Immigrant storytellers in the US are afraid to take the stage
by editors@theworld.org (Phillip Martin) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6VTR9)
Suitcase Stories is an 8-year-old program in the Boston area, meant to give immigrants a chance to share their journeys with a larger community. But recently, three foreign-born storytellers scheduled to perform canceled their appearances. Given President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration, they decided that participating would not be safe. Phillip Martin reports from GBH in Boston.