They were born in Colombia. Their parents fled Venezuela. They are citizens of nowhere

BOGOTA, Colombia - In the fall of 2017, as Venezuela was imploding, state intelligence agents came looking for Belys Torrealba Tovar, who had helped recruit young people to protest against the government of Nicolas Maduro. She went into hiding for two weeks, then fled to neighboring Colombia.

A year and a half later, she gave birth to a boy at a hospital in south Bogota.

At 5 pounds, 8 ounces, he was tiny but healthy, with a round face and a crop of black hair. She named him Angel.

Now just over a month old, he is stateless, a citizen of nowhere.

Unlike the United States and most countries in Latin America, Colombia does not automatically grant citizenship to anybody born there. And though he does qualify for