Duarte Geraldino: What we're missing in the debate about immigration
Duarte Geraldino: Hvad vi overser i debatten om immigration
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something to me
and I was petrified.
I'd watched that movie "Godzilla,"
storming a major city,
der angriber en storby,
coming for me was stuck in my mind.
der var efter mig sad fast i mit hoved.
at the tip of Lower Manhattan with my mom,
whether she was a monster or a hero.
et monster eller en helt.
the Google of the day --
dengangs Google --
is actually the Statue of Liberty
faktisk er Frihedsgudinden
that really messed with my young head
udfordrede mit unge sind
colors over the years,
is intriguing about this
of the people who support me,
af de mennesker der støtter mig,
shaped by newcomers,
er på mange måder formet af tilkommere,
immigrants in the USA.
immigranter i USA.
have at least one foreign-born parent.
mindst én udenlands-født forældre.
because I study global migration patterns.
fordi jeg studerer globale migrations mønstre.
and for the last few years,
the lives of US citizens
livet hos Amerikanske statsborgere
udvisning af landet.
were "ordered removed" --
blevet "beordret fjernet" --
for being deported.
a psychological and an emotional cost
en psykologisk og en emotionel omkostning
til at kæmpe i denne krig?"
exploding in the distance,
i det fjerne,
who are gravely injured,
med alvorlige skader,
when you know you could be next,
hvor du ved at du kan være den næste,
of these strong relationships;
stærke relationer;
in the debate about immigration policy.
i debatten om immigrationspolitik.
on the circles around them,
who are left behind:
der bliver efterladt:
of the deported
af de udviste
who are separated by borders.
som bliver adskildt af grænser.
law enforcement officers,
medlemmer af ordensmagten,
to make sense of new realities
at få disse nye virkeligheder til at give mening
behind all these statistics
bag alle statestikkerne
about immigration policy.
om immigrationspolitik.
forsøger at ændre på.
that I've collected.
virkelig liv, som jeg har samlet.
were being ordered out of the country.
blev sendt ud af landet.
in the US military,
i det amerikanske militær,
connected to the country he is.
forbundet til landet han er.
that's banished his father.
et land, som har forvist hans far.
that illustrates those critical bonds.
der illustrere disse kritiske bånd.
were concerned about their jobs,
var bekymrede for deres jobs,
of the restaurant where they worked
hvor de arbejde
had picked him up.
havde taget ham ind.
argumenterede for
to the local community
restaurant reviews --
anmeldelser af restauranten --
what's called "judicial discretion"
et såkaldt "retsligt skøn"
the social circle.
med i overvejelserne.
noncitizens in the USA,
i USA,
føderalregeringen.
are at best complex estimates.
bedst kan blive komplekse skøn.
by deportation.
af udvisning.
through the population.
hele befolkningen.
regionen LA (Los Angelses)
of citizens in LA County
af borgerne i regionen LA
could be removed,
kan blive udvist,
of their social circle were at risk.
er i risiko for det.
should ever be deported;
to look at the bigger picture.
bliver nødt til at se det større perspektiv.
af min stemme,
et øjeblik
if the circle were broken?
blev brudt?
of first-person accounts
af førstehånds historier
kortlægningsteknologi,
where these circles break,
disse cirkler brydes,
just an American issue.
around the world;
i verden;
in countries where they were not born.
i lande hvor de ikke er født.
I've been one of them:
har jeg været en af dem:
one of these foreigners --
en af disse udelændinge --
guys in a new land --
folk i et nyt land --
tænke tilbage på den dag
that I keep on thinking about
med at tænke på
that are so obviously brown,
der er så tydeligt brune,
that showcase her in the beginning
i begyndelsen viser hende
seeks to answer
forsøger at besvare,
that confounded me all those years ago:
for alle de år siden:
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Duarte Geraldino - JournalistDuarte Geraldino is working on a multi-year project that chronicles the lives of citizens who lose people to deportation.
Why you should listen
Duarte Geraldino is an American journalist who travels the country documenting how culture is being changed and challenged by shifting demographics, business and technology. He leads a team of skilled journalists who produce multimedia reports and short films that have been distributed around the world through national and global news networks. He is currently working on a multi-year project that chronicles the lives of citizens who lose people to deportation called Hear Our Stories Now.
He is currently a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour. At the NewsHour, he reports and writes long-form television stories about business trends like the housing crisis that is gripping many American cities and developments in labor laws that some see as choking middle and low-income workers.
In 2017, one of Geraldino's short documentaries, Ordered Out, was screened in New York's Times Square as part of the Dominican Film Festival New York. It explores the impact of American identity and immigration and tells the story of a family being torn apart by US laws. In the same year, he was selected as a TED Resident. During his residency at TED's global headquarters, he started developing a digital journalism project to document the lives of US citizens who have lost people to deportation.
Previously, Geraldino worked as a National Correspondent for Al Jazeera America and as a local news reporter in New York, Ohio, Texas and Maryland.
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