(Editor’s note: Some sources have been anonymized with their first initial due to immigration-related fears.)
L., who arrived in New York from Ecuador three years ago, sells ice cream on Roosevelt Avenue. She said that many migrants are afraid to spend their days vending on the street, but they have no choice.
“Despite the fear, we have to get out to work,” L. said in Spanish. “You can only sleep in peace. One passes the night frightened, thinking about whether tomorrow I’ll be here or not.”…