In the lush leafy labyrinth that is Avalon Nursery & Ceramics, it’s easy to forget where you are. As you walk the back lot, past fenced and watchful dogs, past massive ficus and cactus that have long overgrown their pots, past rows of neatly labeled mango and citrus trees, pots of roses blooming in profusion, fragrant sage and native shrubs and hundreds of other healthy plants with no tags at all, Avalon Nursery feels more like a botanic garden or your grandparents’ beautifully overgrown backyard than a thriving business on a busy corner in South Los Angeles.
“We call this ‘the jungle,’” says Ernesto Lopez, youngest son of the nursery’s founder and owner, Maria Luz Lopez. “I learned to walk here; I kind of grew up here.” He pointed to a quiet shady area near the center of the lot. “When things were slow, my mom gave me baths in a tub right over there.”
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bord border. but he s not convinced trump or anyone else can change the reality he sees. when you re reactive to a problem. you re always going to be behind the solution. for many, like 18-year-old mary ramirez, they tri to come illegally from mexico. she was caught by border control with a group of migrants and quickly deported. she wanted to find work in the u.s. to help support her elderly parents. she trembles as she recalls the experience of being smuggled across the border. i asked her if she was going to try to cross again. her brother is still being detained in the united states. she s waiting for him to get out. and she s not really sure what they re going to do next. she s waiting for him to be sent back here. and they ll figure out what they re going to do next. it s the cycle that never ends on the border. as the flow of migration continues, it s not just migrants coming from mexico, many of the mig rapts that are now coming to the united states
mexican border but he s not convinced that trump or anyone else can change the reality he sees. when you re reactive to a problem, you re always going to be behind the solution. the. reporter: for many like 18-year-old mary ramirez, they try to come illegally from mexico. she was caught by border patrol rand kwiekly deported. she wanted to help support her elderly parents. she trumbled as she recalled being smuggled across the border. i asked here if she was going to cross again. her brother is being detained in the united states. she s waiting for him to get back. she s waiting for him to be sent back here and they ll figure out next. it s the cycle that never ends on the border. thank you so much to cnn s ed lavandera reporting on the arizona southern border. well, as part of president trump s attempt to crack down on