Welcome Maria

Illegal immigrant Maria arrives in Los Angeles from Mexico with her young son Miguelito She is searching for the boys father who came years before to find work and never returned Confused and disoriented she is fortunate to meet Meche a young beautiful funloving and streetsmart Latina Meche helps her find a place to stay introduces her to life in LA including some of its eccentricities and assists in her search Goodhearted Maria finds her husband but he has made a new life with a blond gringa wife and new child She quietly slips away without confronting him She and Miguelito begin a new life without him