Deported without your kids

When I met 'Alicia' at a women's shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, in October 2012, she told me through tears that she had not seen her two daughters in two and a half years. Alicia had lived and worked in the US without legal papers for a decade, first in Illinois, then in Utah. She became...

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Published in:New internationalist 2013-09 (465), p.8
Main Author: Meng, Grace
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Children & youth
Civil rights
Deportation
Families & family life
Family
Government regulation
Illegal immigrants
Immigration policy
Laws, regulations and rules
Noncitizens
Undocumented immigrants
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Summary:When I met 'Alicia' at a women's shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, in October 2012, she told me through tears that she had not seen her two daughters in two and a half years. Alicia had lived and worked in the US without legal papers for a decade, first in Illinois, then in Utah. She became a single mother after her husband was deported to Mexico in 2009.
ISSN:0305-9529