If they said, “Hey, you could start your life over and make yourself a citizen,” I wouldn’t have never did it. How draining was it being in detention, especially with the uncertainty of how long it was going to last? All that just going through your head, like, “Damn, I love my house, I ain’t gonna be able to go in my house no more? I ain’t gonna be able to go to my favorite restaurant that I been going to for 20 years straight?” That’s the most important thing. I’ll sit in jail to fight to live where I’ve been living my whole life.

Source: New York Times February 18, 2019 00:56 UTC