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Berta Romero, is a counselor at Mary Harris Mother Jones elementary school in Prince George s County, a suburb of Washington, D.C. It s a position that was created before the pandemic, to help undocumented children adjust to school.
She hears awful stories from children about their journey to the U.S.: A second-grader s story about how her mother covered her eyes so the girl wouldn t see people drowning in the river. A little boy s description of how the truck that brought him to the U.S. was so crowded he couldn t breathe. His father had to push people aside and hold him up to get some air.
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Nando, an undocumented student from El Salvador, overcame tremendous obstacles to earn his high school diploma in the U.S. He lived by himself in a rented room, worked long hours to send money home and grieved alone after his brother was murdered back home. But he was determined to graduate to make his mother proud. “I wanted to do this for her. We miss each other so much.” Credit: Nando
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