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I've been through a lot and I'm here. Don't give up. As much as you feel

low and down and at 30, because that's how I felt these. You still got to remember, I'm alive.

You live through your whole life, but they're trying to take you out. You fight to stay here.

You do what you need to do to fight to stay here. This is your home.

This is Honor Raced, the deportation of adoptees in America. A podcast co-produced by

Focus Features and Tree Fort Media in support of the film Blue Bayou. I'm your host,

Dino Ray Ramos, founder and editor of diaspora. In this five-part series, we're hearing real

stories from men and women who were internationally adopted by Americans and spent their entire

lives completely unaware that they were not American citizens themselves, until they were sent away.

This is a heartbreaking reality that affects more than 35,000 adult adoptees in the United States.

And yet, the majority of Americans have no idea this crisis is happening for so many.

Their stories deserve to be heard. This is Crystal Moran's story in her own words.

My name is Crystal Moran and I'm 28 years old. I was born in El Salvador,

but I was brought to America when I was three months. I lived in New York City, the Bronx,

and then I moved to Vermont and then Pennsylvania. And I currently live in Pennsylvania right now

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