U.S.-Born Citizen: An Interview with L.R.

“Personally, I wouldn’t tell anyone because my parents won’t tell anyone. So, I, of course, wouldn’t tell anyone because I don’t want to risk anything because I know they could go to jail anytime. Because that random woman put them in jail just because she didn’t like them and just called the cops on them and they went to jail so easily, I wouldn’t tell anyone freely. People are crazy and I wouldn’t want to put them at risk or anything.” - L.R., 23-year-old U.S. citizen whose parents are undocumented and father was deported, New Jersey