Waiting for the Immigration Raids

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This past weekend, immigration officials were scheduled to begin arresting and deporting thousands of undocumented immigrants who had been ordered to leave the United States but had remained. On Friday evening, we spoke to one woman who feared she was on the list. Guest: Herminia, an undocumented immigrant who has been living in the United States with her husband and children for more than a decade. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:A small number of raids targeting recently arrived undocumented migrant parents and their children took place over the weekend. More raids are expected to follow throughout the week.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is The Daily.
0:09.2	Today, this past weekend, immigration officials were scheduled to begin arresting and deporting
0:16.4	thousands of undocumented immigrants who had been ordered to leave the United States,
0:21.8	but had remained anyway. On Friday evening, we spoke to one man who feared she was on the list.
0:32.0	It's Monday, July 15.
0:37.7	Hello.
0:45.7	Hi. Is this Romania?
0:49.9	Yes, I am.
0:51.1	Hey, it's Michael Barrow from The New York Times.
0:54.3	Hi, Michael. Can you hear me good?
0:56.4	I can hear you very well.
0:58.4	Okay, good.
0:59.7	Thank you so much for making time for us.
1:01.9	You're very welcome. The only thing I'm going to say is that my English is not perfect,
1:07.6	but I'm going to try my best.
1:09.7	Am I right that we're going to be calling you hermenea in this interview,
1:14.1	but that's not your real name?
1:17.3	No, I don't want to be identified.
1:19.7	Got it.
1:20.7	And where am I reaching you right now?
1:23.4	It's early in the evening around 7 o'clock on Friday.
1:27.0	You're just getting home?
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