The Guerrero siblings' dream is to bring their mother back to the United States. El Patas, the eldest of the five siblings, works at a food stand to pay for the immigration lawyer.
Lili, Julián, and Marisol do not live with Panchita, their tutor, and they lie to Erika, the social worker to hide that their older, undocumented brothers take care of them. Erika begins to suspect them.