What struck me most as I got to know Jaz was the sheer number of different immigration statuses there are and how one family can encompass them all. Jaz had a temporary work permit. His parents and wife were undocumented. His two sons were citizens, born here. His sister was a DREAMer. His brother was a deportee, sent back to Mexico, where he eventually found a job in a toothbrush factory. Another brother, who’d married an American, had a green card.
