A group of undocumented youth cross the border from the US into Mexico to cross back and turn themselves into border patrol. Why would you do something that would so blatantly risk you ever being able to come into this country again? We follow the story of one courageous young person, Luis Leon, and the journey that took him from a small town in North Carolina to the border crossing in Laredo TX.
What is the future of this country’s dream for black and brown communities? This week’s episode, Dream On, is a fascinating conversation between two fierce women – Lola Smallwood Cuevas from the Black Worker Center and Sofia Campos, a national leader of the immigrant youth movement- as they expand, re-define, and defend this country’s dream.
When you get into a taxi, you usually know where you are coming from, where you are going. But what about your taxi driver? This week we travel with Javaid Tariq on the road that brought him to drive cabs in New York City.
Immigration visas dictate where someone can work, how they can work, how long they can work. But what happens when you throw friendship into the mix? This episode is a conversation between two friends, Carlos Amador and Jonathan Biribesca. Having arrived on different immigration visas, we follow their friendship from when they first arrived to the US to the very different journeys their visas take them on.