“It was extremely dangerous jumping out of a moving Mexican Police bus, but I knew that I had to do it, my family needed me. We lived in Guatemala at the time and drove through Mexico trying and reach the United States. My wife and I wanted a better life for our two kids. Trying to cross the Border I was arrested by the Mexican Police and detained. I did escape and eventually we made it to the Washington DC area. This is the job that I found and I have been working here ever since.”
Manuel Castillo told me this incredible story the second summer that I had worked for this heating and air conditioning company. I really didn’t realize this until he told me about his struggle but I