Julio Acosta speaks during daughter Dariela’s 12th birthday party in Rockville on Wednesday. “I’ve never been to a birthday party before in this country,” said Julio as he looked at his daughter in a petite red dress with her hair side-swept. “After years of not being there, who would’ve believed that I’d be celebrating my daughter’s birthday here with my family? “We didn’t even speak,” Julio Acosta said of the moment he saw his family in the airport. Helen Acosta recorded all of it.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 22:11 UTC