Geraldo No Last Name Summary

Furthermore, in most cases, it may seem the United States has a system in which immigrants are not given the chance to form a bright future. In the novel, “Antonio soon found himself settling for jobs that were clearly beneath him. He stood under the baking sun at the on-ramp to the Santa Monica Freeway, selling oranges for two dollars a bag: a dollar fifty for the guy from the produce market, fifty cents for him,” (Tobar, 53). Many of the immigrants that live in the U.S. have little power that allows them to succeed. Some races have benefitted from it more than others. The Cubans, for instance, have had it much easier than most immigrants who have migrated to the United States; whereas, Antonio, a Guatemalan, had trouble finding a stable job that allowed him to sustain himself. In contrast to many other races, many Americans described Cubans as being visitors who represent, “all phases of life and professions, having an excellent level of education… More than half of their families with them, including children brought from Cuba to escape communist indoctrination in the schools,”

The movie “A Better Life” is about an illegal immigrant Carlos and his son Luis. They are constantly at odds and his father works very hard and is still very poor. His son Luis is being influenced by local gangs that his father doesn’t approve of. Carlos strives to be self-employed however his vehicle is stolen and he and Luis set off to find out who took and get it back. Once he gets his vehicle back he is arrested and deported. His son and he have one last meeting before he is sent back to Mexico and he begs him to succeed. The end of the movie show Carlos being led back across by a coyote and is determined to go home.

A comment was made in Facebook about Illegal Immigrants; for example, an acquaintance wrote a comment that said, “I would work in the fields, but not for minimum wage!” Illegal Immigrants work the fields picking legumes for less than minimum wage; farmers pay these rates so that food cost can be minimal for citizens. People are happy when cost of food, goods, and services are low, but once prices go up we complain. Small companies and farmers hire Illegal Immigrants because these people are afraid of deportation. Some employers abuse Illegal Immigrant by overworking, and not providing health care. For instance, employers know that if the person complains they only need to call Immigration and he will be replaced by another. These people encounter obstacles to arrive in the United State and reach the American Dream. Sometimes they even

According to document 2, José was an undocumented immigrant who moved his family from Guadalajara to the United States for a chance of a better life. José moved to the United States so his children can be educated, to have bilingual children, and to raise his and his wife standard of living. These immigrants have a stronger work ethnic than some American citizens because many Americans claim that "if someone who is an employee, and you are doing work that is identical to undocumented workers, you are in trouble." But really, American citizens have been living in the U.S. for a long time they should have been found a job and have or doing jobs that the illegal immigrants are doing. Illegal immigrant is working low paying jobs but is able to support their families.

First of all, the setting of this novel contributes to the Rivera family’s overall perception of what it means to be an American. To start this off, the author chooses a small American city where groups of Latino immigrants with their own language and traditions, lived together in the same apartment building. All these immigrants experienced similar problems since they moved from their countries. For example, in the novel after every other chapter the author

The article “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” was written by Jose Antonio Vargas. In it, Vargas tells of the time when his mother brought him to the Phillippines’ Ninoy Aquino International Airport when he was twelve. His mother told him that she wanted to give him a better life so he boarded onto a plane with a man he had never met before and was told that he was his uncle. He arrived in Mountain View, California and moved in with his grandparents Lolo and Lola. Vargas says that he grew to love his new home and when he entered sixth grade that’s when he found his passion for language. He tells of his struggle of making a distinction between “formal English and

Along the same lines, both Jose Luis and Rosa would do anything to become American citizens even though their daily lives were so amazingly hard. They would have to cross a river to get to and from work everyday and barely make enough money to pay for lunch and transportation, let alone pay for food for their four children and rent for their apartment. I am sure that when they thought about moving to the United States they believed that their lives would get easier and not harder, but unfortunately that was not the case. They went through their daily lives, struggling in hopes one day that their children would get good jobs and could have happy and successful futures. What is also interesting is the fact that Rosa says, “ We would be honored if they are chosen to serve. We would be very proud of our children for doing their duty for their country” (Marcus 313-314). The fact that neither Rosa, nor her children were even legal citizens of the United States and yet she would be proud of her children serving “their” country shows just how much she wants her family to become U.S. citizens.

Here in the Rio Grande Valley immigration has become the hit. An immigrant in my own words is someone from a different country that travels to an alternative country permanently for a better life. I belief they are many unlike reasons why people live in their country but cross to another country. Actually, I’m not in immigrant, I’m a US citizen but I have experienced many stories and seen families struggle from this situation. Nevertheless, to my own experience, some people move to the US to find better jobs, but some move to different counties to look forward not only to better their education but their children’s as well. In this research paper I will be pointing out the important factors and expectations of illegal immigrants in the US,

The Ramirez family falls into the trend of ecuadorian immigrants history in the United States, because they part of the group of immigrants who migrated to the U.S for economic purposes and also for better opportunities. Many immigrants were incorporated in the third wave. Miguel and Fabiola Ramirez were part of this wave, which is the last (from 1965 to the present), because they migrated to the U.S. when there was an increasing growth of ecuadorians immigrants who came during the same time they immigrated. The reason of this phenomenon is because “...between 1986 and 1996, under the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), nearly illegally went through the complex process 15,000 Ecuadorians who had entered illegally went through the complex process of legalization and became United States citizens.” To refer to the interview; Miguel also commented about how they had to

The article Mojado Like Me by Joseph Tovares is about three men who go undercover to determine the legal status of Mexican workers and whether they were being exploited. Joseph Tovares is a college educated, U.S. born Latino from San Antonio Texas that lives a good life as documentary producer. Over the years after hard work he had achieved the measure of success he longed for. As a Mexican American, life was not easy at first due to dealing with “white” teachers throughout his school years and the snide remarks of co-workers. However, after Tovares success in his career he no longer had to deal with being an outcast.

Yee, V., Davis, K., & Patel, J. (2017, March 06). Here’s the Reality About Illegal Immigrants in the United States. Retrieved November 10, 2017, from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/06/us/politics/undocumented-illegal-immigrants.html

Marin is a young Puerto Rican woman who enjoys to dance in dance halls in the book “Geraldo No Last Name” by Sandra Cisneros. While dancing one night however with a man named Geraldo at a club they get to know each other minimally. She only learns that he is Mexican and works at a restaurant. This is all the information that Marin learns about Geraldo that night. Tragically however, Geraldo is involved in a hit and run incident.

Ramos introduces the notion of illegal immigrants being invisible by alluding to examples he has, as well as

As time passed by, Moises would continue working with his cousin selling tacos around the corner to make money so that he may fulfill his goal of building the house his mother deserves. However, every time he would go to work for his cousin, he was going nowhere as he was barely making any money, and that was the money he would use to help his family during the present. There was no way that he was going to make the necessary amount of money to build that house. To make more money and make progress within his goals, he had to move to America as soon as possible. However, the only way possible that he had known during this time was to illegally go to America, and risk the potential chance of getting himself caught and getting in trouble with the border patrol. And obviously, that was one risk that he was not willing to take. He wanted to find a way for him to legally migrate to the United States to make some progress. So, he decided to wait it off until he can find a way to move to America; thankfully, time was in his favor as well. That is because in the United State of America, there was a man named Ronald Reagan. During the 1980s, Ronald Reagan stated that, “I believe in amnesty for illegal aliens”, and that, “Rather [than] putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, [and] make it possible to come here legally with a work permit, and then while they’re working and earning here, they pay taxes here. And when they want to go back, they

Immigrants can’t live a lavish life when it is difficult to even get money for food to feed their children. According to A Place to Call Home, most immigrants were tricked by movies and other propaganda that life in America will be a lot of fun and money will not be a problem, but in reality, life was the complete opposite. The immigrants had to live “paycheck to paycheck” meaning they had to live frugally, being careful about every penny they spent. You have to work hard for your money and work long hours to stay financially fit. Also, in My Favorite Chaperone, Maya’s parents faced the problem of having lower quality jobs from the teaching jobs they had earlier. Now, they have lower quality jobs and have to work harder for the money they get. To adjust to the challenges, Maya’s parents have to work hard and have to work long hours to keep their family afloat. Given these points, immigrants have a hard time managing their