Family reunited at U.S.-Mexico border
For three minutes Marcelino Pizarro hugged family members he had not seen since he jumped the fence into the United States from Mexico six years ago.
The undocumented migrant was at an event with hundreds of other families with mixed immigration status who were reunited with relatives in a "hugs not walls" meeting arranged by an El Paso, Texas-based advocacy group, Border Network for Human Rights.
Marcelino helps his son, Cesar at home in El Paso.
Alejandra Aguilar prepares a poster to bring to the family reunification event.
Marcelino holds his baby son Matias in the living room of his home.
Cesar rides his bike in the backyard of the family home in El Paso, Texas.
Marcelino arrives with his family to attend a church service.
Marcelino reaches to touch his baby son, Matias, during a church service.
Marcelino and his wife, Alejandra leave church with their children.
Cars are parked outside of the renovated garage that Marcelino rents in El Paso, Texas.
Cars are parked outside Marcelino's parents home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Denisse and her sister Fatima Paola (right) walk with Aitana.
Eduardo Pizarro sits on the staircase listening to his parents Ramon Pizarro and Ana Lilia Lozano as their grandson Alexis Emiliano looks at a tablet.
Fatima Paola holds her daughter Aitana.
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Pizarro has five children, two of whom live with him in El Paso where he now works odd jobs. One of his sons suffers from autism. His other children, including his 18-year-old daughter Fatima Paola, live in Mexico.
