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Families With Parents In U.S. Illegally Worry About Separation, Apply For Passports For Children
Resume![Emilio Rabasa, Mexico's consul general of New England in Boston, spoke with us in our studios in January. (Yasmin Amer/WBUR)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0412_consulate-1000x750.jpg)
In many immigrant families, the legal status of family members is mixed. Some parents might have entered the country illegally, but their children are U.S. citizens. For these families, one of the most nerve-racking thoughts is being separated.
We speak with several families who share these fears, as well as Emilio Rabasa, Mexico's consul general in Boston who serves most of New England, at a recent event in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
This segment aired on April 12, 2017.