Civic
Civic
San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker
Soledad Castillo, who crossed the border at 14 and now helps homeless youth, reflects on US policy
31 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2021 at 1:00 am.
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As Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border on Friday to tour a detention facility and meet with people who have made the journey to the United States, we talked with San Francisco resident Soledad Castillo, who left Honduras at age 14. She is one of the narrators in a Voice of Witness oral history collection called “Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America.” She shared some of the hardships she faced and how she was able to pursue her education despite them, and reflected on US immigration policy.