TAMPA, Fla. — More than 11 million immigrants have arrived in the U.S. since 2020, according to the Pew Research Center.

The move can also mean leaving behind family — sometimes, for many years. A Tampa Bay nonprofit is helping educate immigrants on a path toward reunification.

What You Need To Know • Colectivo Arbol is a nonprofit that focuses on helping immigrants in agriculture • Its program helps reunite loved ones through visitor visas • The visas are usually granted for 10 years and requires the help from lawyers and the country from which the person arrived from to be processed

As Carmen Lugo will tell you, tending to her animals is her favorite part of the day. The animals remind her of her home country of Mexico.

Lugo is a permanent resident and has been living in the U.

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