Ruth Silverberg
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 photo, Axel, back left, and Jose Juarez, center, have dinner with with their mother Maribel Torres, left, and Ruth Silverberg and Silverberg's son Jesse, right, at Maribel's home in the Staten Island borough of New York. Silverberg is one of about 30 local residents meeting regularly with Latino neighbors who lack legal status, to study ways to help them. Torres and Silverberg and their sons had dinner together to get to know each other and practice English and Spanish. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 photo, Ruth Silverberg, left, helps Maribel Torres prepare dinner at Maribel's home in the Staten Island borough of New York. Silverberg is one of about 30 local residents meeting regularly with Latino neighbors who lack legal status, to study ways to help them. Torres and Silverberg and their sons had dinner together to get to know each other and practice English and Spanish. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)