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Left Behind by Deportations—Growing Up Poor in The Bay Area
October 4, 2011 | by New America Media
In the last 24 months Maria’s father and brother were deported to Mexico leaving Maria, her mom and siblings to survive off of one fast food paycheck in Oakland, Calif.
Josue Rojas is a content producer at New America Media. This video was produced for Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, a community forum held by New America Media, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health and Kidsdata.org.
