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In this Jan. 10, 2018 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo, center, holds hands with Ritibh Kumar, 16, as he tells her of a new school opportunity. Kumar, from India, has been living with her since September 2016, getting the education at a local public school that his parents felt he couldn't get back in his homeland. Sandigo refers to the boy as "my lovely son." (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
- Wilfredo Lee
In this Jan. 2, 2018 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo, center, talks with Yamilet Salmeron, 11, left, and Britzayda Ramirez, 4, at her home in Miami, FL. At least once a week, Sandigo, a 52-year-old mother of two daughters, drives south to the city of Homestead and drops off donated clothing and food for some of them, mostly people from Mexico and Central America who work on nearby farms. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
- Lynne Sladky
In this Sept. 28, 2017 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo and group of children she cars for, pose for a photo, in Miami, FL. Sandigo tries to offer comfort, but as the woman drives away into the night, Sandigo says there’s only so much reassurance she can give. “People are afraid, knowing that at any moment there’s a possibility that their family can be destroyed,” she said. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
- Alan Diaz
In this Jan. 10, 2018 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo, left, holds hands with Ritibh Kumar, 16, as he speaks during an interview in Miami, FL. Sandigo has been setting up agreements with migrant parents for nearly a decade, but over the past 12 months the number of new ones has grown by nearly 40 percent. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
- Wilfredo Lee
In this Jan. 10, 2018 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo sits with Oscar, 2, the son of a 29-year-old Mexican farmworker who's husband had been detained by immigration authorities as he left a South Florida construction site and was about to be deported, in Miami, FL. Hundreds of immigrant parents have signed a document known as a power of attorney that enables Sandigo to care for their children in the event they are suddenly detained. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
- Wilfredo Lee
In this, Jan. 10, 2018 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo hugs Britzaida, 4, one of the many children of immigrant parents that have signed a power of attorney over to Sandigo that enables her to care in the event they are suddenly detained, in Miami, FL. Sandigo has been setting up agreements with migrant parents for nearly a decade, but over the past 12 months the number of new ones has grown by nearly 40 percent. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
- Wilfredo Lee
'Mama warrior' in Miami aids children of deported migrants
- By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press
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