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Redwood City — There’s a mom, living in the U.S. for 20 years, worried what would happen to her young daughter if she is deported to her native Mexico.
There’s an industrial engineer from Bolivia and its cratering economy looking like he stepped off a tech campus in a logo fleece, trying to figure out whether to overstay a tourist visa to make a new life for his family in the U.S.
Their circumstances are vastly different, and they come from countries 3,000 miles apart, but they share the urgency to learn how to navigate the nation’s evolving immigration system.
“Everybody asks themselves, ‘What will happen with our children?’ That’s my question,” said the mom, Mariana. “What happens if you get involved with immigration? What happens with my daughter? I have one daughter. My daughter is thinking about me and my husband and she’s asking, ‘Where am I going?’”
Stressed, she slides into her native Spanish: “Es triste. Es triste.”
The mom and engineer were among the 40 or so people seeking information and answers at a recent “Know your Rights” workshop designed to empower immigrants with knowledge about their legal rights, what to expect during interactions with immigration officers and the resources available for legal support.
 Sarah Dewitt-Feldman leads a "Know Your Rights" workshop, one of many being held across San Mateo County.
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