Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 , 12:01 a.m.

Tennessee: Families returning home

By: Perla Trevizo

In their East Lake home, Marcos Tomás and his wife, Lidia Velázquez, recently packed 10 years of their lives into cardboard boxes, preparing for their long journey back to their native Guatemala.

“My dream was for my children to study and be raised here, but the current economic situation has stolen the dream I had for my children,â€