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Slowed by COVID-19, California group tries to track down families separated at the border

LOS ANGELES - Veronica Ledesma goes to sleep worrying about 86 families. And none of them are her own.

There's the mother who fears being five minutes late to pick up her children. They were separated at the border and when she is late the kids wonder if they will see her again.

The little boy who doesn't want to be in this country anymore, after being taken from his parent.

A mother who prayed for someone to help her and her daughter, who were apart with no contact for over a month.

Ledesma's job is to connect these fragile families with services - paid for by the government - that will

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