NARRATIVE – For years, they have worked, started a family and often bought their own home in the Californian megalopolis. But having not regularized their situation, they now fear being fired by the Trump Administration.
Jonas M., 42 years old, is a handyman, hard at work. A trained mason, he is much more than that, and seems capable of repairing anything. Salvadoran, he is married to an American woman of Mexican origin. The couple have three children. Although he has lived in Los Angeles for more than twenty years, Jonas has still not been able to regularize his situation. “ The immigration bureaucracy is excessively slow. The process takes yearshe explains. I'm waiting for my visa. Once I get it, I should go make a formal apology (for remaining in the country illegally Editor’s note) at the American consulate in San Salvador to obtain my green card. »
Until November 5, Jonas was not worried. Owner of his house, he is overwhelmed with work and has never committed any crime. His many clients are mostly wealthy residents of well-off neighborhoods who never question him about his status, even if some…
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