
The Outside Interview: Jason Motlagh on the Darién Gap
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The Importance of Dignity in Life
The author's father was an immigrant to the US as well right? That's right yeah he came from Iran his brothers had made their way over before and you know started lives for themselves here. They hatched this plan whereby you'd book a ticket that translated through the United States on its way to Canada in this case via JFK. As they were approaching JFK he faked an illness and it was enough to get him taken off the plane. He jumped out of the vehicle and drove south down to 95 and that was how he got into the U.S.
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