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What was going on historically in the USA during this time and how did this affect your family?

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What was going on historically in the USA during this time and how did this affect your family?

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Things happening at this time would be the Water Gate Scandal and the Vietnam War. Even though it must have had its impact in other places, I am unaware if it had any affect on the travelling of my grandparents from Mexico into the USA.

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There were many obstacles my grandfather faced. The first one was saving some money to pay to cross over. Then he did not feel welcomed in his uncle's house. He was made to work in the nursery for $12 dollars a week. They would even charge him for food. Another obstacle was not knowing how to speak English. He would be very homesick because he was only 17 in another country. Lastly, he was discriminated against by Mexican Americans in this area.

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How and why did your family come to the USA?

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How and why did your family come to the USA?

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My grandfather at the age of 17 in 1969 crossed the border illegally where his uncle picked him up and had him stay at his house. My grandfather was able to stay there at his house and work in his nursery, planting and picking flowing in Encinitas. The reason my grandfather came from Mexicali was because he was one of nine children and even though his parents both worked, there was never enough money for food or a better future. Within 4 years my grandfather would become a car painter at Terrys Auto Body in Oceanside. There he worked for 30 years as a head painter for luxury cars. He retired at the age of 60, as a head painter for Brecht BMW in Escondido.