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Esmy Jimenez
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West coast journo currently cosplaying as a business student. Past work with The Seattle Times, Boston Globe, NPR.

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Haha nooo don't tell me you didn't like it. It's also being made into a film!!
July 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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And one more section from a mother who had to sign the paperwork just in case she was picked up and separated from her children.
For a young mother visiting the Brazilian-American Center in Framingham, survival means making a plan for her children. She has no legal status, nor does her husband, so she has brought her sister-in-law, Junaelia Santos, to sign a legal document naming her as their children’s guardian, should it come to that. The director of the center, Liliane Costa, explained the English-language form to them in Portuguese. For the two women, it really meant: You can help them with their homework, and you can take them to the doctor. You can tuck them in at night and wake them up in the morning. You can put them down for a nap. And you can put them on a plane to Brazil. You can bring them back to me. Junaelia Santos signed her name
July 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Maddie Ochoa’s dad was arrested the day before her 8th grade graduation. No one felt like celebrating. Still, the school called and offered to bring the diploma to her house.

“I know he doesn’t deserve this,” she said. “All he does is try to be the best person.”
Maddie Ochoa skipped her eight grade graduation. Her father, Joel, a painter, was taken by ICE on his way to a job site. Still, the school called and offered to bring Maddie her diploma, so she put on the special dress she’d picked out. Two administrators arrived, handing her her diploma, flowers, and a pink stuffed bear.
July 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Since Odair Pereira was detained by ICE in March, Paula Peres da Costa has been raising their two young sons alone, afraid to leave their Everett apartment. As bills pile up, Peres clings to hope that her partner will return before their baby’s first birthday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW26...
Her partner was taken by ICE. Now this Massachusetts mother is raising two boys alone
YouTube video by The Boston Globe
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July 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM