Last week we began to introduce a group of six Frazier Park women who agreed to speak about their concerns and doubts, their hopes and experiences as immigrants in the United States. Some feel they can use their names and images as they tell their stories. Some cannot. Their stories are widely varied. Many are here legally, but with a spouse who is not. Some are in a limbo created by the immense backlog in the U.S. immigration system. They agreed to share their stories to help our community understand the human face of the complex debate in this country about immigration reform.

By Patric Hedlund

Armida Calderon is one of those people whom you do not easily forget. There is a vivid energy, warmth and a generosity about her that transcends language. She is a business woman who works in real estate, but she is also a dedicated mom. She loves children and is one of the members of the prayer group that meets each weekday morning in Frazier Park.

On the first day of school this year, August 14, she was in front of Frazier Mountain High School early to encourage her daughter Maria and…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Armida Calderon and her husband, formerly a professional pilot, are from El Salvador, here on Temporary Protective Status since 2001.

Calderon has worries. She felt she could not attend her father’s funeral in El Salvador, for fear she would not be allowed to return to her family here in the U.S.

Calderon is part of a Frazier Park prayer circle.

Calderon has worries. She felt she could not attend her father’s funeral in El Salvador, for fear she would not be allowed to return to her family here in the U.S.

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This is part of the December 12, 2014 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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