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The Other Faces of Deportation

By Eileen Truax

They're Dreamers, asylum seekers, parents of U.S.-born children; some don't remember their country of birth.

Claudia Amaro and Hector Yamil Yaujar lead the same quiet, law-abiding lives as most of their neighbors in Wichita, Kansas. Amaro is a teacher; Yaujar runs a home repair company. Their son, Yamil Jr., 17, excels in school and wants to become an engineer. The family’s one crime: Amaro and Yaujar are in the U.S. without legal documents.

Like many of the nation’s approximately 11.1 million undocumented immigrants, Amaro and Yaujar are used...

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