In the shadow of the second Trump administration, many immigrants face dire choices about remaining in the U.S. S, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, describes her emotional turmoil as she contemplates returning home with her U.S. citizen children. The couple reflects on peers securing passports for their kids in case they leave. The administration's crackdown includes a focus on self-deportation, with harsh repercussions and threats from the Department of Homeland Security, prompting families to weigh their options amidst changing immigration policies and deteriorating living conditions.
"I felt so anguished," S said. "I didn't want to do anything in the house, I just wanted to sleep and sleep and wake up to find it was all over, it had all been a dream."
His policies, experts say, have aimed to make life difficult through highly publicized immigration arrests, sending migrants to El Salvador for detention, and stripping protections from once-safe spaces like schools, churches and hospitals.
To those seeing quality of life crumble, an administration message offers a directive: leave the country now and keep the chance of coming back some day.
The Department of Homeland Security on social media has threatened to leverage fines of $998 per day against anyone who might have stayed in the U.S. despite receiving a final order of removal.
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