For Some Immigrant Families, COVID-19 Tests Are a Choice Bet

For Some Immigrant Families, COVID-19 Tests Are a Choice Between Health and a Paycheck


By Sonia Gutierrez/Rocky Mountain Public Media

May 4, 2021
Rocky Mountain Public Media
For families like Paola's, who lives in Durango, a positive COVID-19 test would mean losing out on an entire paycheck.
After escaping violence in Colombia, Paola and her family moved to Durango where they’re now applying for asylum.
Their move couldn’t have come at a harder time. Alongside her husband and two daughters, Paola arrived in Durango just as the pandemic started.
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“Hubo un tiempo en que prácticamente todo mundo tuvo COVID donde yo vivo,” said Paola. “There was a time where practically everyone had COVID where I live.”

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