Two Salvadoran Sisters One Step Closer to Special Immigration Relief
Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Están un Paso Más Cerca del Alivio Migratorio Especial
Una Inmigrante Adolescente Intenta Adaptarse a Su Escuela Secundaria
The Transition Continues: Teen Migrant From El Salvador Tries to Fit in at School
Reunificada Por Crisis: Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Se Enfrentan Con Trauma
Reunited by Crisis: Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma
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That’s my biggest fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer, 17, arrived last year to live with her 34-year-old sister, Yesenia, in San Mateo County. She was part of that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/21/child-immigrants-legal-logjam/\">wave of thousands of Central American kids\u003c/a> who came to the U.S. fleeing gang violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is now trying to stay by applying for a special kind of immigration relief. But building her legal case is forcing the sisters to confront a painful family secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past couple months, they’ve been working with a well-known pro bono attorney by the name of Jennifer Horne. 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Her mother knows this. But neither of them ever could bring themselves to tell Jennifer the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, whose dad left when she was 4 years old, says Jennifer’s real father left their mom before Jennifer was even born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think my mother was lonely,\" Yesenia says. \"This man came along and was treating her well. She was always looking for that kind of attention from men.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mother got pregnant, but Jennifer's father urged her to have an abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Jennifer grew up thinking another man was her real dad. Eventually, like the others, he also left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer's legal case, however, depends on the court knowing what happened to her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, Yesenia got her mom on the phone a few weeks ago, and both of them told Jennifer the truth. Yesenia says their mom had several men in her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It hurts me so much,\" Yesenia admits, tears streaming down her face. \"My father and her father never knew when we had problems, or if we had food on the table. They never knew anything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is still trying to make sense of what her mom revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[My mom] never talked to me about this before,” Jennifer says. “That my father wasn’t my father … it was some man I’ve never even met.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man who Jennifer thought was her dad was actually her younger brother’s father, but Jennifer says she “loved him like my father.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An increasing number of child migrants in the U.S. right now are in Jennifer's position -- dredging up family histories in an effort to stay in the U.S. legally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 6,000 young people applied for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in the fiscal year that ended Sep. 30. That's more than triple the number four years earlier. First, they must show that at least one of their parents abandoned, neglected or abused them. If they prove that, they can apply to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"768\" height=\"706.5\" src=\"https://infoactive.co/plays/24774\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration lawyers say this is easier than \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/08/teens-life-and-death-struggle-for-asylum-in-america\" target=\"_blank\">applying for asylum\u003c/a> in many cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is now about to take the first step in this process at the San Mateo County Superior Courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters make their way through security at the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their attorney, Horne, has her own private doubts at this moment. It has been difficult for her to assemble all the necessary evidence and documentation from El Salvador to prove Jennifer’s case. And she had a last-minute scramble to meet the judge's request for some additional material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horne quickly goes over the game plan outside the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Obviously, the judge has not seen the papers I just filed,\" Horne explains to Jennifer and Yesenia. \"He will mostly talk to me, but he might have a question for you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters are seated on a long wooden bench with their arms wrapped around each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courtroom door opens, and the sisters follow Horne to their seats in front of the judge’s podium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Joseph Scott whips open Jennifer's court file, analyzes the evidence and looks directly at the 17-year-old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Scott: \"Has anyone made any recent attempts to locate Jennifer’s father in El Salvador? Any attempts at all?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer and Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer and Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Horne replies: \"We have made every attempt to try and locate him … he might be deceased, he might be in another country. We simply have no leads.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott asks more questions, takes off his glasses and then issues his ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He finds Jennifer's father did in fact abandon her. He also grants Yesenia legal guardianship over her sister.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once they leave the courtroom, tears start flowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters are locked in a tight embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is speechless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, finally, she smiles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer knows her chance to win legal immigration status is much closer. Still, the sisters and their mom have been forced into new emotional territory:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A daughter who now wants to ask her mother and sister, \"Why keep this secret for so many years?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a sister and mother who must now explain their family's past, as they work to secure Jennifer's future.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Jennifer Cruz, 17, must come to terms with a family secret as she tries to win legal immigration status.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1464388980,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":54,"wordCount":1099},"headData":{"title":"Two Salvadoran Sisters One Step Closer to Special Immigration Relief | KQED","description":"Jennifer Cruz, 17, must come to terms with a family secret as she tries to win legal immigration status.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"10392354 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10392354","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/09/two-salvadoran-sisters-one-step-closer-to-special-immigration-relief/","disqusTitle":"Two Salvadoran Sisters One Step Closer to Special Immigration Relief","videoEmbed":"http://vimeo.com/116308878","customPermalink":"2014/12/30/two-salvadoran-sisters-one-step-closer-to-special-immigration-relief/","nprStoryId":"479788341","path":"/news/10392354/two-salvadoran-sisters-one-step-closer-to-special-immigration-relief","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>EDITOR'S NOTE: Yesenia asked KQED not to use her last name because she's an undocumented immigrant.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer and Yesenia stand in the living room of their modest two-bedroom apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their eyes are shut tight, in prayer. The sisters are anxious and uneasy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today is one of the most important days in their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In about an hour, they’ll face a Superior Court judge who will decide whether Yesenia should have permanent legal custody of her little sister, a move that \u003ca href=\"http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Green%20Card/Green%20Card%20Through%20a%20Job/Information_for_Juvenile_Courts_-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">could pave the way for Jennifer to stay here legally\u003c/a> under a special kind of immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia was reunited with her sister just about a year ago, after 10 years of being apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, I’m really nervous,” Yesenia says. “God willing, [the judge] won’t send her away from me. If she goes back [to El Salvador] again … I'll lose her completely. That’s my biggest fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer, 17, arrived last year to live with her 34-year-old sister, Yesenia, in San Mateo County. She was part of that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/21/child-immigrants-legal-logjam/\">wave of thousands of Central American kids\u003c/a> who came to the U.S. fleeing gang violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is now trying to stay by applying for a special kind of immigration relief. But building her legal case is forcing the sisters to confront a painful family secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past couple months, they’ve been working with a well-known pro bono attorney by the name of Jennifer Horne. She offers legal representation for immigrant children at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.legalaidsmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I visited Horne at her Redwood City office before the sisters' court hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think she has a good case,” says Horne, who has Jennifer’s court file spread out across her desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s Horne’s job to make the case that Jennifer should get what is called \u003ca href=\"http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/special-immigrant-juveniles/special-immigrant-juveniles-sij-status\" target=\"_blank\">Special Immigrant Juvenile Status\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says Jennifer qualifies because her biological father abandoned her years ago, and her mother has now taken refuge in a church in El Salvador after gangs threatened her and her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They haven't seen Jennifer’s father because he never stuck around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia knows this. Her mother knows this. But neither of them ever could bring themselves to tell Jennifer the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, whose dad left when she was 4 years old, says Jennifer’s real father left their mom before Jennifer was even born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think my mother was lonely,\" Yesenia says. \"This man came along and was treating her well. She was always looking for that kind of attention from men.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mother got pregnant, but Jennifer's father urged her to have an abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Jennifer grew up thinking another man was her real dad. Eventually, like the others, he also left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer's legal case, however, depends on the court knowing what happened to her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, Yesenia got her mom on the phone a few weeks ago, and both of them told Jennifer the truth. Yesenia says their mom had several men in her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It hurts me so much,\" Yesenia admits, tears streaming down her face. \"My father and her father never knew when we had problems, or if we had food on the table. They never knew anything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is still trying to make sense of what her mom revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[My mom] never talked to me about this before,” Jennifer says. “That my father wasn’t my father … it was some man I’ve never even met.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man who Jennifer thought was her dad was actually her younger brother’s father, but Jennifer says she “loved him like my father.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An increasing number of child migrants in the U.S. right now are in Jennifer's position -- dredging up family histories in an effort to stay in the U.S. legally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost 6,000 young people applied for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in the fiscal year that ended Sep. 30. That's more than triple the number four years earlier. First, they must show that at least one of their parents abandoned, neglected or abused them. If they prove that, they can apply to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"768\" height=\"706.5\" src=\"https://infoactive.co/plays/24774\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration lawyers say this is easier than \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/08/teens-life-and-death-struggle-for-asylum-in-america\" target=\"_blank\">applying for asylum\u003c/a> in many cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is now about to take the first step in this process at the San Mateo County Superior Courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters make their way through security at the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their attorney, Horne, has her own private doubts at this moment. It has been difficult for her to assemble all the necessary evidence and documentation from El Salvador to prove Jennifer’s case. And she had a last-minute scramble to meet the judge's request for some additional material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horne quickly goes over the game plan outside the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Obviously, the judge has not seen the papers I just filed,\" Horne explains to Jennifer and Yesenia. \"He will mostly talk to me, but he might have a question for you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters are seated on a long wooden bench with their arms wrapped around each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courtroom door opens, and the sisters follow Horne to their seats in front of the judge’s podium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Joseph Scott whips open Jennifer's court file, analyzes the evidence and looks directly at the 17-year-old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Scott: \"Has anyone made any recent attempts to locate Jennifer’s father in El Salvador? Any attempts at all?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer and Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer and Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Horne replies: \"We have made every attempt to try and locate him … he might be deceased, he might be in another country. We simply have no leads.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott asks more questions, takes off his glasses and then issues his ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He finds Jennifer's father did in fact abandon her. He also grants Yesenia legal guardianship over her sister.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once they leave the courtroom, tears start flowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters are locked in a tight embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is speechless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, finally, she smiles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer knows her chance to win legal immigration status is much closer. Still, the sisters and their mom have been forced into new emotional territory:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A daughter who now wants to ask her mother and sister, \"Why keep this secret for so many years?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a sister and mother who must now explain their family's past, as they work to secure Jennifer's future.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10392354/two-salvadoran-sisters-one-step-closer-to-special-immigration-relief","authors":["211","230"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_6188"],"tags":["news_17023","news_17041"],"featImg":"news_10392404","label":"news_72"},"news_10395031":{"type":"posts","id":"news_10395031","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"10395031","score":null,"sort":[1420846211000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-estan-un-paso-mas-cerca-del-alivio-migratorio-especial","title":"Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Están un Paso Más Cerca del Alivio Migratorio Especial","publishDate":1420846211,"format":"video","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Nota del editor: Yesenia le pidió a KQED no usar su apellido por lo que es una inmigrante sin documentos.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer y Yesenia están de pie en la sala de estar de su apartamento modesto de dos recámaras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tienen los ojos bien cerrados, concentrándose en una oración. Las hermanas se sienten ansiosas e inquietas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoy es el día más importante de su vida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En aproximadamente una hora, comparecerán ante un juez del Tribunal Superior quien decidirá otorgarle o no a Yesenia la tutoría legal permanente de su hermanita, una decisión que podría abrirle el camino a Jennifer para quedarse aquí legalmente, gozando de una clase especial de estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185298725\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se reunieron las dos hermanas hace apenas un año, después de estar separadas durante 10 años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sí, estoy bien nerviosa”, comenta Yesenia. “Dios quiera, [el juez] no me la quite. Si ella regresa [a El Salvador] de nuevo…la perderé por completo. Ese es mi mayor temor”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer, de 17 años, llegó el año pasado a vivir con su hermana Yesenia, de 34 años, en el condado de San Mateo. Formó parte de aquella ola de miles de niños centroamericanos que llegaron a los Estados Unidos, huyendo de la violencia de las pandillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora Jennifer intenta quedarse con solicitar un alivio migratorio especial. Pero al recoger información para fortalecer su caso legal, las hermanas se ven obligadas a enfrentar un secreto familiar doloroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durante los últimos meses, han estado colaborando con una abogada conocida que atiende casos pro bono, Jennifer Horne, quien ofrece representación legal a los niños inmigrantes en la Legal Aid Society del condado de San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pasé a visitar a Horne en su despacho de Redwood City antes de la audiencia de las hermanas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me parece que tiene mérito su caso”, dice Horne, con el expediente legal de Jennifer distribuido por su escritorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La tarea que tiene Horne es de convencer al juez que a Jennifer hay que otorgarle estatus especial para migrantes juveniles, que se llama en inglés \u003cem>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explica que Jennifer califica para el estatus por lo que su padre biológico la abandonó hace muchos años, y su madre ahora se ha refugiado en una iglesia en El Salvador después de recibir amenazas de las maras, ella y su hijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"YNC1gDVkVeEkcf5Oj1mojb9KSFqHVkBu\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No han visto al padre de Jennifer porque no se ha dejado ver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto lo sabe Yesenia, y lo sabe su madre. Pero ninguna de las dos pudo nunca contarle a Jennifer la verdad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, cuyo padre la abandonó cuando tenia 4 años, dice que el padre biológico de Jennifer dejó a su madre antes que Jennifer naciera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo creo que se sentía muy sola mi madre”, explica Yesenia. “Llegó este señor y la trataba muy bien. Ella siempre buscó ese tipo de atención de los hombres”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se quedó embarazada con Jennifer, pero el hombre le instó a que abortara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella se negó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entonces Jennifer se crió pensando que otro hombre era su padre. Con el tiempo, como los demás, él también las abandonó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El caso legal de Jennifer, sin embargo, depende de poder informarle al tribunal lo que ocurrió con su padre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Como resultado, Yesenia llamó por teléfono a su madre hace unas semanas, y entre las dos le contaron a Jennifer la verdad. Yesenia comenta que su mamá estuvo con varios hombres durante su vida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me duele mucho”, admite Yesenia, el rostro empapado de lágrimas. “Ni mi padre ni el de ella supo nunca que teníamos problemas, o que si había qué comer. Nunca supieron nada”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer sigue tratando de comprender lo que su madre le reveló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Mi mamá] nunca me había hablado de esto”, cuenta Jennifer. “Que mi papá no era mi padre … que fue algún hombre al que nunca conocí”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El hombre que Jennifer pensaba era su padre era en realidad el padre de su hermano menor, pero Jennifer dice que “lo quería como mi papá”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En este momento, un número creciente de niños migrantes en los EE.UU. están en la misma posición que Jennifer – desenterrando las historias familiares en un esfuerzo por quedarse en los Estados Unidos legalmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unos seis mil jóvenes solicitaron el estatus especial para migrantes juveniles durante el año fiscal que terminó el 30 de septiembre. Esta cifra es tres veces mayor que la de cuatro años antes. Primero, deben probar que al menos uno de sus padres les dejó, los dejó al abandono o los abusó. Si esto lo pueden probar, pueden solicitar permanecer aquí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los abogados de inmigración dicen que esto es más fácil que solicitar el asilo, en muchos casos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer ahora está por dar su primer paso por este camino en el Tribunal Superior del condado de San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas de dirigen por los corredores del tribunal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Están inquietas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su abogado, Jennifer Horne, tiene ciertas dudas, las cuales guarda en secreto, en este momento. Le ha resultado difícil juntar toda la evidencia y la documentación necesarias de El Salvador para probar el caso de Jennifer. Y le tocó apresurarse por reunir materiales que el juez le pidió a última hora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antes de entrar al tribunal, Horne rápidamente repasa la estrategia que aplicará.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Claramente el juez no ha visto los documentos que acabo de presentar”, le explica Horne a Jennifer y a Yesenia. “Hablará mayormente conmigo, pero es posible que tenga alguna pregunta para ustedes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas están sentadas sobre un largo banco de madera, abrazándose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se abre la puerta del tribunal, y las hermanas siguen a Horne para sentarse frente al podio del juez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El juez del Tribunal Superior, Joseph Scott, abre el expediente de Jennifer, analiza la evidencia y mira directamente a la joven de 17 años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El juez Scott pregunta: “En tiempos recientes, ¿ha intentado alguien localizar al padre de Jennifer en El Salvador? ¿Se ha hecho intento alguno?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer and Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer y Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Responde Horne: “Hemos hecho todo intento por intentar localizarlo … es posible que haya fallecido, o que esté en otro país. Sencillamente no tenemos ninguna pista”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El juez hace otras preguntas, se quita los lentes, y presenta su decisión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Encuentra que en realidad el padre de Jennifer la abandonó. También le otorga a Yesenia la tutoría legal de su hermana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una vez que salen del tribunal, brotan las lágrimas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas se unen en un fuerte abrazo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer no encuentra palabras para expresarse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Después, al final, sonríe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer sabe que está ahora más cerca a la posibilidad de obtener estatus legal. Aún así, las hermanas y su madre se han visto obligadas a entrar en un terreno emocional desconocido.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una hija quien ahora quiere preguntarles a su mamá y a su hermana, “¿por qué guardar este secreto durante tantos años?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y una hermana y una madre quienes ahora deben explicarle el pasado, en lo que se esfuerzan por asegurar el futuro de Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Jennifer Cruz, 17, debe ponerse de acuerdo con un secreto de familia, que intenta ganar estatus migratorio legal.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1420850184,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":54,"wordCount":1384},"headData":{"title":"Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Están un Paso Más Cerca del Alivio Migratorio Especial | KQED","description":"Jennifer Cruz, 17, debe ponerse de acuerdo con un secreto de familia, que intenta ganar estatus migratorio legal.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"10395031 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10395031","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/09/dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-estan-un-paso-mas-cerca-del-alivio-migratorio-especial/","disqusTitle":"Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Están un Paso Más Cerca del Alivio Migratorio Especial","videoEmbed":"http://vimeo.com/116308878","customPermalink":"2015/01/02/dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-estan-un-paso-mas-cerca-del-alivio-migratorio-especial/","path":"/news/10395031/dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-estan-un-paso-mas-cerca-del-alivio-migratorio-especial","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Nota del editor: Yesenia le pidió a KQED no usar su apellido por lo que es una inmigrante sin documentos.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer y Yesenia están de pie en la sala de estar de su apartamento modesto de dos recámaras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tienen los ojos bien cerrados, concentrándose en una oración. Las hermanas se sienten ansiosas e inquietas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoy es el día más importante de su vida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En aproximadamente una hora, comparecerán ante un juez del Tribunal Superior quien decidirá otorgarle o no a Yesenia la tutoría legal permanente de su hermanita, una decisión que podría abrirle el camino a Jennifer para quedarse aquí legalmente, gozando de una clase especial de estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185298725&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185298725'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se reunieron las dos hermanas hace apenas un año, después de estar separadas durante 10 años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sí, estoy bien nerviosa”, comenta Yesenia. “Dios quiera, [el juez] no me la quite. Si ella regresa [a El Salvador] de nuevo…la perderé por completo. Ese es mi mayor temor”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer, de 17 años, llegó el año pasado a vivir con su hermana Yesenia, de 34 años, en el condado de San Mateo. Formó parte de aquella ola de miles de niños centroamericanos que llegaron a los Estados Unidos, huyendo de la violencia de las pandillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora Jennifer intenta quedarse con solicitar un alivio migratorio especial. Pero al recoger información para fortalecer su caso legal, las hermanas se ven obligadas a enfrentar un secreto familiar doloroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durante los últimos meses, han estado colaborando con una abogada conocida que atiende casos pro bono, Jennifer Horne, quien ofrece representación legal a los niños inmigrantes en la Legal Aid Society del condado de San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pasé a visitar a Horne en su despacho de Redwood City antes de la audiencia de las hermanas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me parece que tiene mérito su caso”, dice Horne, con el expediente legal de Jennifer distribuido por su escritorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La tarea que tiene Horne es de convencer al juez que a Jennifer hay que otorgarle estatus especial para migrantes juveniles, que se llama en inglés \u003cem>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explica que Jennifer califica para el estatus por lo que su padre biológico la abandonó hace muchos años, y su madre ahora se ha refugiado en una iglesia en El Salvador después de recibir amenazas de las maras, ella y su hijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No han visto al padre de Jennifer porque no se ha dejado ver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto lo sabe Yesenia, y lo sabe su madre. Pero ninguna de las dos pudo nunca contarle a Jennifer la verdad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, cuyo padre la abandonó cuando tenia 4 años, dice que el padre biológico de Jennifer dejó a su madre antes que Jennifer naciera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo creo que se sentía muy sola mi madre”, explica Yesenia. “Llegó este señor y la trataba muy bien. Ella siempre buscó ese tipo de atención de los hombres”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se quedó embarazada con Jennifer, pero el hombre le instó a que abortara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella se negó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entonces Jennifer se crió pensando que otro hombre era su padre. Con el tiempo, como los demás, él también las abandonó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El caso legal de Jennifer, sin embargo, depende de poder informarle al tribunal lo que ocurrió con su padre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Como resultado, Yesenia llamó por teléfono a su madre hace unas semanas, y entre las dos le contaron a Jennifer la verdad. Yesenia comenta que su mamá estuvo con varios hombres durante su vida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me duele mucho”, admite Yesenia, el rostro empapado de lágrimas. “Ni mi padre ni el de ella supo nunca que teníamos problemas, o que si había qué comer. Nunca supieron nada”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer sigue tratando de comprender lo que su madre le reveló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Mi mamá] nunca me había hablado de esto”, cuenta Jennifer. “Que mi papá no era mi padre … que fue algún hombre al que nunca conocí”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El hombre que Jennifer pensaba era su padre era en realidad el padre de su hermano menor, pero Jennifer dice que “lo quería como mi papá”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En este momento, un número creciente de niños migrantes en los EE.UU. están en la misma posición que Jennifer – desenterrando las historias familiares en un esfuerzo por quedarse en los Estados Unidos legalmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unos seis mil jóvenes solicitaron el estatus especial para migrantes juveniles durante el año fiscal que terminó el 30 de septiembre. Esta cifra es tres veces mayor que la de cuatro años antes. Primero, deben probar que al menos uno de sus padres les dejó, los dejó al abandono o los abusó. Si esto lo pueden probar, pueden solicitar permanecer aquí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los abogados de inmigración dicen que esto es más fácil que solicitar el asilo, en muchos casos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer ahora está por dar su primer paso por este camino en el Tribunal Superior del condado de San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas de dirigen por los corredores del tribunal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Están inquietas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su abogado, Jennifer Horne, tiene ciertas dudas, las cuales guarda en secreto, en este momento. Le ha resultado difícil juntar toda la evidencia y la documentación necesarias de El Salvador para probar el caso de Jennifer. Y le tocó apresurarse por reunir materiales que el juez le pidió a última hora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antes de entrar al tribunal, Horne rápidamente repasa la estrategia que aplicará.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Claramente el juez no ha visto los documentos que acabo de presentar”, le explica Horne a Jennifer y a Yesenia. “Hablará mayormente conmigo, pero es posible que tenga alguna pregunta para ustedes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas están sentadas sobre un largo banco de madera, abrazándose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se abre la puerta del tribunal, y las hermanas siguen a Horne para sentarse frente al podio del juez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El juez del Tribunal Superior, Joseph Scott, abre el expediente de Jennifer, analiza la evidencia y mira directamente a la joven de 17 años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El juez Scott pregunta: “En tiempos recientes, ¿ha intentado alguien localizar al padre de Jennifer en El Salvador? ¿Se ha hecho intento alguno?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer and Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer y Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Responde Horne: “Hemos hecho todo intento por intentar localizarlo … es posible que haya fallecido, o que esté en otro país. Sencillamente no tenemos ninguna pista”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El juez hace otras preguntas, se quita los lentes, y presenta su decisión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Encuentra que en realidad el padre de Jennifer la abandonó. También le otorga a Yesenia la tutoría legal de su hermana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una vez que salen del tribunal, brotan las lágrimas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas se unen en un fuerte abrazo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer no encuentra palabras para expresarse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Después, al final, sonríe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer sabe que está ahora más cerca a la posibilidad de obtener estatus legal. Aún así, las hermanas y su madre se han visto obligadas a entrar en un terreno emocional desconocido.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una hija quien ahora quiere preguntarles a su mamá y a su hermana, “¿por qué guardar este secreto durante tantos años?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y una hermana y una madre quienes ahora deben explicarle el pasado, en lo que se esfuerzan por asegurar el futuro de Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10395031/dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-estan-un-paso-mas-cerca-del-alivio-migratorio-especial","authors":["211","230"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_17023"],"featImg":"news_10402411","label":"news_72"},"news_148869":{"type":"posts","id":"news_148869","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"148869","score":null,"sort":[1412085637000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"la-transicion-continua-una-inmigrante-adolescente-de-el-salvador-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-escuela-secundaria","title":"Una Inmigrante Adolescente Intenta Adaptarse a Su Escuela Secundaria","publishDate":1412085637,"format":"standard","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Este es el segundo reportaje de una serie que empezó con \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/9/11/inmigraci%C3%B3n-de-menores-dos-hermanas-el-salvador/\" target=\"_blank\">Reunificada por Crisis: Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Se Enfrentan Con Trauma\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/\">Reunited by Crisis: Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma\u003c/a>). Read this second part in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/\">English\u003c/a>. Nota del editor: KQED no está usando el apellido de Yesenia en esta publicación para proteger su identidad. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La mayoría de los adolescentes afirma que lo más difícil de ir a la escuela es tener que levantarse temprano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Cruz, de 17 años, deja su cama a las 5:30 de la mañana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estoy tan cansada,” afirma. “No quiero levantarme pero sé que debo hacerlo, así que estoy en pie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su sobrinito aún duerme. Así que Jennifer camina de puntillas por el pasillo hacia el baño y se arregla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mientras cepilla su largo cabello castaño, se acuerda del uniforme escolar que debía usar en El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Era verde, rojo y blanco,” recuerda Jennifer. “Debía llevar una falda, con medias blancas y zapatos negros.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En los Estados Unidos, el uniforme “extraoficial” de los adolescentes empieza con unos vaqueros ajustados (estilo ‘skinny’). Hoy Jennifer lleva un par de color negro, una blusa roja con algunas lentejuelas y botas negras.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Pensé que tal vez los demás chicos iban a ignorarme o burlarse de mí porque soy inmigrante.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Su hermana mayor, Yesenia, consiguió la ropa de segunda mano gracias a la ayuda de varios amigos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A veces mis compañeros de trabajo me regalan ropa,” cuenta Yesenia. “Les digo que tengo una hermana, les muestro una foto de ella y ellos me dicen ‘tengo algo que le va a quedar.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia quiere que su hermana menor se logre integrar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero Jennifer \u003cem>no\u003c/em> es la típica adolescente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varios miembros de una pandilla violenta la amenazaron de muerte tanto dentro como fuera de su centro de estudios en El Salvador, y hasta llegaron a dispararle cuando caminaba sola hacia su casa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para escapar de la violencia, Jennifer dejó el hogar que conocía y cruzó tres fronteras a merced de un coyote (traficante).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vive con Yesenia en el condado de San Mateo, y ahora le corresponde navegar por los pasillos de una escuela secundaria americana por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer dice que su condición de estudiante nueva en un país nuevo la ha llevado a sentirse vulnerable de nuevo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pensé que tal vez los chicos iban a ignorarme o burlarse de mí porque soy inmigrante,” dice Jennifer. “Cuando llegué [a la escuela] el primer día, temblaba de miedo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/rs12133_jen-hw/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148370\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-148370 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Art is Jennifer's favorite class. School officials say she wont have enough time to complete graduation requirements before she ages out of high school. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La clase favorita de Jennifer es la de arte. Las autoridades de la escuela secundaria dicen que no le alcanzará el tiempo para completar los requisitos de graduación antes de llegar a la edad en que deberá abandonar el colegio (Jeremy Raff/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ella asegura que le ha sorprendido encontrar a muchos inmigrantes nuevos como ella en su escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todos los días, ella y otros estudiantes nuevos inmigrantes toman tres cursos intensivos de inglés para aprender los aspectos básicos del idioma – desde vocabulario hasta comprensión de lectura.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer también asiste a clases básicas de álgebra, de educación física y de arte con otros estudiantes angloparlantes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comprender toda esta nueva información ha sido un proceso lento para ella – en especial en cuanto al inglés.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y aunque lograra manejar este idioma de forma fluida a partir de mañana, Jennifer no se podría graduar. Las autoridades del centro educativo explican que debido a que cumple los 18 el año que viene, no le alcanzará el tiempo para completar todos las clases requisitos. Jennifer tendrá que matricularse en una escuela para adultos o encontrar trabajo al final del año entrante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, a Jennifer no le preocupa su futuro académico en este momento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Entonces qué ocupa su mente? Como cualquier adolescente, la emoción de hacer nuevos amigos en el colegio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Todos nos sentamos en las escaleras [de la escuela] y comemos juntos,” asegura Jennifer. “Es nuestro pequeño grupo. Si alguno de nosotros no llega al colegio, lo llamaremos a su celular para averiguar qué está pasando.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero Jennifer admite que aún no confía lo suficiente en sus nuevos amigos como para contarles los detalles de lo que enfrentó en El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uno de sus pocos momentos a solas se presenta en el bus durante el viaje de regreso a casa. Se dirige inmediatamente a la parte trasera del bus y toma asiento al lado de una ventana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer piensa acerca de su situación legal y de su madre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/rs12137_jen-yes-kitchen/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148373\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-148373 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Jenni and her older sister Yesenia video-chat with their mother in El Salvador. Its the first time Yesenia has seen their mother in ten years. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenni y su hermana mayor, Yesenia, ‘video chatean’ con su madre, que se encuentra en El Salvador. Es la primera vez que Yesenia ha visto a su madre en 10 años. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Su madre ha recibido amenazas por parte de pandillas en su vecindario en El Salvador, lo que la ha llevado a refugiarse, en estos momentos, dentro de una iglesia cercana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto realmente preocupa a Jenni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunas horas más tarde, esa misma noche, Jenni recibe una llamada inesperada. Su mamá ha pedido prestado un teléfono inteligente (‘smartphone’) y, por primera vez, cuentan con una conexión de video en vivo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“¡Hola, mamá! ¿Cómo estás? ¿Fuiste hoy al trabajo?” le pregunta Jennifer, en español, mientras brinca sobre su cama de la emoción.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le da el teléfono a Yesenia, quien no ha visto a su madre en 10 años. Yesenia rompe a llorar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El último año ha sido duro para Yesenia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su esposo y ella luchan por mantener a tres familiares, a su hijo de cuatro años y ahora a Jennifer. También ha tenido que faltar al trabajo para acompañar a su hermana a sus citas y procedimientos legales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es muy difícil en este momento,” reconoce Yesenia. “En la actualidad mi esposo trabaja horas extra para pagar el alquiler. Nosotros cubrimos los gastos de cualquier cosa que necesiten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La buena noticia es que, tras meses de búsqueda, las hermanas encontraron a un abogado que no les cobra por llevar el caso de Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Están trabajando con el abogado para armar el caso judicial de Jennifer para que ella pueda calificar bajo lo que se conoce como “situación especial juvenil de inmigrante.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su caso legal se presentará ante la corte en octubre.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Ella está haciendo nuevos amigos , luchar con Inglés y tiene un chat de vídeo con su madre.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1412290873,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":41,"wordCount":1205},"headData":{"title":"Una Inmigrante Adolescente Intenta Adaptarse a Su Escuela Secundaria | KQED","description":"Ella está haciendo nuevos amigos , luchar con Inglés y tiene un chat de vídeo con su madre.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"148869 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=148869","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/30/la-transicion-continua-una-inmigrante-adolescente-de-el-salvador-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-escuela-secundaria/","disqusTitle":"Una Inmigrante Adolescente Intenta Adaptarse a Su Escuela Secundaria","customPermalink":"2014/9/30/una-immigrante-adolescente-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-estudios/","path":"/news/148869/la-transicion-continua-una-inmigrante-adolescente-de-el-salvador-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-escuela-secundaria","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Este es el segundo reportaje de una serie que empezó con \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/9/11/inmigraci%C3%B3n-de-menores-dos-hermanas-el-salvador/\" target=\"_blank\">Reunificada por Crisis: Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Se Enfrentan Con Trauma\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/\">Reunited by Crisis: Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma\u003c/a>). Read this second part in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/\">English\u003c/a>. Nota del editor: KQED no está usando el apellido de Yesenia en esta publicación para proteger su identidad. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La mayoría de los adolescentes afirma que lo más difícil de ir a la escuela es tener que levantarse temprano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Cruz, de 17 años, deja su cama a las 5:30 de la mañana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estoy tan cansada,” afirma. “No quiero levantarme pero sé que debo hacerlo, así que estoy en pie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su sobrinito aún duerme. Así que Jennifer camina de puntillas por el pasillo hacia el baño y se arregla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mientras cepilla su largo cabello castaño, se acuerda del uniforme escolar que debía usar en El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Era verde, rojo y blanco,” recuerda Jennifer. “Debía llevar una falda, con medias blancas y zapatos negros.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En los Estados Unidos, el uniforme “extraoficial” de los adolescentes empieza con unos vaqueros ajustados (estilo ‘skinny’). Hoy Jennifer lleva un par de color negro, una blusa roja con algunas lentejuelas y botas negras.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Pensé que tal vez los demás chicos iban a ignorarme o burlarse de mí porque soy inmigrante.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Su hermana mayor, Yesenia, consiguió la ropa de segunda mano gracias a la ayuda de varios amigos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A veces mis compañeros de trabajo me regalan ropa,” cuenta Yesenia. “Les digo que tengo una hermana, les muestro una foto de ella y ellos me dicen ‘tengo algo que le va a quedar.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia quiere que su hermana menor se logre integrar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero Jennifer \u003cem>no\u003c/em> es la típica adolescente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varios miembros de una pandilla violenta la amenazaron de muerte tanto dentro como fuera de su centro de estudios en El Salvador, y hasta llegaron a dispararle cuando caminaba sola hacia su casa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para escapar de la violencia, Jennifer dejó el hogar que conocía y cruzó tres fronteras a merced de un coyote (traficante).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vive con Yesenia en el condado de San Mateo, y ahora le corresponde navegar por los pasillos de una escuela secundaria americana por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer dice que su condición de estudiante nueva en un país nuevo la ha llevado a sentirse vulnerable de nuevo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pensé que tal vez los chicos iban a ignorarme o burlarse de mí porque soy inmigrante,” dice Jennifer. “Cuando llegué [a la escuela] el primer día, temblaba de miedo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/rs12133_jen-hw/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148370\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-148370 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Art is Jennifer's favorite class. School officials say she wont have enough time to complete graduation requirements before she ages out of high school. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La clase favorita de Jennifer es la de arte. Las autoridades de la escuela secundaria dicen que no le alcanzará el tiempo para completar los requisitos de graduación antes de llegar a la edad en que deberá abandonar el colegio (Jeremy Raff/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ella asegura que le ha sorprendido encontrar a muchos inmigrantes nuevos como ella en su escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todos los días, ella y otros estudiantes nuevos inmigrantes toman tres cursos intensivos de inglés para aprender los aspectos básicos del idioma – desde vocabulario hasta comprensión de lectura.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer también asiste a clases básicas de álgebra, de educación física y de arte con otros estudiantes angloparlantes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comprender toda esta nueva información ha sido un proceso lento para ella – en especial en cuanto al inglés.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y aunque lograra manejar este idioma de forma fluida a partir de mañana, Jennifer no se podría graduar. Las autoridades del centro educativo explican que debido a que cumple los 18 el año que viene, no le alcanzará el tiempo para completar todos las clases requisitos. Jennifer tendrá que matricularse en una escuela para adultos o encontrar trabajo al final del año entrante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, a Jennifer no le preocupa su futuro académico en este momento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Entonces qué ocupa su mente? Como cualquier adolescente, la emoción de hacer nuevos amigos en el colegio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Todos nos sentamos en las escaleras [de la escuela] y comemos juntos,” asegura Jennifer. “Es nuestro pequeño grupo. Si alguno de nosotros no llega al colegio, lo llamaremos a su celular para averiguar qué está pasando.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero Jennifer admite que aún no confía lo suficiente en sus nuevos amigos como para contarles los detalles de lo que enfrentó en El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uno de sus pocos momentos a solas se presenta en el bus durante el viaje de regreso a casa. Se dirige inmediatamente a la parte trasera del bus y toma asiento al lado de una ventana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer piensa acerca de su situación legal y de su madre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/rs12137_jen-yes-kitchen/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148373\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-148373 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Jenni and her older sister Yesenia video-chat with their mother in El Salvador. Its the first time Yesenia has seen their mother in ten years. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenni y su hermana mayor, Yesenia, ‘video chatean’ con su madre, que se encuentra en El Salvador. Es la primera vez que Yesenia ha visto a su madre en 10 años. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Su madre ha recibido amenazas por parte de pandillas en su vecindario en El Salvador, lo que la ha llevado a refugiarse, en estos momentos, dentro de una iglesia cercana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto realmente preocupa a Jenni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunas horas más tarde, esa misma noche, Jenni recibe una llamada inesperada. Su mamá ha pedido prestado un teléfono inteligente (‘smartphone’) y, por primera vez, cuentan con una conexión de video en vivo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“¡Hola, mamá! ¿Cómo estás? ¿Fuiste hoy al trabajo?” le pregunta Jennifer, en español, mientras brinca sobre su cama de la emoción.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le da el teléfono a Yesenia, quien no ha visto a su madre en 10 años. Yesenia rompe a llorar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El último año ha sido duro para Yesenia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su esposo y ella luchan por mantener a tres familiares, a su hijo de cuatro años y ahora a Jennifer. También ha tenido que faltar al trabajo para acompañar a su hermana a sus citas y procedimientos legales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es muy difícil en este momento,” reconoce Yesenia. “En la actualidad mi esposo trabaja horas extra para pagar el alquiler. Nosotros cubrimos los gastos de cualquier cosa que necesiten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La buena noticia es que, tras meses de búsqueda, las hermanas encontraron a un abogado que no les cobra por llevar el caso de Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Están trabajando con el abogado para armar el caso judicial de Jennifer para que ella pueda calificar bajo lo que se conoce como “situación especial juvenil de inmigrante.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su caso legal se presentará ante la corte en octubre.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/148869/la-transicion-continua-una-inmigrante-adolescente-de-el-salvador-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-escuela-secundaria","authors":["211"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_18540","news_8"],"tags":["news_17023"],"featImg":"news_148371","label":"news_6944"},"news_148363":{"type":"posts","id":"news_148363","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"148363","score":null,"sort":[1411570839000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-school","title":"The Transition Continues: Teen Migrant From El Salvador Tries to Fit in at School","publishDate":1411570839,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cdiv class=\"wrap\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148371\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Cruz is one of hundreds of minors arriving in the Bay Area from Central America. She's adjusting to life as a high school junior in San Mateo County even as she fears deportation. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz is one of hundreds of minors arriving in the Bay Area from Central America. She's adjusting to life as a high school junior in San Mateo County even as she fears deportation. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cem>This is the second in a series, which began with\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/\">Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma\u003c/a>. \u003cem>And,\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/9/11/inmigraci%C3%B3n-de-menores-dos-hermanas-el-salvador/\">la primera parte en español\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/9/30/una-immigrante-adolescente-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-estudios\">Este parte en español\u003c/a>. \u003cem>Editor's note: KQED is not using Yesenia’s last name in this publication in order to protect her identity\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most teenagers say the hardest part of going to school is getting up early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventeen-year-old Jennifer Cruz rolls out of bed at 5:30 in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just so tired,” she says. “I don’t want to get up but I know I have to, so I’m up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her little nephew is still sleeping. So Jennifer tiptoes across the hallway to the bathroom and gets ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/182001865\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she brushes her long brown hair, she thinks back to the school uniform she had to wear in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was green, red and white,” Jennifer recalls. “I had to wear a skirt with long white socks and black shoes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In America, the \"unofficial\" teenage uniform starts with skinny jeans. Jennifer wears a black pair today, a red top with some sequins and black boots.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I thought maybe the kids were going to ignore me or tease me because I’m an immigrant.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Her older sister, Yesenia, got these hand-me-down clothes from friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes my co-workers give me free clothes,” Yesenia says. “I’ll tell them that I have a sister, I’ll show them a picture of her, and they'll say ‘I have something that will fit her.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia wants her baby sister to fit in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jennifer is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> your typical teenager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violent gang members threatened her life inside and outside of school in El Salvador, even shooting at her when she walked home alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To escape the violence, Jennifer left the home she knew and journeyed across three borders in the hands of a smuggler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lives with Yesenia in San Mateo County, and now finds herself navigating the halls of an American high school for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer says being a new student, in a new country, makes her feel vulnerable all over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought maybe the kids were going to ignore me or tease me because I’m an immigrant,” Jennifer says. “When I showed up [to school] on my first day, I was trembling with fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148370\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Art is Jennifer's favorite class. School officials say she wont have enough time to complete graduation requirements before she ages out of high school. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Art is Jennifer's favorite class. School officials say she won't have enough time to complete graduation requirements before she ages out of high school. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She says she has been surprised to find lots of new immigrant kids like her at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day, she and other newcomers take three English-language crash courses to help them with the basics -- from vocabulary to reading comprehension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is also taking remedial algebra, P.E. and art classes with other English-speaking students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comprehending all this new information is coming along slowly for her -- especially the English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if she were fluent tomorrow, Jennifer would not be able to graduate. School officials say that because she turns 18 next year, she will not have enough time to satisfy all the high school requirements in time. Jennifer will have to enroll in adult school or find work at the end of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer, however, is not worried about her academic future right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what is on her mind? Like any teenager, the excitement of making new friends at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all sit on the [school] stairs and eat together,” Jennifer says. “It’s our little group. If one of us doesn’t show up to school, we will call them on their cellphone to find out what’s going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jennifer admits she still does not trust her new friends well enough to share the details of what she faced in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of her few private moments is the bus ride home. She heads straight to the back, taking a seat by the window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer thinks about her legal case and her mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148373\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Jenni and her older sister Yesenia video-chat with their mother in El Salvador. Its the first time Yesenia has seen their mother in ten years. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenni and her older sister, Yesenia, video-chat with their mother in El Salvador. It's the first time Yesenia has seen their mother in 10 years. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her mother has been threatened by gangs in their neighborhood in El Salvador, so she is now taking refuge at a nearby church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenni really worries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, later that night, she receives an unexpected phone call. Her mom borrowed a smartphone and, for the first time, they have a live video connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hola Mommy! How are you? Did you work today?,” asks Jennifer in Spanish as she bounces up and down on her bed with excitement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hands the phone to Yesenia, who hasn’t seen their mother in 10 years. Yesenia begins to cry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past year has been rough for Yesenia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her husband are struggling to support three relatives, their own 4-year-old, and now Jennifer . She also has to miss work so she can join her sister at her legal appointments and proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult right now,” Yesenia says. “Right now my husband is working extra to pay the rent. We pay for anything they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is the sisters have found a pro bono lawyer after months of searching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re working with the attorney to build Jennifer's court case so she can qualify under what’s called \"special immigrant juvenile status.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her legal case comes before the court in three weeks.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"She's making new friends, struggling with English and has a video chat with her mother back home.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1421288879,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":42,"wordCount":1032},"headData":{"title":"The Transition Continues: Teen Migrant From El Salvador Tries to Fit in at School | KQED","description":"She's making new friends, struggling with English and has a video chat with her mother back home.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"148363 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=148363","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/24/the-transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-school/","disqusTitle":"The Transition Continues: Teen Migrant From El Salvador Tries to Fit in at School","customPermalink":"2014/09/24/transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-american-school/","path":"/news/148363/the-transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-school","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"wrap\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148371\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Cruz is one of hundreds of minors arriving in the Bay Area from Central America. She's adjusting to life as a high school junior in San Mateo County even as she fears deportation. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12134_Jen-obscure-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz is one of hundreds of minors arriving in the Bay Area from Central America. She's adjusting to life as a high school junior in San Mateo County even as she fears deportation. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cem>This is the second in a series, which began with\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/\">Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma\u003c/a>. \u003cem>And,\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/9/11/inmigraci%C3%B3n-de-menores-dos-hermanas-el-salvador/\">la primera parte en español\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/9/30/una-immigrante-adolescente-intenta-adaptarse-a-su-estudios\">Este parte en español\u003c/a>. \u003cem>Editor's note: KQED is not using Yesenia’s last name in this publication in order to protect her identity\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most teenagers say the hardest part of going to school is getting up early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventeen-year-old Jennifer Cruz rolls out of bed at 5:30 in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just so tired,” she says. “I don’t want to get up but I know I have to, so I’m up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her little nephew is still sleeping. So Jennifer tiptoes across the hallway to the bathroom and gets ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/182001865&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/182001865'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she brushes her long brown hair, she thinks back to the school uniform she had to wear in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was green, red and white,” Jennifer recalls. “I had to wear a skirt with long white socks and black shoes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In America, the \"unofficial\" teenage uniform starts with skinny jeans. Jennifer wears a black pair today, a red top with some sequins and black boots.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I thought maybe the kids were going to ignore me or tease me because I’m an immigrant.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Her older sister, Yesenia, got these hand-me-down clothes from friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes my co-workers give me free clothes,” Yesenia says. “I’ll tell them that I have a sister, I’ll show them a picture of her, and they'll say ‘I have something that will fit her.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia wants her baby sister to fit in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jennifer is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> your typical teenager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violent gang members threatened her life inside and outside of school in El Salvador, even shooting at her when she walked home alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To escape the violence, Jennifer left the home she knew and journeyed across three borders in the hands of a smuggler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lives with Yesenia in San Mateo County, and now finds herself navigating the halls of an American high school for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer says being a new student, in a new country, makes her feel vulnerable all over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought maybe the kids were going to ignore me or tease me because I’m an immigrant,” Jennifer says. “When I showed up [to school] on my first day, I was trembling with fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148370\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Art is Jennifer's favorite class. School officials say she wont have enough time to complete graduation requirements before she ages out of high school. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12133_Jen-HW-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Art is Jennifer's favorite class. School officials say she won't have enough time to complete graduation requirements before she ages out of high school. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She says she has been surprised to find lots of new immigrant kids like her at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day, she and other newcomers take three English-language crash courses to help them with the basics -- from vocabulary to reading comprehension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is also taking remedial algebra, P.E. and art classes with other English-speaking students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comprehending all this new information is coming along slowly for her -- especially the English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if she were fluent tomorrow, Jennifer would not be able to graduate. School officials say that because she turns 18 next year, she will not have enough time to satisfy all the high school requirements in time. Jennifer will have to enroll in adult school or find work at the end of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer, however, is not worried about her academic future right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what is on her mind? Like any teenager, the excitement of making new friends at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all sit on the [school] stairs and eat together,” Jennifer says. “It’s our little group. If one of us doesn’t show up to school, we will call them on their cellphone to find out what’s going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jennifer admits she still does not trust her new friends well enough to share the details of what she faced in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of her few private moments is the bus ride home. She heads straight to the back, taking a seat by the window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer thinks about her legal case and her mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148373\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-148373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Jenni and her older sister Yesenia video-chat with their mother in El Salvador. Its the first time Yesenia has seen their mother in ten years. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12137_Jen-Yes-kitchen-1028x685.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenni and her older sister, Yesenia, video-chat with their mother in El Salvador. It's the first time Yesenia has seen their mother in 10 years. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her mother has been threatened by gangs in their neighborhood in El Salvador, so she is now taking refuge at a nearby church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenni really worries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, later that night, she receives an unexpected phone call. Her mom borrowed a smartphone and, for the first time, they have a live video connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hola Mommy! How are you? Did you work today?,” asks Jennifer in Spanish as she bounces up and down on her bed with excitement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hands the phone to Yesenia, who hasn’t seen their mother in 10 years. Yesenia begins to cry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past year has been rough for Yesenia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her husband are struggling to support three relatives, their own 4-year-old, and now Jennifer . She also has to miss work so she can join her sister at her legal appointments and proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult right now,” Yesenia says. “Right now my husband is working extra to pay the rent. We pay for anything they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is the sisters have found a pro bono lawyer after months of searching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re working with the attorney to build Jennifer's court case so she can qualify under what’s called \"special immigrant juvenile status.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her legal case comes before the court in three weeks.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/148363/the-transition-continues-teen-migrant-from-el-salvador-tries-to-fit-in-at-school","authors":["211"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_1169","news_8"],"tags":["news_17023"],"featImg":"news_148371","label":"news_6944"},"news_146960":{"type":"posts","id":"news_146960","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"146960","score":null,"sort":[1410462038000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"reunificada-por-crisis-dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-se-enfrentan-con-trauma","title":"Reunificada Por Crisis: Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Se Enfrentan Con Trauma","publishDate":1410462038,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz is now living in San Mateo County with her older sister Yesenia who is an undocumented immigrant. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz vive ahora en el condado de San Mateo con su hermana mayor, Yesenia, una inmigrante indocumentada. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/165076218\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Read this article in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/\">English\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Cruz y su hermana mayor, Yesenia, son de un pueblo al oriente de la capital de El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hay 16 años de diferencia en sus edades, pero las hermanas dicen que no importa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han tenido una conexión especial desde el momento que nació Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Fue] Tremenda,” recuerda Yesenia. “La vi dar sus primeros pasos, yo la llevaba a la escuela, la vestí de princesita. Era como mi juguete”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer tiene 17 años ahora. Yesenia tiene 33 años; KQED no está usando su apellido por su estado migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos días, viven juntos en el pequeño departamento de Yesenia, en el Condado San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas comparten un pasado complejo y doloroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su mama se casó dos veces, y tuvo siete hijos en total. Los dos maridos abandonaron a sus hijos desde el principio.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Más de 900 menores sin acompañamiento han sido liberados a familiares o patrocinadores en el Norte de California.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, una de las mayores entre sus hermanos, empezó a cuidar a sus hermanos mientras su mama trataba de encontrar trabajo y sostener a su familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque vivían en pobreza extrema, Yesenia hizo lo posible por hacer la vida feliz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer acuerda pasando días en su parque vecindario, donde Yesenia plantó flores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Las flores eran amarillas, y cada verano florecían,” dijo Jennifer. “[Los vecinos] pasaban y las recogían.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Llegan las Pandillas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, su comunidad cambió dramáticamente cuando pandillas violentas empezaron a infiltrar su ciudad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora su ciudad es uno de los lugares más violentos en El Salvador. Dos de las pandillas más notorias—la Mara 18 y la Mara Salvatrucha—aterrorizan la comunidad. Secuestros y asesinatos ocurren diariamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia tuvo suerte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se fue de El Salvador hace 10 años, antes de que la violencia escaló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero nunca perdió contacto con Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia le mandaba cajas de ropa y hablaban por teléfono al menos una vez a la semana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero dice Yesenia que sus conversaciones se convirtieron ominosas en los últimos años. Jennifer hablaba de los secuestros, asesinatos, y la extorsión que estaba pasando en su propio barrio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su situación llegó a un punto extremo cuando los pandilleros empezaron apuntar a Jennifer– atormentándola sexualmente, dentro y afuera de la escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pandillas Aumentan la Presión\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Decían] cosas feas. Palabras feas que dicen siempre,” dice Jennifer. “Me querían a la fuerza. Querían tener sexo conmigo. No me iban a dejar en paz hasta que me uniera con ellos, o viviera con ellos. Si vives con un marero, no solamente estas con uno. Vas a ser de todos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146010\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146010\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz takes a walk with her nephew to a nearby bakery in San Mateo County. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz camina con su sobrino a una panaderia en el condado de San Mateo. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grupos de derechos humanos dicen que las pandillas en El Salvador, Guatemala, y Honduras se dirigen cada vez más a niñas jóvenes, y obligándolas a la prostitución, al tráfico de drogas, o usándolas como sus propias esclavas sexuales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las niñas que rechazan las demandas de las pandillas, han sido secuestradas, violadas, y asesinadas en formas grotescas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para Jennifer, las amenazas por fin escalaron a la violencia un día cuando ella caminaba a su casa después de la escuela. Un grupo de pandilleros la empezó a seguir—uno en bicicleta, los otros a pie. Cuando trató de escapar, un hombre sacó una pistola y empezó a disparar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer apenas logró escapar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Yesenia descubrió por teléfono lo que había pasado, le dijo a Jennifer que ahora era el tiempo de salirse de El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Viaje de Jennifer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temiendo que este día llegaría , Yesenia había logrado ahorrar $6,000 y le mandó el dinero a un coyote quien—varios años antes—había traído a uno de sus hermanos a los Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Menos de una semana después, el mismo coyote llegó a la casa de Jennifer en un coche rojo, temprano en la mañana. Otro hombre estaba sentado al lado. Jennifer acababa de levantarse de su cama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"2ma4vgxI60r65VcX03kOXlsdruDbAWWb\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>““[Los coyotes] me dieron tiempo para bañarme y para cambiarme de ropa. Yo tenía miedo porque solo veo dos señores,” recuerda Jennifer. “El señor me dijo ‘tú vas a decir que soy tu tío. Eres mi sobrina, ok?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se llevaron a Jennifer. Tuvo muchísima suerte que los coyotes la trataron bien. Incluso pudo llamar a Yesenia en varios puntos a lo largo del camino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, fue en el último tramo del viaje a través de México cuando Yesenia perdió todo contacto con Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pasaron los días sin llamada. Yesenia entró en un pánico. Al fin, timbró su celular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>¿Nadar a la Libertad?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oficiales migratorios del U.S Border Patrol en Tejas llamaron a Yesenia para decirle que Jennifer se había entregado a si misma después de que había logrado nadar a través de una parte del Rio Grande.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer pasó casi dos meses en custodia del gobierno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oficiales de reasentamiento de refugiados le hicieron una verificación de antecedentes a Yesenia y, a pesar de ser una migrante sin documentos, le dieron autorización para ser la guardia legal de Jennifer mientras su caso pasaba por la corte migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Después de haber pasado un década separadas, las dos hermanas por fin se encontraron cara a cara en el aeropuerto internacional de San Jose, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La vi y la abracé,” dice Yesenia. “Para mí se miraba como si cuando era chiquita. Sus ojos siguen siendo los mismos, y dije ‘no ha cambiado nada.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ha pasado casi un año desde que Jennifer hizo el viaje a los E.U. Adaptandose a la vida en la Bahía tiene sus retos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella está entre más de 900 menores sin acompañamiento quienes han sido liberados a familiares o patrocinadores en el Norte de California desde el principio del año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora Jennifer se enfrenta a los obstáculos de la vida diaria—desde aprender un nuevo idioma hasta llendo a una escuela pública en San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Solo la abrace y le dije, 'Gracias a Dios que estas aquí!'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Ahora su clase favorita es arte. Un dibujo que hizo de dos perros cuelga en su cuarto. Comparte el cuarto con su sobrino de cuatro años, Walter. Walter ha sido una fuente de consuelo para ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando él me mira que estoy triste, me abraza, y me dice ‘no Jenni, no más.’ Siempre me hace sonreír.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer dice que, de todos los cambios, lo más significativo es simplemente sintiéndose segura. Ella trata de concentrarse en el presente, pero las memorias todavía le atormentan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia dice que Jennifer llora en sus sueños frecuentemente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Temores en la Noche\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se despierta de repente y empieza a decir ‘¡Me mató!’ y le digo ‘No, no, no, estás viva.’ No le gusta dormir con la luz apagada.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incluso mientras se está ajustando a la vida en California, la realidad es que Jennifer podría ser enviada de regreso a El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obstáculos burocráticos retrasaron su primera audiencia en la corte migratoria, pero las cosas han cambiado en el último mes después que oficiales federales recibieron órdenes de acelerar estos casos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recientemente, Jennifer recibió un paquete con un aviso de aparecer a su primer audiencia migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justo cuando se empezaba a sentir mas cómoda en su nuevo hogar, Jennifer se enfrenta a un futuro incierto otra vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Las Audiencias de Deportación Comienzan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer y Yesenia llegan a la corte de inmigración de menores en el centro de San Francisco una martes en la tarde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146008\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146008\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\" alt=\"A candle burns bright at Yesenia’s home. Cruz says her faith helped to bring her peace as she fled El Salvador. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una vela brilla en la casa de Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Este es el día que han temido— la primer audiencia de Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se toman de las manos y entran al ascensor para subir al octavo piso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia todavía no ha encontrado un abogado para representar a Jennifer en la corte. No tiene dinero para contratar a uno, y los pocos abogados de inmigración pro bono en San Francisco están inundados con estos casos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ese es un gran problema para Jennifer y las docenas de niños en la sala del tribunal. Expertos jurídicos dicen que migrantes juveniles que no tienen abogado son deportados nueve de cada diez veces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Jennifer está llamada por el juez, toma un aliento grande, y endereza su chaqueta negra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia susurra una oración.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juez Amy Hoogasian le pregunta a Jennifer una serie de preguntas, incluyendo porque todavía no tiene un abogado. Jennifer responde a través de un traductor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afuera, en los escalones de la corte, Yesenia y Jennifer están aliviadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La juez fue muy justa,” Yesenia respondio. “Ahora, con la ayuda de Dios, encontraremos un abogado.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo bueno: su próxima audiencia está en dos meses, dándole tiempo para encontrar un abogado antes de que el proceso de deportación comience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Con esa amenaza acercándose, Yesenia dice que va a hacer todo lo posible para contratar un abogado, incluso si esto significa trabajar mas y tomar un segundo trabajo. Dice que ahora tiene la responsabilidad del futuro de Jennifer—y ese futuro no incluye enviando a su hermana pequeña de regreso a El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Su situación llego a un punto extremo cuando los pandilleros empezaron apuntar a Jennifer.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1420842191,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":72,"wordCount":1791},"headData":{"title":"Reunificada Por Crisis: Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Se Enfrentan Con Trauma | KQED","description":"Su situación llego a un punto extremo cuando los pandilleros empezaron apuntar a Jennifer.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"146960 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=146960","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/reunificada-por-crisis-dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-se-enfrentan-con-trauma/","disqusTitle":"Reunificada Por Crisis: Dos Hermanas de El Salvador Se Enfrentan Con Trauma","customPermalink":"2014/9/11/inmigraci%C3%B3n-de-menores-dos-hermanas-el-salvador/","path":"/news/146960/reunificada-por-crisis-dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-se-enfrentan-con-trauma","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz is now living in San Mateo County with her older sister Yesenia who is an undocumented immigrant. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz vive ahora en el condado de San Mateo con su hermana mayor, Yesenia, una inmigrante indocumentada. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='undefined' height='undefined'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/165076218&visual=true&undefined'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/165076218'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Read this article in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/\">English\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Cruz y su hermana mayor, Yesenia, son de un pueblo al oriente de la capital de El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hay 16 años de diferencia en sus edades, pero las hermanas dicen que no importa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han tenido una conexión especial desde el momento que nació Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Fue] Tremenda,” recuerda Yesenia. “La vi dar sus primeros pasos, yo la llevaba a la escuela, la vestí de princesita. Era como mi juguete”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer tiene 17 años ahora. Yesenia tiene 33 años; KQED no está usando su apellido por su estado migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos días, viven juntos en el pequeño departamento de Yesenia, en el Condado San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las hermanas comparten un pasado complejo y doloroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su mama se casó dos veces, y tuvo siete hijos en total. Los dos maridos abandonaron a sus hijos desde el principio.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Más de 900 menores sin acompañamiento han sido liberados a familiares o patrocinadores en el Norte de California.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, una de las mayores entre sus hermanos, empezó a cuidar a sus hermanos mientras su mama trataba de encontrar trabajo y sostener a su familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque vivían en pobreza extrema, Yesenia hizo lo posible por hacer la vida feliz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer acuerda pasando días en su parque vecindario, donde Yesenia plantó flores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Las flores eran amarillas, y cada verano florecían,” dijo Jennifer. “[Los vecinos] pasaban y las recogían.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Llegan las Pandillas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, su comunidad cambió dramáticamente cuando pandillas violentas empezaron a infiltrar su ciudad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora su ciudad es uno de los lugares más violentos en El Salvador. Dos de las pandillas más notorias—la Mara 18 y la Mara Salvatrucha—aterrorizan la comunidad. Secuestros y asesinatos ocurren diariamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia tuvo suerte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se fue de El Salvador hace 10 años, antes de que la violencia escaló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero nunca perdió contacto con Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia le mandaba cajas de ropa y hablaban por teléfono al menos una vez a la semana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero dice Yesenia que sus conversaciones se convirtieron ominosas en los últimos años. Jennifer hablaba de los secuestros, asesinatos, y la extorsión que estaba pasando en su propio barrio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su situación llegó a un punto extremo cuando los pandilleros empezaron apuntar a Jennifer– atormentándola sexualmente, dentro y afuera de la escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pandillas Aumentan la Presión\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Decían] cosas feas. Palabras feas que dicen siempre,” dice Jennifer. “Me querían a la fuerza. Querían tener sexo conmigo. No me iban a dejar en paz hasta que me uniera con ellos, o viviera con ellos. Si vives con un marero, no solamente estas con uno. Vas a ser de todos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146010\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146010\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz takes a walk with her nephew to a nearby bakery in San Mateo County. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz camina con su sobrino a una panaderia en el condado de San Mateo. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grupos de derechos humanos dicen que las pandillas en El Salvador, Guatemala, y Honduras se dirigen cada vez más a niñas jóvenes, y obligándolas a la prostitución, al tráfico de drogas, o usándolas como sus propias esclavas sexuales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las niñas que rechazan las demandas de las pandillas, han sido secuestradas, violadas, y asesinadas en formas grotescas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para Jennifer, las amenazas por fin escalaron a la violencia un día cuando ella caminaba a su casa después de la escuela. Un grupo de pandilleros la empezó a seguir—uno en bicicleta, los otros a pie. Cuando trató de escapar, un hombre sacó una pistola y empezó a disparar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer apenas logró escapar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Yesenia descubrió por teléfono lo que había pasado, le dijo a Jennifer que ahora era el tiempo de salirse de El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Viaje de Jennifer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temiendo que este día llegaría , Yesenia había logrado ahorrar $6,000 y le mandó el dinero a un coyote quien—varios años antes—había traído a uno de sus hermanos a los Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Menos de una semana después, el mismo coyote llegó a la casa de Jennifer en un coche rojo, temprano en la mañana. Otro hombre estaba sentado al lado. Jennifer acababa de levantarse de su cama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>““[Los coyotes] me dieron tiempo para bañarme y para cambiarme de ropa. Yo tenía miedo porque solo veo dos señores,” recuerda Jennifer. “El señor me dijo ‘tú vas a decir que soy tu tío. Eres mi sobrina, ok?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se llevaron a Jennifer. Tuvo muchísima suerte que los coyotes la trataron bien. Incluso pudo llamar a Yesenia en varios puntos a lo largo del camino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, fue en el último tramo del viaje a través de México cuando Yesenia perdió todo contacto con Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pasaron los días sin llamada. Yesenia entró en un pánico. Al fin, timbró su celular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>¿Nadar a la Libertad?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oficiales migratorios del U.S Border Patrol en Tejas llamaron a Yesenia para decirle que Jennifer se había entregado a si misma después de que había logrado nadar a través de una parte del Rio Grande.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer pasó casi dos meses en custodia del gobierno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oficiales de reasentamiento de refugiados le hicieron una verificación de antecedentes a Yesenia y, a pesar de ser una migrante sin documentos, le dieron autorización para ser la guardia legal de Jennifer mientras su caso pasaba por la corte migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Después de haber pasado un década separadas, las dos hermanas por fin se encontraron cara a cara en el aeropuerto internacional de San Jose, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La vi y la abracé,” dice Yesenia. “Para mí se miraba como si cuando era chiquita. Sus ojos siguen siendo los mismos, y dije ‘no ha cambiado nada.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ha pasado casi un año desde que Jennifer hizo el viaje a los E.U. Adaptandose a la vida en la Bahía tiene sus retos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella está entre más de 900 menores sin acompañamiento quienes han sido liberados a familiares o patrocinadores en el Norte de California desde el principio del año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora Jennifer se enfrenta a los obstáculos de la vida diaria—desde aprender un nuevo idioma hasta llendo a una escuela pública en San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Solo la abrace y le dije, 'Gracias a Dios que estas aquí!'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Ahora su clase favorita es arte. Un dibujo que hizo de dos perros cuelga en su cuarto. Comparte el cuarto con su sobrino de cuatro años, Walter. Walter ha sido una fuente de consuelo para ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando él me mira que estoy triste, me abraza, y me dice ‘no Jenni, no más.’ Siempre me hace sonreír.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer dice que, de todos los cambios, lo más significativo es simplemente sintiéndose segura. Ella trata de concentrarse en el presente, pero las memorias todavía le atormentan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia dice que Jennifer llora en sus sueños frecuentemente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Temores en la Noche\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se despierta de repente y empieza a decir ‘¡Me mató!’ y le digo ‘No, no, no, estás viva.’ No le gusta dormir con la luz apagada.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incluso mientras se está ajustando a la vida en California, la realidad es que Jennifer podría ser enviada de regreso a El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obstáculos burocráticos retrasaron su primera audiencia en la corte migratoria, pero las cosas han cambiado en el último mes después que oficiales federales recibieron órdenes de acelerar estos casos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recientemente, Jennifer recibió un paquete con un aviso de aparecer a su primer audiencia migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justo cuando se empezaba a sentir mas cómoda en su nuevo hogar, Jennifer se enfrenta a un futuro incierto otra vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Las Audiencias de Deportación Comienzan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer y Yesenia llegan a la corte de inmigración de menores en el centro de San Francisco una martes en la tarde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146008\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146008\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\" alt=\"A candle burns bright at Yesenia’s home. Cruz says her faith helped to bring her peace as she fled El Salvador. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una vela brilla en la casa de Yesenia. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Este es el día que han temido— la primer audiencia de Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se toman de las manos y entran al ascensor para subir al octavo piso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia todavía no ha encontrado un abogado para representar a Jennifer en la corte. No tiene dinero para contratar a uno, y los pocos abogados de inmigración pro bono en San Francisco están inundados con estos casos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ese es un gran problema para Jennifer y las docenas de niños en la sala del tribunal. Expertos jurídicos dicen que migrantes juveniles que no tienen abogado son deportados nueve de cada diez veces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Jennifer está llamada por el juez, toma un aliento grande, y endereza su chaqueta negra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia susurra una oración.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juez Amy Hoogasian le pregunta a Jennifer una serie de preguntas, incluyendo porque todavía no tiene un abogado. Jennifer responde a través de un traductor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afuera, en los escalones de la corte, Yesenia y Jennifer están aliviadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La juez fue muy justa,” Yesenia respondio. “Ahora, con la ayuda de Dios, encontraremos un abogado.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo bueno: su próxima audiencia está en dos meses, dándole tiempo para encontrar un abogado antes de que el proceso de deportación comience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Con esa amenaza acercándose, Yesenia dice que va a hacer todo lo posible para contratar un abogado, incluso si esto significa trabajar mas y tomar un segundo trabajo. Dice que ahora tiene la responsabilidad del futuro de Jennifer—y ese futuro no incluye enviando a su hermana pequeña de regreso a El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/146960/reunificada-por-crisis-dos-hermanas-de-el-salvador-se-enfrentan-con-trauma","authors":["211"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_17023"],"featImg":"news_146007","label":"news_6944"},"news_145931":{"type":"posts","id":"news_145931","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"145931","score":null,"sort":[1409238049000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"reunited-by-crisis-two-sisters-from-el-salvador-deal-with-trauma","title":"Reunited by Crisis: Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma","publishDate":1409238049,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz is now living in San Mateo County with her older sister Yesenia who is an undocumented immigrant. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz is now living in San Mateo County with her older sister, Yesenia, an undocumented immigrant. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Cruz and her big sister, Yesenia, are from El Salvador, and grew up in a small city east of the country’s capital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re 16 years apart, but the sisters say that doesn’t matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve had a special connection to each other since the moment Jennifer was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was tremendous,” Yesenia recalls in Spanish. “I saw her take her first steps, I took her to school and I dressed her like a pretty little princess. She was my little toy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is now 17 years old. Yesenia is 33; KQED is not using her last name because of her immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"S3CAmUpJGBjvwqL9myHsnsx7kJCuSjDw\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, they live together in Yesenia’s modest two-bedroom apartment in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters share a complicated and painful past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mother was married twice and had seven children altogether. Both husbands abandoned their children early on.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">More than 900 unaccompanied minors have been released to relatives or sponsors in Northern California.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, one of the older siblings, became caretaker to all her brothers and sisters while their mother tried to find work and make a living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia did her best to make life happy, even though they lived in extreme poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer remembers spending summer days at their neighborhood park, where Yesenia planted flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The flowers were yellow, and every summer these yellow flowers would bloom,” says Jennifer, also in Spanish. “People [in the neighborhood] would stop by and pick them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gangs Move In \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, their community changed drastically when violent gangs began to infiltrate their town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their hometown is now one of the most violent places in El Salvador. Two of the country’s most notorious youth gangs -- the Mara 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha – terrorize this community. Kidnappings and killings are a daily occurrence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia was lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She left El Salvador 10 years ago before the violence escalated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she never lost contact with Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia would send her boxes of clothes and talk to her by phone at least once a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Yesenia says their conversations grew ominous over the past several years as Jennifer would talk about the abductions, killings and extortion taking place in their own neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation reached a breaking point when gang members began to target Jennifer -- sexually tormenting her inside and outside school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gangs Up The Pressure\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They would say ... ugly things. They wanted me by force. They wanted to have sex with me,” says Jennifer. “They weren’t going to leave me alone until I joined them or lived with them. If you live with \u003cem>mareros\u003c/em> you’re not just with one. You’re with all of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146010\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146010\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz takes a walk with her nephew to a nearby bakery in San Mateo County. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz takes a walk with her nephew to a nearby bakery in San Mateo County. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Human rights groups say gangs in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly targeting young girls and forcing them into prostitution, drug smuggling or using them as their own sex slaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girls who refuse their demands have been kidnapped, raped and murdered in some of the most gruesome ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Jennifer, their threats finally escalated into violence when she walked home from school one day. A group of gang members began to follow her -- one on a bike, the others on foot. When she tried to run away, one man pulled out a gun and began shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer barely managed to escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Yesenia found out by phone what had happened, she told Jennifer now was the time to get out of El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jennifer’s Journey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fearing this day would come, Yesenia had managed to save $6,000 and wired the money to a smuggler who -- several years ago -- brought one of their brothers to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week later, that same coyote showed up to Jennifer’s house in a red car in the early morning. Another man was seated next to him. Jennifer had just gotten out of bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"2ma4vgxI60r65VcX03kOXlsdruDbAWWb\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The smugglers] gave me some time to get washed up and change my clothes. I was scared because I’d never seen these men before,” Jennifer recalls. “Then, one of them told me, ‘From this point on, call me your uncle, and you're my niece, okay?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer was whisked away. She was extremely fortunate because her smugglers treated her well. She was even able to call Yesenia at several points along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it was on that last leg of the journey through Mexico when Yesenia lost all contact with Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days went by and no call. Her mind was racing. Finally, her cellphone rang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Swim to Freedom?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas called Yesenia to tell her that Jennifer had turned herself in after she managed to swim across a section of the Rio Grande.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She spent nearly two months in government custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refugee resettlement officials ran a background check on Yesenia and, despite being an undocumented immigrant, she was given clearance to be Jennifer's legal guardian as the case worked its way through immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After spending nearly a decade apart, the two sisters finally found themselves face to face at San Jose International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just hugged her and said, ‘Thank God you’re here now!,’ ” says Yesenia. “She looked the same as when she was a little girl. Her eyes are the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been almost a year since Jennifer made the journey to the U.S., and adapting to life in the Bay Area has its challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s among more than 900 unaccompanied minors who have been released to relatives or sponsors in Northern California since the beginning of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer now faces the hurdles of daily life -- from learning a new language to attending a public high school in San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">I just hugged her and said, 'Thank God you’re here now!’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Right now her favorite class is art. A picture she drew of two hound dogs hangs in her bedroom. She shares that bedroom with her 4-year-old nephew, Walter, who has become a source of comfort for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When he sees that I'm a little sad, he gives me hugs and says ‘No Jenni, don’t be sad anymore.’ He makes me smile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer says that of all the changes, the most significant is just feeling safe. She’s trying to stay focused on the present, but frightening memories still haunt her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia says Jennifer often cries in her sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fears in the Night\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She'll suddenly wake up and say, “He killed me!' ” says Yesenia. “I tell her ‘Nothing has happened to you. You’re alive.’ She always has to keep a light at night because, if not, she gets really afraid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as she's adjusting to life in California, the reality is Jennifer could very well be sent back to El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bureaucratic roadblocks delayed her first immigration court hearing, but things changed about a month ago after federal officials were told to expedite these cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not too long ago, Jennifer received a large manila envelope in the mail with a notice to appear for her first immigration hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as she was beginning to feel more comfortable in her new home, Jennifer once again faces an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deportation Hearings Begin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer and Yesenia show up to juvenile immigration court in downtown San Francisco on a Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146008\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146008\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\" alt=\"A candle burns bright at Yesenia’s home. Cruz says her faith helped to bring her peace as she fled El Salvador. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A candle burns bright at Yesenia’s home. She says her faith helped to bring her peace as she fled El Salvador. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is the day they have been dreading -- Jennifer's first court hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They tightly hold hands as they enter the elevator to rise to the eighth floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia still hasn’t found a lawyer to represent Jennifer in court. She doesn't have enough money to hire one, and the limited number of pro bono immigration attorneys in San Francisco are inundated with these cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's a big problem for Jennifer and the dozen other kids in the courtroom. Legal experts say young migrants who do not have a proper attorney are deported nine times out of 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jennifer is called by the judge, she takes a huge breath and straightens her black blazer jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia whispered a prayer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Amy Hoogasian asks Jennifer a series of questions, including why she still does not have an attorney. Jennifer responds through a translator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside on the courtroom steps, Yesenia and Jennifer are relieved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was a very understanding judge,” Yesenia responded. “Now, God willing, we'll find a lawyer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upshot: Her next hearing is in two months, giving Jennifer time to look for a lawyer before deportation proceedings begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that threat clearly looming, Yesenia says she will do whatever it takes to get an attorney, even if it means taking on more hours at work and getting a second job. She says she’s now responsible for Jennifer’s future – and that future will not involve sending her baby sister back to El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Gang kidnappings and killings are a daily occurrence in their hometown east of the capital, San Salvador.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1464389050,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":71,"wordCount":1595},"headData":{"title":"Reunited by Crisis: Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma | KQED","description":"Gang kidnappings and killings are a daily occurrence in their hometown east of the capital, San Salvador.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"145931 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=145931","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/28/reunited-by-crisis-two-sisters-from-el-salvador-deal-with-trauma/","disqusTitle":"Reunited by Crisis: Two Sisters From El Salvador Deal With Trauma","customPermalink":"2014/08/28/two-sisters-from-el-salvador-reunited-in-bay-area/","nprStoryId":"479787709","path":"/news/145931/reunited-by-crisis-two-sisters-from-el-salvador-deal-with-trauma","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/hands.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz is now living in San Mateo County with her older sister Yesenia who is an undocumented immigrant. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz is now living in San Mateo County with her older sister, Yesenia, an undocumented immigrant. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Cruz and her big sister, Yesenia, are from El Salvador, and grew up in a small city east of the country’s capital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re 16 years apart, but the sisters say that doesn’t matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve had a special connection to each other since the moment Jennifer was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was tremendous,” Yesenia recalls in Spanish. “I saw her take her first steps, I took her to school and I dressed her like a pretty little princess. She was my little toy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer is now 17 years old. Yesenia is 33; KQED is not using her last name because of her immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, they live together in Yesenia’s modest two-bedroom apartment in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sisters share a complicated and painful past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mother was married twice and had seven children altogether. Both husbands abandoned their children early on.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">More than 900 unaccompanied minors have been released to relatives or sponsors in Northern California.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Yesenia, one of the older siblings, became caretaker to all her brothers and sisters while their mother tried to find work and make a living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia did her best to make life happy, even though they lived in extreme poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer remembers spending summer days at their neighborhood park, where Yesenia planted flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The flowers were yellow, and every summer these yellow flowers would bloom,” says Jennifer, also in Spanish. “People [in the neighborhood] would stop by and pick them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gangs Move In \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, their community changed drastically when violent gangs began to infiltrate their town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their hometown is now one of the most violent places in El Salvador. Two of the country’s most notorious youth gangs -- the Mara 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha – terrorize this community. Kidnappings and killings are a daily occurrence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia was lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She left El Salvador 10 years ago before the violence escalated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she never lost contact with Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia would send her boxes of clothes and talk to her by phone at least once a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Yesenia says their conversations grew ominous over the past several years as Jennifer would talk about the abductions, killings and extortion taking place in their own neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation reached a breaking point when gang members began to target Jennifer -- sexually tormenting her inside and outside school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gangs Up The Pressure\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They would say ... ugly things. They wanted me by force. They wanted to have sex with me,” says Jennifer. “They weren’t going to leave me alone until I joined them or lived with them. If you live with \u003cem>mareros\u003c/em> you’re not just with one. You’re with all of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146010\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146010\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cruz-and-child.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz takes a walk with her nephew to a nearby bakery in San Mateo County. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Cruz takes a walk with her nephew to a nearby bakery in San Mateo County. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Human rights groups say gangs in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly targeting young girls and forcing them into prostitution, drug smuggling or using them as their own sex slaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girls who refuse their demands have been kidnapped, raped and murdered in some of the most gruesome ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Jennifer, their threats finally escalated into violence when she walked home from school one day. A group of gang members began to follow her -- one on a bike, the others on foot. When she tried to run away, one man pulled out a gun and began shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer barely managed to escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Yesenia found out by phone what had happened, she told Jennifer now was the time to get out of El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jennifer’s Journey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fearing this day would come, Yesenia had managed to save $6,000 and wired the money to a smuggler who -- several years ago -- brought one of their brothers to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week later, that same coyote showed up to Jennifer’s house in a red car in the early morning. Another man was seated next to him. Jennifer had just gotten out of bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The smugglers] gave me some time to get washed up and change my clothes. I was scared because I’d never seen these men before,” Jennifer recalls. “Then, one of them told me, ‘From this point on, call me your uncle, and you're my niece, okay?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer was whisked away. She was extremely fortunate because her smugglers treated her well. She was even able to call Yesenia at several points along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it was on that last leg of the journey through Mexico when Yesenia lost all contact with Jennifer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days went by and no call. Her mind was racing. Finally, her cellphone rang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Swim to Freedom?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas called Yesenia to tell her that Jennifer had turned herself in after she managed to swim across a section of the Rio Grande.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She spent nearly two months in government custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refugee resettlement officials ran a background check on Yesenia and, despite being an undocumented immigrant, she was given clearance to be Jennifer's legal guardian as the case worked its way through immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After spending nearly a decade apart, the two sisters finally found themselves face to face at San Jose International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just hugged her and said, ‘Thank God you’re here now!,’ ” says Yesenia. “She looked the same as when she was a little girl. Her eyes are the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been almost a year since Jennifer made the journey to the U.S., and adapting to life in the Bay Area has its challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s among more than 900 unaccompanied minors who have been released to relatives or sponsors in Northern California since the beginning of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer now faces the hurdles of daily life -- from learning a new language to attending a public high school in San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">I just hugged her and said, 'Thank God you’re here now!’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Right now her favorite class is art. A picture she drew of two hound dogs hangs in her bedroom. She shares that bedroom with her 4-year-old nephew, Walter, who has become a source of comfort for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When he sees that I'm a little sad, he gives me hugs and says ‘No Jenni, don’t be sad anymore.’ He makes me smile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer says that of all the changes, the most significant is just feeling safe. She’s trying to stay focused on the present, but frightening memories still haunt her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia says Jennifer often cries in her sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fears in the Night\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She'll suddenly wake up and say, “He killed me!' ” says Yesenia. “I tell her ‘Nothing has happened to you. You’re alive.’ She always has to keep a light at night because, if not, she gets really afraid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as she's adjusting to life in California, the reality is Jennifer could very well be sent back to El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bureaucratic roadblocks delayed her first immigration court hearing, but things changed about a month ago after federal officials were told to expedite these cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not too long ago, Jennifer received a large manila envelope in the mail with a notice to appear for her first immigration hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as she was beginning to feel more comfortable in her new home, Jennifer once again faces an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deportation Hearings Begin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer and Yesenia show up to juvenile immigration court in downtown San Francisco on a Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146008\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-146008\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/candle.jpg\" alt=\"A candle burns bright at Yesenia’s home. Cruz says her faith helped to bring her peace as she fled El Salvador. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A candle burns bright at Yesenia’s home. She says her faith helped to bring her peace as she fled El Salvador. (Gabriel Salcedo/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is the day they have been dreading -- Jennifer's first court hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They tightly hold hands as they enter the elevator to rise to the eighth floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia still hasn’t found a lawyer to represent Jennifer in court. She doesn't have enough money to hire one, and the limited number of pro bono immigration attorneys in San Francisco are inundated with these cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's a big problem for Jennifer and the dozen other kids in the courtroom. Legal experts say young migrants who do not have a proper attorney are deported nine times out of 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jennifer is called by the judge, she takes a huge breath and straightens her black blazer jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesenia whispered a prayer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Amy Hoogasian asks Jennifer a series of questions, including why she still does not have an attorney. Jennifer responds through a translator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside on the courtroom steps, Yesenia and Jennifer are relieved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was a very understanding judge,” Yesenia responded. “Now, God willing, we'll find a lawyer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upshot: Her next hearing is in two months, giving Jennifer time to look for a lawyer before deportation proceedings begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that threat clearly looming, Yesenia says she will do whatever it takes to get an attorney, even if it means taking on more hours at work and getting a second job. She says she’s now responsible for Jennifer’s future – and that future will not involve sending her baby sister back to El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/145931/reunited-by-crisis-two-sisters-from-el-salvador-deal-with-trauma","authors":["211"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_17023"],"featImg":"news_146007","label":"news_6944"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? 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