The drama of the end of parole: ‘You flee your country out of fear and now you’re even more afraid in the US’
The Trump Administration’s proposal to revoke the legal status of humanitarian parole recipients makes thousands of Latinos vulnerable to deportation
Ever since the Trump administration announced its plan to revoke the legal status of more than 530,000 people who entered the United States through the humanitarian parole program, Gabriela has been avoiding going outside. Before that, she had three jobs: as an assistant teacher at an elementary school, as a waitress at a taco restaurant, and as a receptionist at a furniture store in the small town in Tennessee where she lives. These days she only steps outside to go to school, which is two minutes from her house. And she ventures out to Walmart on weekends, to buy the basics.
