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She has every intention of returning to her family in Alabama.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tIt\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s been separated from her loved ones. At the age of 30, after her parents had both died, she left her three sons with her ex\u2019s mother in Tanivet, Oaxaca, and headed for the US to earn enough money to support them \u2013 and eventually bring them north.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tGuadalupe wiped a tear from her cheek as she described the years far from her sons, cutting weeds in irrigation ditches in Phoenix, tending corn in Indiana, harvesting apples and Halloween pumpkins in Virginia, and cutting tobacco in North Carolina, where the sticky, pungent leaves made workers vomit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/33543\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/201710usp_thedeported_guadelupeg.jpg?itok=qKerHau_ 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/201710usp_thedeported_guadelupeg.jpg?itok=htMNlbdj 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2017\/201710usp_thedeported_guadelupeg.jpg?itok=htMNlbdj\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022638\u0022 alt=\u0022\u201cGuadalupe G.\u201d speaks with Human Rights Watch researchers at the Instituto Tamaulipeco in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. \u00a9 2017 Human Rights Watch\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003E\u201cGuadalupe G.\u201d speaks with Human Rights Watch researchers at the Instituto Tamaulipeco in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. \u00a9 2017 Human Rights Watch\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tFinally, when Guadalupe had settled into cutting and packing poultry in an export business in Alabama, she was able to bring her teenage sons to join her \u2013 \u201cFernando\u201d was sent up by relatives in 2003, when he was 15, and Guadalupe went south in 2007 to bring \u201cOscar,\u201d at 18, and \u201cEmiliano,\u201d at 15. Bandits robbed them at gunpoint on the first attempt to cross the border \u2013 and the Border Patrol caught them twice. But they eventually made it home to Arborville, Alabama. \u201cTo have them there with me, all three of them, was such a pleasure \u2013 such an honor. I had supported them, and saved money to bring them, and now I could house them.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tFernando became a mason, Oscar went into restaurant work, and Emiliano got a job at a body shop. Oscar eventually moved back to Mazatlan, Mexico, but his brothers stayed on, marrying and starting families in Alabama. Guadalupe is eager to get back to be with her children and grandchildren.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tDuring the hot, dry days of late summer, the crossing is dangerous, she said, and the odds of getting caught are high. 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