The Block Club Chicago Podcast

When A Trip To The Doctor Could Lead To Deportation

Episode Summary

Yuritzi left her home in Michoacán, Mexico, three years ago. Planning to expand her family, she worried about sending her children to struggling schools in her Mexican hometown, where teachers were leaving in droves and kids couldn’t play outside because of gunfire, she said. Over the past two weeks, Yuritzi is living in fear again, this time because of President Donald Trump’s vow to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants.

Episode Notes

Yuritzi left her home in Michoacán, Mexico, three years ago. Planning to expand her family, she worried about sending her children to struggling schools in her Mexican hometown, where teachers were leaving in droves and kids couldn’t play outside because of gunfire, she said. 

Over the past two weeks, Yuritzi is living in fear again, this time because of President Donald Trump’s vow to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants.

Host - Jon Hansen

Reporter - Mina Bloom

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