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How to explain citizenship to children

My daughter's friend is undocumented and honor roll and volunteers at the animal shelter and I can't explain to my kid why good people get deported while 'real Americans' can be terrible and still belong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

She's confronting the arbitrary nature of belonging and the gap between moral worth and legal status through her child's innocent questions.

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“Where Are You with National identity and patriotism examined?”

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