It was an emotional moment at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when Glenda Valdez reunited with daughter Emely six years since she left her in Honduras.
It had been six years since Valdez said goodbye to her daughter Emely in Honduras. Then, last month, she caught a glimpse of a televised Associated Press photo of a little girl in a red hoodie and knew that Emely had made the trip alone into the United States.
Glenda Valdez was at her Texas home, watching a newscast one day in May, when she saw a picture of a young girl in a story on young people crossing the Mexican border alone. She knew at once that it was her daughter.
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