A Summer Break That Wasn't: American Kids Living in Fear of ICE
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
There are more than 4 million American kids with at least one undocumented parent, and their summer break this year was unlike any other. They told us things like: “My family's worried when they go outside because of ICE,” or “I dreamed about the police coming to our house and they got our parents.”
As increasingly aggressive ICE raids sweep the country, Latino USA follows the stories of young Latinos with undocumented parents navigating the quiet hopes, joys and challenges of summer vacation. They do this in a stark new immigration reality in which fear, uncertainty and the looming threat of family separation now shape even the smallest details of everyday life.
Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.
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| 1:19.7 | Music After you do that, then click play. Let's go to the show. It's 9 a.m. at summer camp. |
| 1:22.4 | This morning, I felt tired. |
| 1:24.6 | I fell asleep. |
| 1:28.3 | About 50 kids and teens from kindergarten to high school are getting ready to start the day. |
| 1:34.3 | In the morning I was tired, but then I was excited when I went. |
| 1:38.3 | The campers are carrying lunch boxes and walking into this brightly lit space, where the walls and windows are covered in drawings. |
| 1:46.0 | It's blue. |
| 1:47.0 | Back to you. |
| 1:48.0 | Graybirds. |
| 1:49.0 | A handful of kids find a table, and they quickly start a game of Uno. |
| 1:53.0 | She got a good card. |
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