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In this Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 photo, inspirational papers hang on the wall in the Miami home of Jose Antonio Machado. More than 100,000 parents of U.S. citizen children have been deported since 1998, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Applied Research Center, a New York-based advocacy organization, has found that at least 5,100 U.S. citizen children in 22 states are living in foster care because a parent has been detained or deported. An unknown number of non-citizen children have also been left behind. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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In this July 31, 2013 photo, Jose Antonio Machado sits in the middle of a Wal-Mart floor in Miami demanding Florida's governor answer questions on immigration reforms. His foster mother, Jolie Bogorad, remembers him writing speeches and debating how the immigration system should be reformed. He started going to activist meetings, sometimes waking at 4 a.m. to attend weekend gatherings. Within a year, Jose was a policy analyst for a state immigration network. He showed up at protests, leading chants and sharing his story. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
