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Inside ICE: From the Icebox to Deportation. Part 2
If you missed part one, you can read it here: Part 1 I soon found out. "How did you enter the United States?" the ICE agent asked me through an interpreter. —You have my information, if you arrested me it's because you have my information. "How did you get in? Which way?" The question returned like a battering ram, giving me no respite, but I also realized that ICE didn't know who I was. "I didn't arrest you. They call us and hand them over to us; they tell us where they are
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Gloria and Cindy: the women who opened doors for the immigrant community in Greylock
Photos: Marina Dominguez Gloria Escobar Community Relations & Financial Wellness Latinx Coach Two women, Gloria and Cindy , have helped open very real doors for the immigrant and Latino community in the Berkshires . Doors that for years seemed impossible to cross: something as basic as being able to keep money in a bank account without a Social Security number was, until recently, unthinkable. They didn't achieve this with flattering speeches, but with daily work, patience
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Inside ICE: From Arrest to the “Icebox” Part 1
That April 25 in Great Barrington is something I will never forget. It dawned like so many other mornings in the Berkshires, with a lazy sun that never quite managed to fully break through the rain-heavy clouds. It was part of that routine one learns to respect, because around here the only thing truly reliable is how unpredictable the weather is. I woke up early. Without ceremony and without omens. Just the rush of a mother who has to work and the familiar thought as I got d
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