Immigration law means a borderline existence for U.S. wife of Mexican
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Anna Gorman of the Times reports on Heather Suarez and her family. Heather has to commute from Tijuana, where she lives with her husband and children, to San Diego every day. Her daily journey starts at just after 4 in the morning.
After Heather, a native of Kentucky, fell in love and married Evaristo Suarez, an illegal immigrant, her life changed completely, writes Gorman.
The couple assumed that Evaristo, 30, would be eligible for a green card once they got married and that they would raise their family near her hometown. But because he had crossed into the United States illegally more than once, he was denied a visa and must wait 10 years before reapplying to return legally.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City