70 Million Investigates: ICE x Gender - Mothers Seeking Asylum Face Much More Than Documentation Challenges

This week, we are sharing an episode from our Peabody-nominated series, 70 Million. The newest season focuses on the ways that Immigration and Customs enforcement, or ICE, detention impacts those in its custody who identify across the gender spectrum. We hope you like it.

Many make the dangerous trek across South and Central America to arrive at the U.S. border to seek asylum and safely. But for some mothers, reaching the country is where their hardships begin. Reporter Inés Rénique connects with two immigrant mothers in NYC whose journeys only intensified as they sacrifice and work to support their families after arriving in the U.S. Find an annotated transcript at our website here.

Find more information—including transcripts and resource guides—visit 70MillionPod.com (Here). Follow @70MillionPod.