That’s Life

Kiké’s bus was departing at 10:20pm, the last time we would likely ever see him again. It would take him back to a family and a life in Mexico that he hadn’t known in more than 8 years. It’s a devil’s bargain, but one that nearly every immigrant family is confronted with. As one of my neighbor’s puts it: “In Mexico, you work all week to eat for a day. Here, you work one day and eat all week.” Yet in exchange for those higher wages, immigrants pay a steep price tag.