Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo.
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