‘Adiós, Milwaukee’: A family uprooted, a hole left behind

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Yessenia Ruano’s home in Milwaukee is in a state of limbo. Some of the family’s belongings have been sold. Some were gifted, out of necessity, to friends and family, including plants Ruano offered to her coworkers. The most essential — clothing, her daughters’ American birth certificates — were packed into suitcases.Ruano’s husband, Miguel, is now contending with the rest: two cars in their driveway waiting to be sold, travel documents for their…

‘Adiós, Milwaukee’: A family uprooted, a hole left behind

Photos and additional reporting from Milwaukee by Jamie Kelter Davis. Yessenia Ruano’s home in Milwaukee is in a state of limbo. Some of the family’s belongings have been sold. Some were gifted, out of necessity, to friends and family, including plants Ruano offered to her coworkers. The most essential — clothing, her daughters’ American birth certificates — were packed into suitcases.  Ruano’s husband, Miguel, is now contending with the rest: t…