After the bricks are dried in the sun, they are fired in nearby ovens that envelop the community in clouds of thick black smoke. If it rains and the bricks fall apart, Garcia said the man who hires them docks the family's pay. She only studied through the third grade. Miguel still attends school in the afternoon after he works, but Maribela is rebelling and refusing to go, her mother said. I've done everything I can for my children.
Some parents abandon their children or go out drinking.
Of course, I don't really want them here, working like me. This material shall not be published or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.