As her older siblings prepare breakfast, 13-year-old Cynthia Perez waits at the kitchen table, not very hungry. “I’m nervous,” she tells her mom’s friend Mariana Blanco, who gently brushes the girl’s long brown hair. “I know you are, love,” Blanco says. “It’s gonna be okay.” It’s a March morning in Palm Beach County, Florida, and
ICE Took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez Kids Are Home Alone.
