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3. Group F---jhartley27

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"What's missing from the American immigrant narrative" by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez. Elizabeth Camarillo talks about how at a young age her parents got detained by ICE and deported to Mexico and at the age of 15 her 8 year old brother got deported back to Mexico as well. This was hard on Elizabeth, because she had no family to help her. All by herself she grew up and went to college and now is the product manager for Meta (Facebook). She promised her parents before they left that she’ll stay in America and become successful and that’s exactly what she did. The book “Indivisible” by Daniel Aleman is about a 16 year old boy called Mateo Garcia who’s parents got detained by ICE and are in two different detention centers. He has to stay home and run their business they left behind, while taking care of his 7 year old sister, Sophie Garcia, and with them both going to school. Mateo gets calls from both of his parents throughout the story giving him advice and help to continue his journey. Mateo realizes over time how all his friends are different from him, because they had opportunities that he never got. The connection between the Ted Talk and “Indivisible” is that Mateo and Elizabeth both lost their parents, because of ICE “”The ICE agents? Did they take my dad?”” Erika nods” (Aleman 42). They took the adult lifestyle at a young age and made a promise they’ll never break. “And so I somehow convinced my parents to let me stay, without being able to guarantee them that I'd find somewhere to live or that I'd be OK. But to this day, I will never forget how hard it was having to say goodbye.” (Gutierrez 4) Mateo struggles throughout “Indivisible”. Taking care of a business, money, apartment, his little sister, food, and both school for himself and his sister. This connects back to Elizabeth's struggles having her parents being detained by ICE and being deported leaving her with only her 8 year old brother, but soon he leaves as well. She pushes through the struggles and becomes successful. In your book, does your character have the same opportunities in the country they immigrated to as others who were born in that country? Explain your answer.

By jhartley2... 4 weeks ago
Does your character ever get justice? Also what's your characters name?

By jhartley2... 3 weeks ago
My opinion is that everyone should have the right in America to have a "work permit".

By jhartley2... 3 weeks ago
In “The Tyrant’s Daughter” by J. C. Carleson, Laila’s father wasn’t a good man in public and he got killed, but had a great relationship with his family. His death caused the family to have to move to the United States. Ever since that, they’ve had to deal with the image of their father and the entire family is trying to separate themselves from him. Unfortunately, everyone is giving them a really hard time about it and are still bringing up the past. Laila is forced to deal with her father’s mistakes over and over again. laila moved to the us and left everything behind when her dad died then she moved to the us to forget and move on.

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3. Group F---ghubble27 (replacement)

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