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b'At age 11, Julissa Arce came to the United States from Mexico on a visa that expired three years later. For more than a decade, she lived as an undocumented immigrant, fearful of revealing her secret to anyone. \\u201cEvery phone call or email I got from human resources would make my blood run cold,\\u201d she wrote in her Modern Love essay. And when it came to love, she would lie to nearly every man she dated, fearing the threat of exposure and deportation.\\n\\nOn today\\u2019s episode, we hear about an undocumented immigrant\\u2019s search for love \\u2014 and what it taught her about isolation and intimacy. Then, we hear from two Modern Love listeners who have kept their long-distance relationships alive during the pandemic.'