correction
An earlier version of this article incorrectly quoted attorney Carol Anne Donohoe as saying her law firm applied in February to bring Sandra Ortíz across the U.S. border and was denied. Donohoe says the firm did not apply to bring Ortíz across the border in February; she was referring to another client. The quote has been removed.
SAN DIEGO — Three years, seven months and four days after U.S. immigration agents separated her from her child, Sandra Ortíz was walking through the San Ysidro border crossing Tuesday when she spotted Bryan Chávez.
“My son!” she cried. “I missed you so much!”
They held each other quietly in the center of the pedestrian plaza, the frenzy of the border a blur around them.
