IRC interviewed by trusted reporter Josie Huang for LAist.com

Mina Manzano is the sole breadwinner in her Azusa household.

She supports a disabled husband, an elderly father and a teenage son with a rare genetic disorder. At 4 in the morning, she rouses to administer her son's first tube feeding of the day before heading to her nursing job caring for developmentally disabled adults.

Her youngest brother in the Philippines has offered to give her much-needed respite. Like thousands of immigrants across Southern California who've petitioned for loved ones to come to the U.S., her family has been anxiously waiting for his visa application to come through.

"I'd have someone to help me in order to survive,” Manzano, 52, said.

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