Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Chapter 15
Chapter 15 is to my mind the most relevant chapter of the book, because it is the immigration story and struggles of Central Americans. Their immigration to America is later than that of other groups we have read about during the course. It is also the most interesting because there are a large amount of people that I know who have either experienced this story themselves or have family members who have experienced it themselves. This has made it one of my favorite chapters because it has a feeling of honesty and bluntness that separates it from the other chapters we have read. The other thing that I enjoyed about this chapter is that while they are from Central America the stories and the experiences are so diverse and eclectic.
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Reading this reminded me of a conversation I had the other day with another student about a grad student at Texas A&M whom I met a year ago. His name is Jose Luis Zelaya and he told me his story of moving to the US by himself at the age of 14. He was homeless at one point and was shot too. Now he is finishing up his master's degree. An amazing individual with a lot of heart. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/02/29/meet-texas-am-undocumented-immigrant-who-ran-for-student-president/
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