'Weight on the balance:' What a Memphis family using Tennessee vouchers thinks

In Honduras, Christian Rivera and his family were comfortable. He owned a reasonably successful restaurant, and they lived in a nice house. He and his wife, Siria López, could afford to send their children to a private Catholic school and take them on annual vacations in the United States. But roughly five years ago, gang violence in Honduras forced them to leave their home and flee to America. They landed in Memphis, and the transition wasn’t easy. Today, their lives are considerably different. The family budget is tighter, at least...