'I'm here. I'm here.' Father reunited with son amid tears, relief and fear of what's next
LOS ANGELES - Hermelindo Che Coc learned his son was coming home and immediately began to prepare for his arrival.
Nearly two months had passed since he'd seen his 6-year-old boy after they were separated at the border while traveling from Guatemala to seek asylum.
On Saturday, the father mopped floors and washed bed sheets at the home in the Los Angeles area where he was staying. He cooked a big pot of chicken soup, his son's favorite.
"I want him to walk in here and know he's home," Che Coc said. "I'm his papa and we'll always be together."
Their reunification at Los Angeles International Airport later that evening would be among the first in California, as the Trump administration tries to meet a court deadline and reunite nearly 3,000 children it separated from
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