Immigrants
Flee Disastrous Economies
Fed
up with the extreme poverty in Honduras,
Oscar Trochez, 31, left with his wife,
three children, sister, niece and nephew
and headed to Houston.
The
31-year-old father led his family on a
grueling six-week exodus across Central
America and Mexico because the Honduran
economy has worsened since the last time
he made the journey alone, back in 1998.
With the
help of a coyote, or smuggler, the
Trochez family crossed the Rio Grande
near Matamoros and went directly to U.S.
immigration offices, where members
received temporary visas because they
are from a region devastated by
Hurricane Mitch in 1998. They'll find
out in December if they can remain. >more
