Maura and Elena come to the US on a travel VISA and stay beyond their 6 month travel visa are now illegally in the US. After some time Maura is caught and is deported from the US back to Columbia and cannot come back and is separated from his family.
Elena continues to try to survive in the US and makes the painful decision to sent her infant baby back to Columbia to be cared for by her mother Perla. Elena is unable to support her family if she has an infant home.
It is an emotional read as there are so many difficult incidents that the family experiences. I found this book insightful on what being undocumented entails.
It is so much more challenging than I ever could imagine. It’s a huge sacrifice with unsettling fear that you coexist with each day. I have a new understanding of how living some where and being undocumented is harder on so many different levels.
