Holding on to hope: The story of an asylum-seeker
Luis Rafael Stephers Pina (left) and Karel Stephers (right) sit atop their mothers Cuba home in 2000.
One brother safe - another struggles to make the crossing - News 11's Crystal Jimenez has their story.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Not all of the the thousands of people heading to the border to seek asylum are from Mexico or Central America. Many come from even farther away.
Karel Stephers' brother is one of them. A former captain in the Cuban army, Luis Rafael Stephers Pina, fled his homeland after getting thrown out of the military. Now Karel tells News 11's Crystal Jimenez, his brother fears for his life.