'Thank God these organizations helped us to reunite with our son, we are happier now,' a father reunited with his son said.
When Jorge*, an asylum seeker from Honduras, first made the difficult journey to the United States with his six-year-old son in tow last May, the father arrived at the southern border filled with hope for a better life for his family.
During those long months, Jorge said he and his wife, Noemi*, were allowed to have a video call with their son once every eight days. Once released, however, Jorge and his wife were able to finally be reunited with their son. The only issue, however, was figuring out how to get from America's Pacific coast, where the parents had crossed into the U.S., thousands of miles to the east where their son was now living.
Mindel De La Torre, a 59-year-old attorney working in the international telecommunications field, told Newsweek that as soon as she heard of Jorge's plight, she was happy to donate as many miles as it would take to see this family reunited. For Jorge's family, the effects of the Trump administration's family separation policy — which President Donald Trump rescinded on June 20, 2018, in response to international backlash against the rule — could be long-lasting.
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