Dreamers
American Refugee
They came here as young children, brought illegally into the country by their parents. They might soon all be deported. LISTEN.
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Northside - Pit Bull
American Refugee
A black man walks his pit bull through a white neighborhood. What could go wrong? LISTEN.
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The Secret War
American Refugee
The Laotian Hmong are coopted by the CIA to fight communism. Then the real war begins. Do you want to hear a secret? LISTEN.
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Invasive Species!
American Refugee
Into the Florida Everglades to hunt those displaced and trying to survive. Or is it just evolution? LISTEN.
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Northside - Pastor Galloway
American Refugee
A journey inside the desperate struggle of today's black community in North Minneapolis. LISTEN.
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Rock On
American Refugee
Rock musicians displaced by the pandemic. What happens when the show can't go on? LISTEN.
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Death On The Borderlands
American Refugee
Every night a migrant dies of thirst attempting to cross the Texas backcountry brush. LISTEN.
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Immigrant Scholars
American Refugee
Let's all go to college and meet the immigrant scholars behind America's cutting-edge technology. LISTEN.
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Burpees
American Refugee
To stay fit during the pandemic America is working out with the Russian immigrant known as the Iron Wolf. LISTEN.
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Escape The Room
American Refugee
A shocking episode about domestic violence. The puzzle immigrant women face when they try to escape their abusers. LISTEN.
info_outlineGregorio Montejo, a Mexican immigrant, after 25 years of working in the United States is taken to Sherburne County Jail.
Now his family is fighting to get him released. Because in this country, anything is possible.
Or is it? You're going inside America's criminal justice system, as you follow one immigrant family's journey from central Minnesota to ICE lockup, from federal court to the Mexican border, all to free Gregorio before he gets deported.
It's Part II of the story separating the soul of a country, from a place called Sherburne County Jail.
This is American Refugee.
Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Purple Funk Metropolis, Ryini Beats
Recorded: Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: August 2020
https://odaction.com/americanrefugee