The lighter side of immigration: A day at the park in Queens

Code Switch

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week on Code Switch, we're doing a different kind of immigration coverage. We're telling a New York story: one that celebrates the beautiful, everyday life of the immigrant. Code Switch producer, Xavier Lopez and NPR immigration reporter, Jasmine Garsd spend a day at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
0:05.4	RWJF is a national philanthropy, working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.
0:12.1	Learn more at RWJF.org.
0:15.5	Um, heads up, there's going to be some salty language.
0:19.2	Hey, everyone, you're listening to Code Switch. I'm B.A. Parker.
0:23.6	Now, it's officially summer in New York City, and I'm keeping the feelings about the 100-degree weather to
0:30.1	myself, but it allows for this beautiful time when everyone is just outside, making the most of it. You've got open fire hydrants and
0:40.7	shaved ice and loud music, but what I love is going to the park. It's something that also
0:48.8	means a lot to one of my producers, Xavier Lopez, and NPR immigration reporter Jasmine Garz. Last year, they brought us an
0:57.1	episode about the joyful side of the immigrant experience, which has been harder to come by lately.
1:03.0	As crackdowns on immigrants are ramping up throughout the country, we wanted to revisit a happier
1:08.9	immigration story.
1:12.1	Hey, Javi, hey Jasmine.
1:13.0	Hey.
1:13.8	Hello.
1:18.3	So we're very excited to take our listeners to one of my favorite places on earth,
1:19.5	Flushing Meadows Park.
1:21.0	It's my park.
1:23.9	It's a couple of blocks away from where I grew up in Queens.
1:24.6	You're a park.
1:25.6	My park.
1:26.2	It's my park.
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