Monday, December 05, 2011

Suicide spurs immigration talk

If this tragic death gets people talking about immigration reform and doing something about it, we can take some comfort in it. - - Donna Poisl

by Jared Janes and Gail Burkhardt

Diyer Mendoza said goodbye Thursday to his younger brother, a good student who dreamed of one day becoming a civil engineer.

Two busloads of students, faculty and staff from a La Joya High School joined Mendoza’s family Thursday for the funeral of Joaquin Luna, an undocumented immigrant who dressed last Friday in his best suit and tie, kissed his family members, walked into the bathroom and shot himself in the head.
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