Jennyfer Mesa, executive director of Latinos en Spokane (LES), said elections are always stressful for “mixed status” communities, in which some people have been in the U.S. for generations — some are documented immigrants and some are undocumented. But, according to Mesa, this year is particularly stressful because of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign threats to implement mass deportations.
“Every election, it’s a worry,” Mesa said. “It’s a worry about what’s going to be changed and what are the risks of new elections. … At the whim of any vote, we can have our rights taken away as immigrants.”
There are very real fears of mass deportation, and even more fears
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