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    Mexican program lets parents visit their children living illegally in US after decades apart

    by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times Feb 07, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The round, wrinkled woman who stepped off the bus was not the mother Victor Castillo remembered leaving behind when he packed up his things 20 years ago and left their small Mexican town.

    In his memory she was still 56, strong and slim. Now at 76, Albertina Garcia Ruiz had a fuller belly, a bad knee and wore her curly hair cropped short. Castillo took his mother by the arm and led her to meet her grandchildren.

    "I love you," he told her. "I'm so glad you're here with us."

    In late January, 48 such mothers and fathers from the town of Nueva Italia arrived in Los Angeles. Some hadn't seen their children in three decades.

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