Don't Stay and Don't Go
Wednesday, February 11 2009
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Don't Stay and Don't Go
Federal immigration agents have stepped up immigration raids. 400 workers were arrested at a meat packing plant in Iowa, 600 at the Howard Industries Manufacturing plant in Mississippi, and those are just some of the largest - there have been many others.
Flor was among those picked up at the Howard Industries plant in Laurel, Miss. She's now wearing an ankle bracelet that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to monitor her movement while she awaits a hearing that could lead to her deportation. Flor is from Mexico, but her children were born in the U.S. She'd rather leave voluntarily, but Flor has been told she can't leave the state. She talks to Dick Gordon about the day of the raid, her hopes for the future, and how she and her husband are getting by financially while they wait.
YOUR STORY - CHILDHOOD DREAM REALIZED
Mary Immel and her late husband
During the Great Depression, Mary Immel lived in a small desert town in northern Arizona. In the center of her town was a railroad station with a restaurant called La Posada. With a penny in hand, five-year-old Mary would walk over to the station on a hot summer afternoon, towards the gumball machine, but get lost in the cool beauty of the building’s hacienda and its magnificent green gardens. She returned, years later, to see what had become of the secret garden of her childhood.
- See a clip from a movie inspired by the waitresses that worked at restaurants like La Posada: The Harvey Girls
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