For her, debate on kids’ immigration hits home
Allis Godoy, 39, right, picks up two of her children from summer school.
Allis Godoy, an immigrant who left Honduras for the U.S. a decade ago, paid to have her children smuggled across Mexico to the U.S. border. They’re now with her in the United States.
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