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Inside the American sanctuary city of Somerville
Al Jazeera
Somerville, Massachusetts - Natalia lives in Somerville. She pays her taxes. She goes to a Crossfit gym. She has friends with whom she unwinds after work. She has an affectionate - if prone to shedding - dog. She has everything most of her neighbours have - except citizenship.
She is an undocumented immigrant, waiting on papers for citizenship she filed 17 years ago. All that separates her from being a citizen, at this point, is legislation.
She distinctly remembers the day after President Donald Trump's election in November."I came to work, and the kids were crying, like, 'We will all move to Mexico!'" the 35-year-old nanny to two children says.
Natalia's case is not unusual in Somerville. Jaclyn Rossetti, a media representative in the mayor's office, says that about one-third of Somerville's 80,000 residents are immigrants, although there is no data on how many are undocumented.