Immigrants with temporary status have grown deep roots in US
By AMY TAXIN, JEFF ROBERSON and MARCOS ALEMÁN, AMY TAXIN, JEFF ROBERSON and MARCOS ALEMÁN, Associated Press
Published: April 2, 2021, 2:45pm
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Iris Franco, right, hugs her mother, Elsa Victorina Franco, at her home, in El Ranchador, Santa Ana, El Salvador, Friday, March 5, 2021. The Salvadoran family lives humbly but is in a better place thanks to financial support from a family member in the United States who is part of the Temporary Protected Status program. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Photo Gallery
SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Irma Chavez is a married mother of four who leads a business networking initiative in this small Arkansas city she calls home. It’s a long way from her life as a live-in housekeeper in California years ago, and further still from a childhood working in El Salvador’s coffee fields.
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