Something Happened to My Dad: A Story about Immigration and Family Separation
Carmen’s father was a magician He made sarapes fly He made rabbits vanish
But one day Carmen’s father vanished Her mother said he was arrested because he didn’t have papers We have plenty of paper Carmen said Not the kind Papi needs Mamá replied People who weren’t born in the U S need government papers to live or work here Do you have papers Mamá
Yes you and I were born here said Carmen’s mom Papi was born in Mexico Can we give him ours Carmen asked Her mother wiped away a tear and shook her head
