Martin Moreno was volunteering at Virginia’s Cardinal Forest Elementary School on a recent Friday afternoon when he was asked a familiar series of questions.
The two students he was working with, one from Mexico and the other from Guatemala, inquired about his favorite soccer players and where he’s from.
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Moreno and his friends help during the hourlong after-school program that allows students to interact with art. After the introductory questions, a girl he was working with asked, “¿Conoces a la migra?”
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