Girl bears brunt of immigration sweep that took parents

For every two people who are arrested for being here illegally, there is one child left behind. This little girl, has both parents in jail now. - - Donna Poisl

by Richard Ruelas - The Arizona Republic

Katherine Figueroa was at an aunt's house on that Saturday morning, playing a game with her cousin, when she heard the man on TV say there had been a raid at the car wash where her parents worked.

"Something came to me in my mind that they got my parents, they got them both," the 9-year-old said.

Katherine ran to the living room in time to see her father on the screen, his hands clasped with zip ties. The anchorman said deputies were arresting people suspected of being illegal immigrants. Katherine screamed, then started to cry. Click on the headline to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.