Former illegal immigrants settle in to success in the U.S.

As a 20-year-old, Luis Castillo left medical school in Mexico to come to Lexington, where he found work as a house painter. A year later, Minerva Castillo, a 19-year-old high school graduate, arrived and made money by cleaning houses.

The Castillos crossed the border illegally. They didn’t speak English, and they didn’t have Social Security numbers or jobs. They didn’t know what it would take to stay here.

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