Sonia Nazario is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother. She sits on the board of Kids in Need of Defense, a nonprofit that recruits pro bono attorneys to represent unaccompanied minors.
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