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Chefs Von Diaz, Mayukh Sen, Reem Assil and Priya Krishna. NPR hide caption

Lan Phu and young Lisa Phu at Six Flags Great Adventure in 1982 Lisa Phu hide caption

Inmates are seen at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, N.J. in 2015. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters hide caption

An improvised hospital room at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which is being turned into a hospital to help fight coronavirus cases in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images hide caption

A woman with a face mask rides on the subway on March 17, 2020, in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. Advocates in the city are reaching out to immigrant communities which face challenges due to the coronavirus epidemic. Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Angela Okafor at her small immigration law office located inside her store in Bangor, Maine. Okafor, who has a law degree from her home country of Nigeria and passed the New York bar exam, opened an immigration law practice three years ago. Robbie Feinberg/Maine Public Radio hide caption

José's son, who has schizophrenia, recently got into a fight that resulted in a broken window — an out-of-control moment from his struggle with mental illness. And it could increase his chances of deportation to a country where mental health care is even more elusive. Hokyoung Kim for NPR hide caption

Principal T.J. Funderburg welcomes his mostly immigrant students during morning assembly at Cactus Elementary School. John Burnett/NPR hide caption

Multiple groups are trying to delay — and ultimately block — the Trump administration's public charge rule. The new rule makes it more difficult for immigrants to get green cards if it seems they might need public assistance. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer waits for migrants who are applying for asylum in the U.S. to arrive at International Bridge 1 where they will cross from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to Laredo, Texas, early Sept. 17, 2019. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption

"It's time to get to work to make sure everyone participates in the census," says Yatziri Tovar, a spokesperson for Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights organization based in New York City that successfully sued to block Trump administration plans for a citizenship question. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption

Regina Mark, co-owner of Mee Sum Restaurant in Fall River, Mass., holds a chow mein sandwich, which the restaurant has served for more than 50 years. Sarah Mizes-Tan/WCAI hide caption