When immigration enforcement dominates the headlines, it’s easy to forget the human math underneath it.

In bonus clip, Deo tells the true story of what happened after his father—part of the government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—was assassinated. What followed was a long stretch of fear, impossible decisions, and a mother doing the unthinkable to protect her four children.

As ICE, detention, deportations, and enforcement actions stay at the center of the national conversation, this episode pulls the camera off the pundits and puts it on one family’s reality: what survival actually looks like when borders and paperwork aren’t a debate — they’re a wall.

In this clip, you’ll hear:

• The moment everything changed after the assassination
• How his mother used her Burundi background to create a path out
• The quiet strategies families use when the system feels impossible
• What it felt like to finally step onto a plane to the United States

This isn’t a hot take. It’s a lived experience.

If you’ve been caught in the immigration news cycle lately—whatever your stance—this story will land.

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⚠️ Content note: political violence/assassination, displacement, trauma.

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