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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump voting couple find out husband is undocumented [View all]
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/694/get-back-to-where-you-once-belongedAct II
Nowhere Man
ByJeremy Raff
Raul felt like he had found his spot in the world: a job he was good at, a group of people he liked and admired. And then he got kicked out. Kicked out in this way he didnt even know was possible. Reporter Jeremy Raff explains. (28 minutes)
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Summary of the 28 minute audio: Raul and his wife work as Border and Custom agents in Texas. Raul's birth certificate says he was born in brownsville Texas. He thought he was an American citizen his entire life. When he applied for a green card for his brother, the govt did a deeper look and found a Mexican birth certificate. The parents had the phony birth certificate created to give him a better life.
Now Raul is living undocumented in Texas, not venturing out from his home because of border check points everywhere. at one point in the story, the teary voiced wife mentions thinking "lets ask Trump for help, we voted for him". No... she never mentions the irony. I wish the host would have followed up on that "we voted Trump" comment.
Raul's undocumented status has devastated their lives. Despite a lifetime in america that includes military service, Raul's green card application was denied. Raul's son from prior marriage is no undocumented as his green card was based on his fathers. Raul is unemployed and his border patrol buddies keep their distance.
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I know! Kicker is that even before he became undocumented, they had other undocumented in their
Demovictory9
Feb 2020
#2
It is sad but how much derision, how many comments about the "illegals" feeling safe as a
krissey
Feb 2020
#5
yes, in story he reflects on how harsh he was to people he caught trying to crossover the border
Demovictory9
Feb 2020
#6
The same thing will happen to all people with health care plans , and Social Security
duforsure
Feb 2020
#8
he voted for Trump despite having brown skin, accent, having had his citizenship questioned before
Demovictory9
Feb 2020
#15
Trump and the his Republican lackies are coming for you and your Social Security they already did
UCmeNdc
Feb 2020
#10
Good! Deport him! He had zero sympathy when others were in this predicament
helpisontheway
Feb 2020
#12