Stuck in red tape: A Venezuelan migrant's labyrinthine pursuit of the American dream for her US-born son

Yolexi Cubillan worried as she waited in line with her infant son and hundreds of other Venezuelans at the Illinois Department of Human Services. Around her, babies cried as men and women clutched folders with immigration documents. She had been waiting for four hours. Yolexi, 19, gave birth to her son Derick in Chicago a little over a month ago, but the asylum-seeker doesn’t have money to buy ...

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