Driving while illegal: Immigrants worry about being arrested and deported - Massachusetts

“On a recent afternoon E. Santos hopped behind the wheel of his SUV in the lot of his apartment building on Union Avenue, said a prayer for his safe return home, and drove off.

An illegal immigrant who drives without a valid drivers license, Santos puts his fate in Gods hands every time he drives. He makes the sign of the cross before he starts the cars engine.

A Brazilian man who agreed to be identified by his first name initial and last name, Santos, 27, knows well the risks he takes. He can be stopped by the police and sent to court, but what he fears the most is that any encounter with the law can lead to deportation.”

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