Article 78MMV This family of five was torn apart by ICE raids: ‘Why did they take my dad away?’

This family of five was torn apart by ICE raids: ‘Why did they take my dad away?’

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Janette Villafana
from US news | The Guardian on (#78MMV)

Like many other families coping with a loved one's detention, Alma Ramirez and her children have faced financial struggles and mental health tolls

A version of this story was originally published in La Opinion. Read the story in Spanish here.

Every night, for months, as they settled into bed at their home in Watts, California, seven-year-old Jose, named after his father, would look over to his mother, Alma Ramirez, and ask her one question:

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