The Mississippi Raids
Illustration by Alex Charner Latino USA For this blog post of today, I listened to a podcast from Latino USA called "After the Mississippi Raids" aired on August 7, 2020. I listened to this program hosted and produced by Maria Hinojosa and Miguel Macias on September 2nd, 2020. In this podcast both of these host were able to go to Mississippi and interview immigrants that were affected by the poultry factory raids that took place in Mississippi August of 2019. I chose to write about this subject because I come from immigrant parents and those misfortunate events could have been a shared experience. During and after listening to this podcast, although I know how fortunate and blessed I am, I was feeling even more grateful for everything I have. I have parents that have a green card after 22 years of living in fear that they could get deported. And listening to this podcast gave me more insight into other immigrants stories and they're struggles to get to where they are no...