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<p>With a warm smile beaming across her face, Ana Alarcon recalls waiting for her daughter Esmeralda at the bus stop every day. In the proud remembrance of her mother, Esmeralda Juarez Alarcon was a busy and no-nonsense 16-year-old who wanted to help her family move up in the rough-and-tumble world of Ciudad Juarez.</p>

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<p>Al ex presidente George W. Bush se le pueden cuestionar varias decisiones, sobre todo de política exterior, pero no se le puede cuestionar que sí trató de impulsar una reforma migratoria amplia aunque al final su propio Partido Republicano y un puñado de demócratas echaron por tierra las posibilidades de concretarla.</p>

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<p><strong>Dear Mexican: I live in La Habra, and I’ve noticed that the local Mexicans have a real affinity for palm trees—the more, the better. Some houses have over 50 planted in a 10×20 front yard, so many you can’t see the house. What’s up with this? Is this some kind of Mexican status symbol?</strong><br>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>The Crazy Gringa</strong></p>