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Mexican Family Narrative

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Imagine being separated from your family at such a young age because you weren’t able to move from Mexico to America. Or imagine having to leave your family and come to America to work in order to support your family. My mother was born in Mexico and was separated from her parents and older siblings when they decided to move to America. The four younger children weren’t able to migrate over to Mexico due to not having papers; it was only the four older children who were able to move. As four younger children were left behind in Mexico including my mother, the other four had to start working to support the family. It took their parents two years to get the four younger children’s papers together so that they can come to America. My mom was only

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