Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
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The family will now have one income to get by on. Kangethe says the family might now have to apply for welfare assistance.
They're partly relying on a GoFundMe set up by friends to help pay the mortgage as well as groceries and school-related expenses. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
They're partly relying on a GoFundMe set up by friends to help pay the mortgage as well as groceries and school-related expenses. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The family will now have one income to get by on. Kangethe says the family might now have to apply for welfare assistance.
They're partly relying on a GoFundMe set up by friends to help pay the mortgage as well as groceries and school-related expenses. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
They're partly relying on a GoFundMe set up by friends to help pay the mortgage as well as groceries and school-related expenses. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
"For me it has been an absolute privilege to be in this country,” Kangethe says.
So now, the guy with a master’s in finance from a Michigan university, who worked as an accountant for the State of Michigan, is no longer here. He’s in Kenya. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
So now, the guy with a master’s in finance from a Michigan university, who worked as an accountant for the State of Michigan, is no longer here. He’s in Kenya. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Too much to pack, not enough hugs: A Kenyan man's last 48 hours in America
Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"For me it has been an absolute privilege to be in this country,” Kangethe says.
So now, the guy with a master’s in finance from a Michigan university, who worked as an accountant for the State of Michigan, is no longer here. He’s in Kenya. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
So now, the guy with a master’s in finance from a Michigan university, who worked as an accountant for the State of Michigan, is no longer here. He’s in Kenya. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Kangethe has no criminal record in the U.S. But he nonetheless faces removal proceedings after an immigration official ruled his previous marriage fraudulent in 2014.
He says leaving is a way to hold himself accountable. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
He says leaving is a way to hold himself accountable. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Too much to pack, not enough hugs: A Kenyan man's last 48 hours in America
Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Kangethe has no criminal record in the U.S. But he nonetheless faces removal proceedings after an immigration official ruled his previous marriage fraudulent in 2014.
He says leaving is a way to hold himself accountable. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
He says leaving is a way to hold himself accountable. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Kangethe leaves behind his wife and his kids, ages 13, 11 and 5.
"This is the safest option that I had on the table for me," Kangethe says. "But also it's the decision that is probably going to hurt me the most … the kids are going to be hurting, too." www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
"This is the safest option that I had on the table for me," Kangethe says. "But also it's the decision that is probably going to hurt me the most … the kids are going to be hurting, too." www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
Too much to pack, not enough hugs: A Kenyan man's last 48 hours in America
Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Kangethe leaves behind his wife and his kids, ages 13, 11 and 5.
"This is the safest option that I had on the table for me," Kangethe says. "But also it's the decision that is probably going to hurt me the most … the kids are going to be hurting, too." www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
"This is the safest option that I had on the table for me," Kangethe says. "But also it's the decision that is probably going to hurt me the most … the kids are going to be hurting, too." www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
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Clinging to a tree, and praying: how a family survived the Texas flash floods
"I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home.
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