Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over.

My parents came here from Colombia during a time of great instability there. Escaping a dire economic situation at home, they moved to New Jersey, where they had friends and family, seeking a better life, and then moved to Boston after I was born.

My real story is this: I am the citizen daughter of immigrant parents who were deported when I was 14. My older brother was also deported.

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