In Trump’s America, Mother of Four Fears Being Deported and Leaving Children with Abusive Husband

Summary: Last year, C. paid close attention to a presidential election for the first time in her life. A 31-year-old mother of four, C. was born in Mexico and has lived in Los Angeles since she was two-years-old. After Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, C., who asked me not to use her name because she fears being deported, watched with alarm as his nativist message swelled the defiant movement behind him like a steroid.