A whole generation of migrant kids is languishing at the US-Mexico border
by Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
Jul 22, 2019
4 minutes
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - For the two dozen migrant children living inside a small church on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, most days go like this: Breakfast at 8 a.m., dinner at 6 p.m., and hours of nothing in between.
There is no school, and except for a handful of worn Bibles, there are no books. Dangers abound in the surrounding hills, so most haven't left the razor-wire-ringed compound in weeks or even months.
"I feel imprisoned," said 16-year-old Alison Mendoza.
She left Nicaragua with her parents and two younger sisters in March after her
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