Deportation Wounds
Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive
American Public Media
4.3 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Before physical distancing, seeing loved ones through a screen was already “normal” for our producer Isabeth Mendoza. Her dad was deported 11 years ago. Since then, her family was doing their best to cope , but they have not healed. Now, Isabeth wants to work towards a future that she’s always imagined — one where her family is thriving regardless of borders. Wise One and Latinx Therapy founder Adriana Alejandre, LMFT offers some advice.
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| 0:00.0 | You know I was thinking the other day, when am I going to see my people again? |
| 0:07.0 | Like physically. |
| 0:09.0 | So many of us are feeling isolated, relying on Zoom or FaceTime to see our friends and family, and we don't really know how long it will be like this. |
| 0:18.0 | But for many people, this separation is not a new reality. |
| 0:23.0 | Ola, Papi. |
| 0:25.0 | Ola, meja. |
| 0:26.0 | How you're you know, |
| 0:28.0 | that's Isa Mendoza on the phone with her dad, Arnaldo. |
| 0:32.0 | Isa lives in California, and her father lives in Mexico. |
| 0:35.7 | He was deported there 11 years ago. |
| 0:38.5 | And since then, they've watched each other grow older through a screen, and occasionally they see each other during the holidays but they really don't know if he'll ever be able to return to the United States. |
| 0:53.4 | I'm Tanya Mosley. |
| 0:55.4 | Dear truth be told, dear truth be told. |
| 0:58.0 | Dear truth be told. |
| 0:59.1 | I need your help. |
| 1:01.1 | Isa has been living apart from her father for so long it's just become a normal way of life. |
| 1:08.0 | But recently she's been feeling all sorts of emotions about it. |
| 1:14.7 | Hey truth be told, my name is Isabed Mendoza and my question is, |
| 1:21.5 | how do I start to heal after a family member has been deported? |
| 1:25.0 | Hey ESA, how are you? |
| 1:27.0 | Hey Tanya, I'm doing pretty good, how are you? |
| 1:30.0 | I'm doing well. |
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