(Emily Jan / National Journal)
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.

Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)

Guillermo, (pictured above), a 16 year old who left El Salvador to escape gang violence and traveled alone to the U.S.: “They told me that if they saw me on the bus going through their neighborhood again, they would kill me.”

Frank Guido, a student in chef school: “People without a liberal-arts background really have no place to go with their skill sets.”

Ashley Jeans, who mentors community college students: “I do have students that are barely able to write a sentence.”

Jason Buzi, who wants to crowdfund a new nation for refugees: “Even though it may sound grandiose to create a new country, I actually think it’s the most practical, realistic, solution there is to the refugee crisis.”

(Previous quotes from our sources here)