A couple who have been taking in troubled teenagers for the past seven years have been notified by the organization that owns the home they must vacate the property to make room for the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) streaming across the U.S. southern border.
The non-profit group, Friends of Youth, notified Edmundo Serena Sanchez and his wife, Paual, in February they would have to move out of the home, located on its campus in Kirkland, Washington.
Serena Sanchez said the decision has devastated his family, including one child who was hospitalized for panic attacks and another who ran away from home and has not been located.
“I worry very much about him because he’s 16 years old and he doesn’t have a job,” said Serena Sanchez, adding that he and his wife decided to foster the 20 teens they’ve had in their home because it is hard to find families for older children with behavioral issues.
