Family Reunification
The Real Impact of Separating Families
A family's painful split decision
Deported to Tijuana, conflicted parents decide their 3 U.S.-born children should stay in San Diego.
By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer
April 27, 2007
San Diego — EACH night, Leslie, 16, and Adilene Muñoz, 8, sleep restlessly in their parents' bed while their brother Marcos, 13, covers himself with a blanket on the floor beside them.
Across the border in Tijuana, their parents lie awake in their small third-story apartment, feeling anxious and helpless.
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