Border policies hurt parents, children split by citizenship

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People say immigrants need to come to the U.S. legally, but I don’t think they know what that means. For Jorge and Lourdes Reyes becoming legal residents was not like a Hollywood movie with the American dream picture-perfect scenario. Historically, people traveling through Mexico into the U.S. could just walk over national boundaries without being asked to present any type of documentation. It was that way for much of North America’s history until relatively recently. Today we find people who are culturally, economically and ideologically tied together being separated by a border fence no higher than 21 feet tall.

Un jovencito mira la vida desde su diagnosis de cancer

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EL PASO – La primavera de 2013 fue una de las mejores temporadas para un joven de 13 anos de edad, Job Arellano. La temporada de futbol americano habia terminado y el empezaba a vivir las celebraciones de jugar en un equipo de fútbol que acababa de ganar 9 de 12 juegos. Pero todo cambió cuando los doctores le dieron la noticia que no todo estaba bien. “Job tenia una bola del tamano de una llema de dedo en el lado izquierdo cerca de la clavicula”, dijo Margarita Arellano la mamá de Job. La primera vez que le hicieron examenes a Job, el doctor lo dejo ir a su casa porque al parecer era un exceso de grasa.

Brothers predict tea trend timing is right for a refreshing new business

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EL PASO —After an inspiring speaker at summer church camp described how ordinary people can achieve extraordinary goals, brothers Andrew and Michael Estrada saw their future in the tea leaves. What started as a classic dream for the Estrada brothers at that camp in 2012 in Sacramento, N.M, became a reality in 2014 with the first shipment of “radically refreshing” Humanitea bottled tea. “Fresh brewed tea is just another level of good,” said Andrew Estrada, 26. “At youth camp, we always drink tea. Literally, brewed tea.”

When asked why tea above all else, he said, “It dawned that people don’t like tea because it’s not made correctly.”

The Estrada brothers’ journey began when they came back home from summer camp.