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Deportees in Mexico tell of disrupted lives, families and communities

  • Written by Tobin Hansen, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology, University of Oregon

Ray was born in Mexico and moved to the United States with family members at age 10.

He told me in an interview in 2014, “I’m just a regular American like everyone else.” In middle school, Ray (a pseudonym to protect his identity) learned the Declaration of Independence and memorized all the presidents in order. His first job was...

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