A little boy named Jose who braved the dangerous trek through Mexico to the United States with his mother is confused and upset.
He has not seen his mom for months. She promised him a Spiderman pinata for his 4th birthday, but it came and went without her.
She is supposed to come and get him. She said she would. But she hasn’t.
She’s lying, says Jose.
Unbeknownst to him the mother is actually in US custody. She is the adoptive mother of Jose, and did not have the right papers when they crossed over.
Children who made the trip through Mexico, most of them Central Americans, do not suffer just the perils of people who are fleeing: crime, domestic violence, poverty, lack of education and health care.
Rather, once their trip ends, they become vulnerable for more intangible reasons: lack of documents, disinformation and scarce legal representation, which makes it hard for them to…
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