Zach Perez

2 months ago | kcur.org | Zach Perez |Celisa Calacal

Business owners in Kansas City’s immigrant and Latino communities are on edge. Ever since news spread of a federal immigration raid on the Mexican restaurant El Potro in Liberty this month, combined with President Donald Trump’s deportation plans and slew of executive actions targeting immigrants, fear and anxiety have rippled through these groups.

2 months ago | startlandnews.com | Zach Perez

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. 46-year-old Robert Galicia moved to Kansas City from Mexico City, Mexico, in 1984 at the age of six. Along with his sister and his mother, Galicia joined his father who had come to the country six months earlier on a work visa.

2 months ago | kmuw.org | Zach Perez

46-year-old Robert Galicia moved to Kansas City from Mexico City, Mexico, in 1984 at the age of six. Along with his sister and his mother, Galicia joined his father who had come to the country six months earlier on a work visa. At the time, none of them spoke English, but that didn’t stop his parents from immediately putting him into public school. “I wish that I could actually remember how I learned English,” said Galicia.

Jan 19, 2025 | kcur.org | Stephanie Rivera |Zach Perez |LaToya Dennis |Kathy Goldgeier

Fatima Sadaf Saied is a daughter of immigrants and a mother of five. She has lived in Florida her whole life. She's an executive at a nonprofit. Yet she feels that people who don't know her don't always see her as an American. "I'm wearing a hijab — I'm automatically treated like I'm some kind of foreign creature," Saied said.

Jan 19, 2025 | kcur.org | Stephanie Rivera |Zach Perez |LaToya Dennis |Kathy Goldgeier

Fatima Sadaf Saied is a daughter of immigrants and a mother of five. She has lived in Florida her whole life. She's an executive at a nonprofit. Yet she feels that people who don't know her don't always see her as an American. "I'm wearing a hijab — I'm automatically treated like I'm some kind of foreign creature," Saied said.