On this episode of Voices of Reason, Amy Donaldson and Jasen Lee hear about the heart-wrenching story of Maria Santiago, an asylum seeker and immigrant mother who was deported from Utah to her native Guatemala. She was forced to decide whether to keep her family intact or send her children back to Salt Lake City without their primary caregiver.

Joining us is Deseret News reporter Gillian Friedman, who along with photojournalist Laura Seitz, traveled to Central America to tell the story of how the Trump Administration's immigration policy helped to create Maria's Choice.

<p>On this episode of Voices of Reason, Amy Donaldson and Jasen Lee hear about the heart-wrenching story of Maria Santiago, an asylum seeker and immigrant mother who was deported from Utah to her native Guatemala. She was forced to decide whether to keep her family intact or send her children back to Salt Lake City without their primary caregiver.</p> <p>Joining us is Deseret News reporter Gillian Friedman, who along with photojournalist Laura Seitz, traveled to Central America to tell the story of how the Trump Administration's immigration policy helped to create <a href="https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900042856/a-utah-mother-was-deported-she-left-on-christmas-day-now-a-year-later-she-lives-with-the-choice-guatemala-trump-immigration-news-us-policy.html">Maria's Choice</a>.</p>

Jasen Lee and Amy Donaldson are speaking out and speaking up about the issues facing our community. We are engaging in conversations that seek to help us understand our differing views and opinions on complex social justice issues, and what possible common ground might guide us in our search for solutions.

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