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Immigrants with temporary status have grown deep roots in US

by Amy TaxinJeff Roberson
| April 3, 2021 12:03 AM

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Irma Chavez is a married mother of four who leads a business networking initiative in this small Arkansas city she calls home. It's a long way from her life as a live-in housekeeper in California years ago, and further still from a childhood working in El Salvador's coffee fields.

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