Bittersweet Reunions Span U.S. Border – on Mother’s day From: washingtonpost.com
Tagged: border, latina, RSSPosted on: May 13th, 2008
You can walk to the U.S. border, Francelia Menchaca’s immigration lawyer advised her, but don’t put your fingers through its fence. It may hinder her immigration paperwork, the lawyer said.
But when, after a year apart, Menchaca’s mother arrived in her flowered straw hat here Saturday and put her small, wrinkled hands up to the cast-iron gate, Menchaca reached out and touched them.
“Were you anxious to touch my hand?” Menchaca asked in Spanish. Tears stood on her lashes.”*
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Tomás' Picks
Comments
