Hiding in Plain Sight

“But as night fell on Forest Service Road 39, political arguments did not matter. There was only a boy who needed protection, a woman who needed rescuing, and a man who appeared to be their only hope.” A Thanksgiving story: A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both. “He’d been hiding for days. But now his priorities had changed. Manuel was doing all he could to draw attention from the American authorities.”