New Haven, Conn.—in early October, Lorenza Rodriguez Mendoza arrived in New Haven, Conn., to visit her daughter, whom she hadn’t seen in 10 years. She and nine other women made the trip from Tlaxcala, Mexico, with a three-month travel visa to visit family members who had come to the United States to work. The women’s journey began seven years ago, when… return to article
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