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Baltimore opens its doors to immigrants It is one of a number of cities that are looking to immigrants to help reverse decades of declining population.
July 18, 2012
Alexandra Gonzalez, 24, holds her youngest child, Melissa Colin, 1, after nursing her. Colin is a legal resident, but Gonzalez is not.
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July 18, 2012
Gonzalez sings and does hand gestures to a song with Melissa. Her son, Alexander Colin, 3, is on the right.
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July 18, 2012
Melissa dances with maracas as the whole family sings and plays instruments together. Melissa and her older brother, Alexander, are residents of the United States, but both her parents are not. Baltimore is one of a growing number of cities looking to immigrants to help them reverse decades of decline in population.
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July 18, 2012
Gonzalez hugs Melissa Colin as Alexander runs past. Both children are legal residents of the United States, but their parents are not. Gonzalez is sitting in a monster suit that she wore to play with the children.
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July 18, 2012
At the Cinco De Mayo Grocery & Market in Highlandtown, Baltimore, Gonzalez and Alexander buy groceries to make lunch at their nearby apartment. Gonzalez and her husband are originally from Mexico.
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July 18, 2012
Gonzalez, Melissa, Octavio Colin, 25, and Alexander talk to Octavio Colin's sister, Lilian Colin, 27, on the street in front of their Highlandtown, Baltimore, apartment.
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July 18, 2012
Gonzalez and Colin leave the Esperanza Center in Baltimore with Alexander and Melissa. They received information that may help Colin get a legal work permit. Behind them is a mural depicting early immigration to Baltimore.
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July 18, 2012
Gonzalez holds Alexander during an informational meeting about Deferred Action at the Esperanza Center in Baltimore. Colin, right, is hoping to get a legal work permit.
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July 19, 2012
Gonzalez plays with and educates her children at every chance she can get.
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July 18, 2012
Gonzalez crosses the street with Alexander while Colin carries Melissa. They are leaving a Spanish program at the Southeast Anchor Library in Highlandtown, Baltimore, and walking to their nearby apartment.
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July 19, 2012
Alexander, right in red, and other children listen to a story during a Spanish program at the Southeast Anchor Library in Highlandtown, Baltimore.
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July 18, 2012
Colin sits on the couch of his Highlandtown apartment with Melissa. He is hoping to receive legal papers through the Dream Act. His children are legal residents.
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July 18, 2012
Highlandtown is one of the increasingly Latino neighborhoods in Baltimore.
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July 18, 2012
Jezreel Vazquez, 3, of Dundalk, Md., came with his father to Manuel Style, a barbershop in Highlandtown. Vazquez's parents are originally from Mexico.
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July 18, 2012
Kelly Pastora, 25, originally of El Salvador, is a waitress at K&D Restaurant in Highlandtown. It is a Latino restaurant owned by a Honduran family.
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July 18, 2012
Arizona Homsher, 9, and her two brothers, Ryan Homsher, 12, left, and Ryan Prodey, 20, hang out in front of their Highlandtown row house. This neighborhood used to be primarily white, but is now increasingly Latino.
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