Born to illegal immigrants, couple builds future in Wyoming

This family worked hard, became naturalized citizens and now they and their extended family are living the American Dream. This country was built by people like them. - - Donna Poisl

By MARTIN KIDSTON Gazette Wyoming Bureau‌

LOVELL, Wyo. — In the evenings, the shadow of the sugar factory slips across the street, inching its way into their front yard before washing their home in shade.

For Milton and Inez Ontiveroz, it might be a comforting feeling, living in the shadow of the factory, its silos and old brick facade surrounded by beet fields and Wyoming’s windswept hills.

The beets brought them here as migrant workers more than 60 years ago. They’ve felt the aches and pains of swinging a hoe and topping beets until the sun went down.
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