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But when he was 17, his father became seriously ill back in Mexico. The family thought it was heart trouble, and Alfredo\u00a0went to take care of him. By the time his father was on the mend, Alfredo\u00a0was stuck. There was no legal way for him to return to the US.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tThat hasn\u2019t stopped him trying \u2013 in April he was arrested and deported after his fifth attempt to cross the border and get back home to his family in Provo.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tDespite his warm feelings for his adopted home, Alfredo\u00a0\u2019s life in the US was marked by struggle and tragedy. In May, 2008, a truck pulling a trailer T-boned his mother\u2019s Pontiac Grand Am in Provo canyon, ejecting and killing his 8-year-old sister, Jennifer, and 7-year-old brother, Daniel. Alfredo, 13 at the time, escaped with minor injuries. 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He spent a year in foster care, receiving therapy for grief and trauma.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u201cI was having some problems,\u201d Alfredo\u00a0told Human Rights Watch in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to school, and they started taking me to truancy court.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tEventually, with the support of family and therapists, things started looking up for Alfredo. He played linebacker on the high school football team and paid more attention in school.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tHad Alfredo\u00a0made it on any of the five dashes through the desert and across the wire, he would have headed straight back to Provo, to finish high school and support his mother and siblings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tThese days he works at Zipcar\u2019s customer service call in center in Guadalajara, Mexico. 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