Reuben D’Silva remembers the deportation letter arriving years ago at his family’s northeast Las Vegas home explaining that his mother would have to return to their native India.

Most of the family living in that cramped one-bedroom apartment, including D’Silva, were undocumented.

He remembers watching his father work countless hours delivering pizzas, driving a bus, clerking at a bank or whatever odd job he could find to provide for his household. That included sending his children to private school at St. Christopher Catholic Church.

D’Silva would never complain about his childhood or the struggles of an immigrant family — because Mom and Dad wouldn’t hear of it.

Instead, they insisted that D’Silva and his three siblings become contributing members of the community and make their new home a better place.

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