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Jose Edilson Ramirez, 11, and his mother Vilma Yolanda Ramirez, 33, traveled from Guatemala through Mexico and to the US by bus.

Jose Edilson Ramirez, 11, and his mother Vilma Yolanda Ramirez, 33, traveled from Guatemala through Mexico by bus to reach the U.S.-Mexico border. Credit: Kathryn Boyd-Batstone / San Antonio Report

Jose Edilson Ramirez, 11, and his mother Vilma Yolanda Ramirez, 33, traveled from Guatemala through Mexico by bus to reach the U.S.-Mexico border.