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Nearly 8 million Venezuelans have fled the country’s humanitarian crises in recent years, including the Suar Z family. Through the CBP One App, Jos’s family was able to cross after more than a year of being apart. This granted them a provisional status known as parole, and if this status is revoked, they might become targets of Trump’s deportation agenda.

To be together once more, they had to risk organized crime networks and a dangerous forest. Their experience demonstrates the extent to which families are prepared to take risks in order to have a better life.

Houston Landing was present at the Suar Z family’s reunion and the initial days following their arrival in the United States.

I am no longer able to walk, Ma’am.

Carry me, Ma’am.

I’m starving, Ma’am.

Julia and Fabian crossing the Darien Gap

As long as we respect the law, they have a right to opportunities in a nation that provides them with them.

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Photo Essay: Venezuelan family braves all to be reunited in the U.S., uncertain times ahead

by Houston Landing staff photographers Antranik Tavitian and Lexi Parra, December 16, 2024

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