Why Migration and Culture?
Dear All Interested Parties: “Today looks like a good day to change my life…..” Juan’s Story The Bus let us off at the boarder that exists between the U.S. and Mexico. I was having second thoughts, but Raul my older brother told me that we had no choice. “We have to go at night. The cover of darkness will protect us.” I knew he was right. We could not afford to fail this time. Mom is getting sicker, and we have to let dad know. We have to go and get jobs to send money home so she can see a doctor. We have no choice. A long time ago my family was farmers, but long since then men have had to travel great distances and be away from their families for many years just to keep food in the bellies of his children. The mother land has long grown barren and not even cactus grows some areas. We have to go and find work. There are no jobs here. The few that are available don’t pay well and are very far away from home. Consuela’s Story I have two small children, and I haven’t seen my husband in
