Recalling the harrowing trip to and across the border as a child | National Catholic Reporter

Recalling the harrowing trip to and across the border as a child | National Catholic Reporter: Bessy Jovel takes deep breaths, sometimes gentle gulps to talk about the trip of almost 2,000 miles she made as an 8-year-old from El Salvador to the U.S.-Mexico border almost 30 years ago.

"This is ...