Mom, daughter reunited after news report on children crossing U.S. border

Six years had passed since Glenda Valdez kissed her toddler goodbye and left Honduras for the U.S. But here she was, at Texas' Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. And it happened only because she had glimpsed an Associated Press story on young people crossing the Mexican border alone.

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June 8, 2021 at 5:14PM
Emely, left, is reunited with her mother, Glenda Valdez and sister, Zuri, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in Austin, Texas. It had been six years since Valdez said goodbye to her daughter Emely in Honduras. Then, last month, she caught a glimpse of a televised Associated Press photo of a little girl in a red hoodie and knew that Emely had made the trip alone into the United States. On Sunday, the child was returned to her mother's custody. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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