PS2 - "Jane" from Minneapolis (PowerfulStories #2)

In the face of ICE's sweeping detention and deportation push, Minnesotans are responding not with panic or illegal action, but with a steady, deeply-rooted ethic of neighborliness--quietly organizing, opening their homes and houses of worship, showing up in public to bear witness, and drawing on the State's long traditions of civic engagement and moral seriousness, to insist that dignity, due process and basic human decency remain stronger than fear. And it is with every one of these sentiments that we introduce "Jane" from Minneapolis. She is a loving mother of three and an entrepreneur, juggling an equally full-time commitment to her community's needs.

She is one of 1.5 million U.S. citizens who have no pathway through marriage to offer their spouses legal status or citizenship. All of this while her mixed-status family finds itself in a present-day occupation.

SoftPower/FulStories uses first-person stories to explore why U.S. engagement in the world matters. Through conversations with diplomats, aid workers, Peace Corps volunteers, authors and artists, influencers, businesspeople, and more, SP/FS highlights how soft power and foreign aid and assistance strengthen America's security, prosperity, and global standing.