By Yvonne Taunton
Back in 2008, Luis Ivan Adan was, in most respects, a success story.
Born in Mexico, Adan came to America as a 15-year-old. Over the next several years, he learned English, became a U.S. citizen, graduated from high school, and earned an associate’s degree.
By 2008, he was married and had started a career as a maintenance technician with Alabama Power. “When you look at the story of a typical immigrant, you could say that I was one of the ones who had ‘made it,’” Adan said. “I took a lot of pride in the fact that I had a good job that would allow me to provide for a family.”
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