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Immigrant Women Share Their Fears and Hopes
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In a workshop for Mexican immigrant women, Aracaely Hernandez wrote, "I don't have any small fears." For Ms. Hernandez, a Juarez native, a small fear would be welcome, given everything else she has had to face.
Her son was born with a congenital heart defect. He survived against all odds, only to be hit by a truck at age 12 (he is now 22). Later, Ms. Hernandez's daughter was killed by an ex-boyfriend who was then jailed, forcing the mother to flee to the United States following death threats from the man's family.
In Albuquerque, N.M., her husband had a stroke. And his daughter, who was like a daughter to Ms. Hernandez, died in a car wreck. Yet the photograph Ms. …
