he plans to sell everything – the soap, the building, their home and most of their belongings. He has already started the paperwork he hopes will allow France to recognize their marriage and extend to him a long-term visa.

Driving away great people.

Other people who are not white and have fled persecution in their home countries are in a much more difficult situation, the men and their friends acknowledge. Those undocumented immigrants do not have friends with the governor’s office in their contacts. They cannot reach a member of the state Senate so easily. They do not have the money for a lawyer or a quick flight to France.

They also cannot risk telling their story. That’s why Rick and Jeremy will keep telling theirs.