In honor of July 4th, we asked immigrants across Michigan what America means to them. A young woman from Mexico shared her story with us.
For some, the journey of getting to America can be just as challenging as starting a new life in the country.
“We walked here, basically,” a young woman from Mexico told us. “My mom brought me and my brother here when I was eight.”
“We crossed the border... and we just walked for hours and hours.”
Today, the 17-year-old lives at the Salvation Army’s Teen Parent Center in Grand Rapids.The Salvation Army asked us not to use her name, or the name of her one-year-old son.