December 26, 2024
This week we’re re-running an episode from 2023, that won several awards this year, including a 1st place in immigration reporting and one of the best podcasts in the state from the California News Publishers Association, and 3rd place in immigration and border reporting from Best of the West.
About 1 in 10 children in California have at least one undocumented immigrant parent. The immigration struggles of parents have real impacts on children, including on their education.
This is the story of a Central Valley dad who had been undocumented but went to apply for his green card and ended up separated from his wife and four kids, because of a change in immigration policy under the first Trump administration. His forced absence created emotional and financial burdens for his entire family and derailed some of his children’s college plans.
Voices:
- José Luis Ruiz Arévalos
- Armanda Ruiz
- Elena Gutiérrez Ramírez
- Nathan Gutiérrez Ramírez
- Ignacio Gutiérrez Ramírez
- Priscila Ruiz Ramírez
- Erin Quinn, Senior managing attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Read more from EdSource:
- Family reunited after four years separated by Trump-era immigration policy
- How immigration policy forced a California family apart and disrupted their education
Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.
Jennifer Molina contributed to the reporting for this episode.