Stories: Home now, but for how long?: PatriciaEdit01

Revere, MA -- 5/4/2018 - Patricia Carbajal fled Honduras 19 years ago and has been living in the United States legally as a TPS holder ever since. For 19 years she has worked, paid taxes, and passed a criminal background check every 18 months. Now, the Trump administration is threatening to cancel the program that has allowed her to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, a budding activist. She doesn't want her daughter, Camila, to know how nervous she is about the impending decision so she tries to hide her anxiety from Camila, scooping her up and kissing her as Camila plays in their kitchen.

Revere, MA -- 5/4/2018 - Patricia Carbajal fled Honduras 19 years ago and has been living in the United States legally as a TPS holder ever since. For 19 years she has worked, paid taxes, and passed a criminal background check every 18 months. Now, the Trump administration is threatening to cancel the program that has allowed her to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, a budding activist. She doesn't want her daughter, Camila, to know how nervous she is about the impending decision so she tries to hide her anxiety from Camila, scooping her up and kissing her as Camila plays in their kitchen.