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Pictures

Photos from the recent campaign to reopen the Migrant
Educational Program

Photo Essay
Students and parents
show their support for the
Labor Center's school.
A mother speaks out against
injustices occurring in the
camp. She hides her identity
not out of fear, but as a
symbol for all the parents
who are afraid to speak out.
Student speaks about the
recently cut soccer program.
This program offered an
alternative to drug use and
More Photos Available at Labor Camp Justice
FIRST ENGLISH WORDS  
Luis Augusto Herrera, 37, is amazed as daughter Paola, 6, pronounces her first
English words she has learned in school.  The Herreras escaped Colombia, with
just their suitcases.  They sit on a couch that was lent to them.  He works from 9
pm to 5am everyday with no days off and no overtime pay.  He’s a man that has
taken on the Colombian drug cartel when he was Regional Director of DAS,
Colombia’s equivalent to the DEA, is an attorney, and had political aspirations in
his native Colombia.  Herrera fled in February (2002) after averting his
assassination by drug traffickers.  He managed to find a job without a work permit
and has introduced his paperwork for political asylum that has been approved.  
His wife, Sonia is also an attorney. More