Cristian Valladares, from left, looks down as he, Jenifer Valladares and Leslie Valladares listen in Dalton, Ga,. as their father, Erick Munoz, speaks about their mother’s deportation. The children are being sent to live with their mother in Mexico.IN COMING DAYS• Saturday: Business boycott: Hispanic businesses in Dalton urged to close today• Sunday: Immigration and schools: Tough laws may mean fewer students
DALTON, Ga.-Instead of thinking about how she is going to fill her summer, Leslie Valladares has been busy packing her and her siblings’ belongings.
The life they built in Dalton must fit in suitcases that weigh less than 50 pounds each.
The 13-year-old and her two younger siblings are leaving today on a plane from Atlanta, returning to their native Mexico to eventually reunite with their mother, who is in an immigration detention center in Georgia.
Leslie’s mother, Veronica Segura, was stopped at a checkpoint in May.