Immigrants are forced to live in hiding lead a compartmentalized existence in general;
in the wake of the El Paso shooting, the reality of that compartmentalization feels that much more excruciating., some of our most vulnerable and victimized are scared to ask for help. The scope of this problem extends as far as your imagination will go: health problems, crucial wages lost, eroded trust in their communities.
None of this is new. Undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families and communities have been living under these conditions for years. The headlines, consistent through the years, reveal a pattern of harm: “
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