Shumita Basu

Here's NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garst.

Here's NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garst.

Here's NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garst.

Like this ad featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that was part of a $200 million ad campaign.

Like this ad featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that was part of a $200 million ad campaign.

Like this ad featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that was part of a $200 million ad campaign.

Aside from the ads, the headlines speak for themselves in encouraging people to consider self-deportation. People have been taken off the streets by immigration officers with no warning. Some have been deported and imprisoned in El Salvador with no due process. Others are lingering in ICE detention centers that are becoming overcrowded and unsanitary.

Aside from the ads, the headlines speak for themselves in encouraging people to consider self-deportation. People have been taken off the streets by immigration officers with no warning. Some have been deported and imprisoned in El Salvador with no due process. Others are lingering in ICE detention centers that are becoming overcrowded and unsanitary.

Aside from the ads, the headlines speak for themselves in encouraging people to consider self-deportation. People have been taken off the streets by immigration officers with no warning. Some have been deported and imprisoned in El Salvador with no due process. Others are lingering in ICE detention centers that are becoming overcrowded and unsanitary.

Garst told us that Trump isn't the first to push a strategy of self-deporting. Back during the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney proposed self-deportations as part of his immigration plan and received wide mockery, including from Trump.

Garst told us that Trump isn't the first to push a strategy of self-deporting. Back during the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney proposed self-deportations as part of his immigration plan and received wide mockery, including from Trump.

Garst told us that Trump isn't the first to push a strategy of self-deporting. Back during the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney proposed self-deportations as part of his immigration plan and received wide mockery, including from Trump.

The question then was for people who had fought so hard to flee danger in their countries and pursue a life in the United States, why would they choose to leave? But Garst told us that now people are in fact grappling with that very difficult choice.

The question then was for people who had fought so hard to flee danger in their countries and pursue a life in the United States, why would they choose to leave? But Garst told us that now people are in fact grappling with that very difficult choice.

The question then was for people who had fought so hard to flee danger in their countries and pursue a life in the United States, why would they choose to leave? But Garst told us that now people are in fact grappling with that very difficult choice.

At least one family she spoke with has had real disagreements about what to do. The father wants to return to Guatemala, while the mother wants her children to continue to go to school in the U.S.,

At least one family she spoke with has had real disagreements about what to do. The father wants to return to Guatemala, while the mother wants her children to continue to go to school in the U.S.,

At least one family she spoke with has had real disagreements about what to do. The father wants to return to Guatemala, while the mother wants her children to continue to go to school in the U.S.,

If this family leaves, the kids who are U.S. citizens can come back in the future under current U.S. laws, but the possibility of the parents ever returning is far from clear. Now to an ongoing trial involving Google.

If this family leaves, the kids who are U.S. citizens can come back in the future under current U.S. laws, but the possibility of the parents ever returning is far from clear. Now to an ongoing trial involving Google.