"No Place Is Safe": This Is What Happens to Kids When an Undocumented Parent Is Detained [MotherJones.com]

Samantha Sangenito 5/23/174:00 AM

In a small stucco home in San Leandro, California, eight-year-old Kevin is playing Minecraft at his kitchen table when the phone rings. His little sister hands the phone to their mother, Yibi Heras. "It's my dad," Kevin says casually, returning to his game. The call has come from West County Detention in nearby Richmond, where Kevin's father, Maguiber Filomeno Ramos, has been held since immigration agents arrested him at their home in February.

[For more of this story, written by Laura Smith, go to http://www.motherjones.com/pol...ice-trump-california]

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