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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

“I don’t want to be here anymore”: They tried to self-deport, then got stranded in Trump’s America

Melissa Sanchez, Mariam Elba