Undocumented Irish have not felt overly vulnerable until now but at least one Irish woman who overstayed illegally was deported to Panama. I believe she is back in Ireland now.
Irish, undocumented, and unsure of their future in Trump's America
Irish privilege?
While Mary fears for her own status, she says communities of color are bearing the brunt of President Trump's
immigration crackdown while she can somewhat fly under the radar.
"There's some very hardworking people that have set up businesses and are employing people and all of a sudden, you know, they're
on a plane somewhere, their lives have changed, and it's very hard," she said. "I absolutely do feel for people."
Aisling, an undocumented Irish waitress in Chicago, who has lived in America for eight years, says that while she is concerned she may become a "collateral damage" target for the administration,
ICE raids in her neighborhood have targeted predominantly Latino communities — something she has condemned as racist.
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They run businesses. They tend bars. They pay taxes. But still they live in fear. There are thousands of undocumented Irish immigrants in America today, and some of them shared their stories.
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