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Article: Local Latino leader: Find middle ground ; Juan Gonzales opposes using National Guard troops to tighten border security.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- May 16, 2006
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TREVOR MAXWELL Staff Writer The Associated Press contributed to this report
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
05-16-2006
Local Latino leader: Find middle ground ; Juan Gonzales opposes using National Guard troops to tighten border security.
Byline: TREVOR MAXWELL Staff Writer The Associated Press contributed to this report
Edition: Final
Section: FRONT
Juan Gonzales followed the rules, waiting nearly 15 years to enter the United States legally.
His mother, who had left the Dominican Republic years earlier to earn money for her family, died soon after he arrived.
"It took me from age 9 to 23 to see my mother," said Gonzales. His grocery and restaurant in Portland, La Bodega Latina, is a hub for ...