In Altadena, rebuilding can be complicated after a summer of immigration raids
Xochitl Trejo called her Altadena home – which she bought in 2003 after immigrating from Mexico – her “American Dream.”
It held everything from Trejo’s son’s prized U.S. Marines service awards, to cherished memories of her late husband, who died in 2007 after a battle with cancer, years after buying the housefor $500,000 together. Trejo said the couple always dreamed of living in Altadena – a charming community where they could smell the San Gabriel Moun