BURLINGTON — When he was just a few years old, José Ortiz was already working in the dumps in Northern Mexico, collecting bottles, copper and any other materials he and his siblings could later sell to make money.“That’s how we survived,” Ortiz said.He said he only really saw his mother on Sundays, as she was the sole member of the family who was a United States citizen and would cross the border each day to work in San Diego, leaving before the…
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