"I am so, so proud of them all. In the almost year and a half that they've lived by themselves, they've grown up so much."—Ana Maria Sanchez Mateo, who was deported by the US government, indifferent to the fact that deporting Sanchez Mateo left her four children, Diana, now 20, Araceli, 18, Isela, 17, and Eduardo, 16, to fend for themselves.
I highly recommend reading their story—both incredible and common, care of our asinine immigration policies—here.
[H/T to @BeckyGMartinez.]
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