August 8, 2019, La Reforma, San Marcos, Guatemala: Lizardo Perez, 19, sits with his father, Edgar Perez, and sister Kelyn, in their one-room house in the neighborhood of Canton La Palma, in La Reforma, Guatemala. The parents— deep in debt from another son’s illness and now the smuggler’s fee— had pinned all their hopes on Lizardo making it to the U.S. Even as they now face losing their tiny house to creditors, they notice how Lizardo had finally escaped his permanent malnourishment during his 45 days in detention. “You over took me M’ijo,” Edgar said. “Lizardo is not even fitt

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August 8, 2019, La Reforma, San Marcos, Guatemala: Lizardo Perez, 19, sits with his father, Edgar Perez, and sister Kelyn, in their one-room house in the neighborhood of Canton La Palma, in La Reforma, Guatemala. The parents— deep in debt from another son’s illness and now the smuggler’s fee— had pinned all their hopes on Lizardo making it to the U.S. Even as they now face losing their tiny house to creditors, they notice how Lizardo had finally escaped his permanent malnourishment during his 45 days in detention. “You over took me M’ijo, ” Edgar said. “Lizardo is not even fitting in his pants anymore. (Credit Image: © Miguel Juarez Lugo/ZUMA Wire)