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New York City Immigrants Are Living in Fear Under Trump
Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project and former immigration correspondent for The New York Times, talks about her reporting on how President Trump's immigration policies are affecting the lives of immigrants in New York City.
Today's caller of the day on immigration. (We're not crying, you're crying.) [this has been lightly edited.] pic.twitter.com/6CzqZhpH1W
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 25, 2018@BrianLehrer I’m a green card holder but haven’t left the country in over a year for fear of coming back through immigration and being detained for questions or having my devices checked. Rumors of checkpoints scare me senseless. One mistake and my life would blow up.
— Jenny (@robodyva) July 25, 2018@JuliaPrestonNow on TPS (temporary protected status), which the Trump admin is ending for certain countries, means even people who have been right with the law...are now facing deportation back to a place like Honduras, which is one of the countries people are trying to escape.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 25, 2018@JuliaPrestonNow says caller's question illustrates need for immigration lawyer - and there aren't enough of them right now to go around. Plus: "There is no appointed free counsel in immigration court."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 25, 2018Caller Betty, a legal immigrant, said she thought she could use her white privilege to help other immigrants, but then started to feel like "they're" coming for her too. "I can't believe that this is happening."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 25, 2018