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How & why did your family come to United States?

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How & why did your family come to United States?

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At first, my Grandparents named, Maria Jimenez and Enrique Jimenez Hernandez came to the United States of America with their three children. They came to the U.S.A because in Teocuitatlan de Corona there was no jobs. So they couldn't provide food for their kids and in 1976 they immigrated to the U.S, but without papers. Then in 1985, when the amnesty provided my Grandparents and their three kids, which are  my Aunt & my Uncle's papers.

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Once my grandparents immigrated to the U.S  they were hired and were working at the Rancho de Plantas. Also they were getting paid, so they were able to provide shelter, food, and a new life for their kids. Another thing is that they immigrated here by going through the mountains and the deserts. Last thing is that since they came to the U.S they had a lot of opportunities that they never imagined.

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The obstacles that my grandparents had to deal with was that first they both couldn't find jobs in the pueblo of Teocuitatlan de Corona, which means they couldn't get money, so my grandmother needed to find a way to provide food for her family. So that is when they decided to go to the U.S.A., but they didn't have time to wait to get papers, so they crossed the mountains in 1976 and my grandparents were able to find a job in the Rancho de plantas, which means A Ranch of plants, so they were able to provide food and shelter for their kids

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What was going on historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family?

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What was going on historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family?

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Close to the year my grandparents came to American there was Women, African Americans, Native Americans, gays and lesbians and other marginalized people who continued to fight for their equality. So many Americans joined the protest against the ongoing war in Vietnam. Later on in 1972 after so much campaigning from feminists  the congress has finally approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Which said that“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”

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Also many people did not like the new amendment. Luckily it did not affect my Grandparents because during those times they were living in Encinitas and all they worried about was their kids and their jobs. Another thing is that as they were living in Encinitas they were never involved with the congress. Also since they didn't understood English and were new to the U.S.A, so they just made sure that there kids went to school and were fed.