McALLEN, Texas - Edgar carries a red folder bulging with paperwork, bills and medical records. Before his lung cancer diagnosis in September, he had about $11,000, he said, money he was saving to purchase a used truck and to pay an immigration attorney to pursue legal residency. By February, it was gone, and Edgar was relying on friends and family to cover doctor appointments, food and other basics. His treatment had been complicated by a collapsed lung. `I´m not able to work - I´m breathing with just one lung,` said the 50-year-old painter, who asked to be identified by only his first name because he´s an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Edgar had fallen into a black hole for treatment...
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