Immigration |A migrant family’s first year in Chicago: sadness, setbacks and ‘beautiful moments’

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Aug. 5, 2024, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated Aug. 5, 2024, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/05/a-migrant-familys-first-year-in-chicago-sadness-setbacks-and-beautiful-moments/

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When Esperanza Mendez went into surgery in January, her two youngest children had nightmares about what could go wrong. They had spent the past few weeks in fear. Arguments between their parents filled the apartment. Empty liquor bottles covered the kitchen table. The fighting got so bad, their...