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Catholic Charities helps reunify Virginia families
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The Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington is helping families reunite.
Virginia has become a state with a great need for family reunification. So far this year, Catholic Charities has over 100 children in their current caseload.
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Catholic Charities helps reunify Virginia families
Clip: Season 2 Episode 6 | 1m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Virginia has become a state with a great need for family reunification. So far this year, Catholic Charities has over 100 children in their current caseload.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipKEYRIS MANZANARES: Tatiana Bardales came to the US from Honduras in 2016, leaving behind her two youngest children, Maria and Alex.
(Tatiana speaking Spanish) KERYIS MANZANARES: In 2021, Bardales sent for her children after Maria had an epileptic episode.
When the children arrived at the US border, Bardales says they were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taken to a foster home in New York.
(Tatiana speaking Spanish) KEYRIS MANZANARES: The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington helps immigrants and refugee families with reunification.
JESSICA ESTRADA: We work primarily with unaccompanied minors who have crossed the border and have been detained in ORR shelters and then are released to family members.
KEYRIS MANZANRES: Jessica Estrada, director of Newcomer Services says family reunification can be challenging.
JESSICA ESTRADA: Some of these young people have been separated from their families for a very long time, and so there's a process of getting to know each other again, getting to know the environment in which they're coming to.
KEYRIS MANZANRES: Bardales says without the support of Catholic Charities, it's hard to say if she would be with her children today.
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