In January, immigration agents raided a family home in a rural section of Donna, Texas. They arrested Julio Orosco and Lucero Garza, who had been living in the country without authorization for years. Garza was deported to Mexico, while Orosco is still in custody.

Life for their children — ages 11 through 22 — changed immediately, in big and small ways. The older siblings have put relationships, careers and education on hold, substituting as caretakers for their younger brothers and sisters. And those children have become withdrawn and insulated from the rest of the world outside school, unsure who they can trust.

“We don’t have parents anymore,” Andrea, the oldest, said. “At least not now and maybe never.”

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