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Episode: One Woodburn man opts to go home to Mexico on his own terms
Description: Luis Lamas close to leave the United States at a moment, politically, when the Trump administration has made immigration a centerpiece policy. The administration is vowing to deport millions of immigrants without legal status, whether they have a criminal record, or not. But while the administration’s crackdown on immigration played a role in his decision, it’s more complicated than that. In some ways, he felt trapped, Lamas said.