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What It's Like Living in Fear of ICE

She cannot look into a camera to explain how much she loves this country, how much she believes in its promise, because doing so risks putting her parents in danger.

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Edwin Eisendrath
Oct 24, 2025
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Illustration by Abdelafatah Mukhtar

I have a story to tell. It is not mine — but in today’s America, the protagonist cannot speak her own story. The risks are too great.

The story belongs to a young American woman, a college graduate who dreams of becoming an attorney. She is smart, hardworking, determined, compassionate. Yet she has shelved her dreams — …

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