Her 11-month-old son, Abdías, swaddled on her back, Jimena Casas was hawking chopped mango, grapes and watermelon recently at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. An Ecuadorian immigrant, Casas says she migrated to the United States to escape murderous gangsters who extorted her.
Nearby, Mohammed Ndiya, who is from Senegal, had a wheeled cart he filled with empty cans and bottles, picked from the trash, to cash in for the deposit, 5 cents each. He says his homeland has dangerous and discriminatory conditions.
To seek asylum and stay in the U.S., both Casas, 26, and Ndiya, 31, readily provided intricate, personal information to the government. Both immigrants routinely send money back to family abroad. And both are like millions of immigrants at risk of being subject to what President-elect Donald Trump has promised would be “the largest deportation operation in American history.”
Read more on what his deportation plan looks like: https://www.nwsd.li/a8c2f5
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#longisland #longislandny #liny #longislandnewyork #suffolkcountyny #nassaucountyny #trump #donaldtrump #migrants #migrantworkers #immigrant #deport #deportation #linkinbio(Photo: Eric Gay/AP & James Carbone)
Nearby, Mohammed Ndiya, who is from Senegal, had a wheeled cart he filled with empty cans and bottles, picked from the trash, to cash in for the deposit, 5 cents each. He says his homeland has dangerous and discriminatory conditions.
To seek asylum and stay in the U.S., both Casas, 26, and Ndiya, 31, readily provided intricate, personal information to the government. Both immigrants routinely send money back to family abroad. And both are like millions of immigrants at risk of being subject to what President-elect Donald Trump has promised would be “the largest deportation operation in American history.”
Read more on what his deportation plan looks like: https://www.nwsd.li/a8c2f5
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#longisland #longislandny #liny #longislandnewyork #suffolkcountyny #nassaucountyny #trump #donaldtrump #migrants #migrantworkers #immigrant #deport #deportation #linkinbio(Photo: Eric Gay/AP & James Carbone)
