Jakelin Caal's death shines a light on a broken immigration system | Alyssa Milano

The US immigration system is one that restricts legal entry and all but guarantees death for those who cross, Alyssa Milano writes Jakelin ... thumbnail 1 summary

The US immigration system is one that restricts legal entry and all but guarantees death for those who cross, Alyssa Milano writes

Jakelin Caal Maquín traveled from Guatemala for 2,000 miles before she reached the border. She left with her father from Raxruhá, a remote and poor Mayan Q’eqchi’ city; her family survived on $5 a day and lived in a straw-thatched house with dirt floors.

The day her father announced they would be trekking to the United States, she jumped up and down in excitement, her family said.

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