For Those Who Decided To Self-Deport, What Does Starting Over Look Like?
Ana Maria Rus
“You only get one life,” says Abel Ortiz, who left the States for Mexico City. “I didn’t want to spend mine in a country that doesn’t care for me.” When I was 7, my family left Mexico City for Texas in search of safety and opportunity. It’s a story so familiar, it’s practically foundational — the idea that, however imperfect, the U.S. is a place where people from anywhere can start over safely. But since Trump came back into office last year, that promise has further eroded. The anti-immigrant
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