One migrant’s journey to Sacramento: 108 days, 3 deportations and the search for a new life

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Diego de Jesús Delgado Meléndez traveled thousands of miles from his home in Venezuela and trekked some of the world’s most dangerous terrain in search of a way to provide for his 11 children. And yet, when he finally entered the U.S., after 85 days and 3 deportations, his journey hadn’t finished. Delgado Meléndez, 40, is among the 36 migrants who arrived in Sacramento on two Florida chartered flights nearly two months ago. After traveling through Central and South America, they found themselves flown to Sacramento as political pawns in the dispute over immigration policy....