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The Real Impact of Separating Families

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Javier - June 5, 2007 - 7:11pm

The Real Impact of Separating Families

A family's painful split decision
Deported to Tijuana, conflicted parents decide their 3 U.S.-born children should stay in San Diego.
By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer
April 27, 2007

San Diego — EACH night, Leslie, 16, and Adilene Muñoz, 8, sleep restlessly in their parents' bed while their brother Marcos, 13, covers himself with a blanket on the floor beside them.

Across the border in Tijuana, their parents lie awake in their small third-story apartment, feeling anxious and helpless.

The family has been divided by the U.S.-Mexican border since Feb. 22, when immigration agents arrested and deported Abel Muñoz and Zulma Miranda. The couple decided to leave behind their three U.S.-born children after a relative agreed to watch over them.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kids27apr27,0,6951486,full.story...

This is a story that covers the debate with regards to immigrant families very well. We can disagree on the why and how we got here, but this is a family that deserves a resolution to this broken system now!

Let's get some rational and reasonable response to this!