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A home for the holidays: How one migrant family remembers their past to help define their future in Chicago

Unbeknown to the children of the Mendez family, Christmas for their mother, Esperanza, was a game of counting — counting hours, counting bills. The Mendezes, who settled in Chicago after enduring the strenuous journey from their home in Maracaibo, Venezuela, had spent previous Christmases surrounded by family and visiting neighbors and loved ones. They’d shared plates of food and gathered . ....

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Waiting in fear: A migrant mother struggles to find health care in Chicago

Esperanza Mendez worries she may be dying, though she doesn’t say it out loud to her two young children. There is a cyst on her neck, which she said feels like it’s putting pressure on her brain and causing pain in her head. The lump has been growing for three years, and now her whole body aches, especially her arms and legs. She has trouble opening and closing her fists. “I feel terrible. My . ....

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