Article 5BYTT 'It breaks your soul': a Guatemalan father and daughter's harrowing trip to the US border

'It breaks your soul': a Guatemalan father and daughter's harrowing trip to the US border

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Lauren Villagran for the El Paso Times
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Families caught in the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols faced hard choices. One man shares his story of defeat

The night after their immigration court hearing, Francisco Sical held his young daughter in his arms in a freezing Border Patrol cell. She begged him to open the door.

Have you ever experienced a moment when you see your child crying and you can't do anything?" he said about the night he confronted one of the hardest decisions of his life. It breaks your soul."

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