Here’s how one mama risked smuggling her kids for a better life (285 hits)
The Washington Post’s Pamela Constable tells the story of Allis Godoy, a mother in Washington, D.C. who risked having her kids smuggled to her from Honduras. “From the moment she fled poverty-stricken Honduras a decade ago, Allis Godoy knew she would find a way to be reunited with the children she left behind,” writes Constable. “She was desperate enough to have them smuggled across Mexico to the U.S. border, spending thousands of dollars and risking their lives so they could join her in northwest Washington. Four years ago, her teenage son David made the hazardous trip. Two and a half months ago, her youngest daughter, Madison, finally reached her side. By then, the pixie-like 10-year-old had endured two failed smuggling attempts and a third that landed her in the custody of U.S. immigration agents in Texas on April 14. Two weeks later, she was flown to Washington by the federal government and greeted by the mother who had last seen her when she was 6 months old. It was the crowning achievement of Godoy’s life.”
