In light of the immigration cr
ackdown in Alabama this fall, Susan Straight has written an article for the Los Angeles Times, Immigration: For the sake of the children, about the sacrifices made by parents to secure better futures for their children.
“This is what I learned in Mexico: that parents will make any sacrifice for their children. Why do so many come across the border illegally? If you told me that one of my daughters would die young after stepping on a nail in a village without a doctor, or that my girls would have to leave school because they were needed to work and support the family, or that they would be in danger every day from drug cartels, I can promise you I would risk everything to give them a better life, especially if that life was available just across the border.”
Read the rest this article here.
