from El Salvador, and they requested that we refer to them by first name only because they don't have papers. They have two small kids. Both are U.S. citizens. And I do want to issue a correction on my earlier reporting. José and his wife invited me to eat chicken pupusas, homemade chicken pupusas, and those were actually the best pupusas I've ever had.
on this side of the border. I'm issuing a correction.
on this side of the border. I'm issuing a correction.
on this side of the border. I'm issuing a correction.
Oh, wow. Okay, I didn't know that. Okay, yeah, so I miss doing a retraction. So we sat there having dinner, and we started having this really intimate conversation. And Jose's wife, she asked that we use her first initial only, S., And she said, you know, when the election happened.
Oh, wow. Okay, I didn't know that. Okay, yeah, so I miss doing a retraction. So we sat there having dinner, and we started having this really intimate conversation. And Jose's wife, she asked that we use her first initial only, S., And she said, you know, when the election happened.
Oh, wow. Okay, I didn't know that. Okay, yeah, so I miss doing a retraction. So we sat there having dinner, and we started having this really intimate conversation. And Jose's wife, she asked that we use her first initial only, S., And she said, you know, when the election happened.
I didn't want to do anything. I just wanted to lie down and sleep and sleep and wake up when it was all over, like a dream. But then at night, she couldn't sleep. She had really bad insomnia, and so did her husband. So they would talk all night about leaving the U.S. Maybe we need to get out of here. And in one of those insomniac nights, she called her father up. He lives in Las Vegas.
I didn't want to do anything. I just wanted to lie down and sleep and sleep and wake up when it was all over, like a dream. But then at night, she couldn't sleep. She had really bad insomnia, and so did her husband. So they would talk all night about leaving the U.S. Maybe we need to get out of here. And in one of those insomniac nights, she called her father up. He lives in Las Vegas.
I didn't want to do anything. I just wanted to lie down and sleep and sleep and wake up when it was all over, like a dream. But then at night, she couldn't sleep. She had really bad insomnia, and so did her husband. So they would talk all night about leaving the U.S. Maybe we need to get out of here. And in one of those insomniac nights, she called her father up. He lives in Las Vegas.