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The US separated migrant families back in 1930

Beth Lew-Williams immediately thought about her grandfather when she read about migrant children being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. He was separated from his family, back in 1930, when he arrived in the US from China. It took her years to learn his full story.

(Image: Lew Din Wing spent about a month in Angel Island immigration detention center in 1930. Credit: Courtesy of Beth Lew-Williams)

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