It took an arrest for Kate to finally get out of being a pimp. As Kat and her mother had exceeded their temporary VISA arrangements, she lived under the constant threat of being deported. She was arrested at the age of 19, but things worked in her favor.
“I had a firearm. And they tried to deport me, but they released me because I was pregnant. So they said the only way they wouldn’t deport me and I could be released was if I stayed with my family with an ankle bracelet. He couldn’t come close to me. And then having my family’s support and their love, and I had had [his] baby, it was just a different experience from what I was used to. “