Alone in the U.S., an immigrant has one dying wish: To reunite with his estranged family

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Now, as his life slipped away in a country where he had no family, he had a final wish — to reunite with his wife and children. On a phone call, a friend of his asked Cecilia Rebeca Chavez: Would they come? This is the story of Eduardo Hernandez:

Every month in the town of Nicolas Romero, the family of Eduardo Hernandez gathers at his grave and, with his guitars, sings to him.he sun had set on a cold winter day when two men from Mexico’s civil protection agency knocked on Cecilia Rebeca Chavez’s door.

Now, as his life slipped away in a country where he had no family, he had a final wish — to reunite with his wife and children. On the other end of the phone line, a friend of his asked Chavez: Would they come? In Nicolas Romero, a town northwest of Mexico City, they built a humble three-room brick house with a corrugated metal roof. They had three children: a girl named Ivonne and two boys, Hugo and Alfredo.

Cecilia Rebeca Chavez had last seen husband Eduardo Hernandez in 2008, when he showed up unannounced at the family home in Nicolas Romero.Everything will be different, he wrote. He promised to send money so she and the children could build themselves a nicer house. When Ivonne turned 15, Chavez asked him to pay for the quinceañera celebration. Find the money somehow, he told her, and I’ll send some later. He never did.

During his last visit, he stayed just eight months before deciding again that he was fed up with life in Mexico. He couldn’t stand the house, its lack of insulation, primitive flush toilets and unreliable electricity. But a few months after he crossed the border in 2008, he stopped calling. When Valentan visited Hernandez at his apartment a week later, his eyes looked yellowish and he had lost significant weight. He told Valentan he wasn’t sure he’d live to see the new year.

But as Hernandez’s condition worsened, he started losing his eyesight. Valentan needed a new plan. He put out a Facebook blast, asking friends to share Hernandez’s story in hopes that it would reach his children. Nothing.Then Valentan’s cousin, a police officer in Mexico City, saw the post. He asked Valentan for the names of Hernandez’s wife and children, their birth dates and hometown. He found their address, but no phone number, using a police database.

Chavez, Hugo and Alfredo arrived at the border in Mexicali at 3 p.m. on Feb. 10 with letters from the hospital and the Pasadena job center, as well as their birth certificates. Ivonne couldn’t get the time off work and was devastated that she didn’t get to go. Edgar, 18, Chavez’s youngest son from a different relationship but who considered Hernandez his father, also stayed behind.

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Tell him to go back to where he come from. It's so easy..

ronilsingh

Sorry. You knew the risks. Life is like that, consequences for actions.

Go back to where they are

Least we can do is send them back.

Deport them all to unite them all.

Honestly that's kinda sad and sad honestly. I would not want to live there, I'm not sure why he's living there.

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