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When?What?
Why?Where?
Who?
Mexico to the U.S. California at the San Ysidro crossing, which can be seen in the background.
Who? Enrique Aquilar Canchola , 42
What?
To try (unsuccessfully) to sneak across the border...
When?
Where?
Why?
July 2006
Disguised as a bus seat
Aims:-Be able to locate Mexico and the USA .
-Give reasons for why people migrate from Mexico to the USA.
-Describe the advantages and disadvantages for Mexico and the USA.
-Consider the different perceptions surrounding the issue of migration.
-Use and develop skills in creative writing .
Keywords International Migration, Push, Pull, Mexico, USA.
Why might people want to migrate
from Mexico to the USA?
BERNABE MENDEZ from the State of Guerrero works as a professional window cleaner in New York. He sends 500 dollars a month.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
JUVENTINO ROSAS from the State of Mexico works in a fish market in New York. He sends 400 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
FEDERICO MARTINEZ from the State of Puebla works as a taxi driver in New York. He sends 250 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
MINERVA VALENCIA from Puebla works as a nanny in New York. She sends 400 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
ADALBERTO LARA from the State of Mexico works as a construction worker in New York. He sends 350 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
SERGIO GARCÍA from the State of México works as a waiter in New York. He sends 350 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
PAULINO CARDOZO from the State of Guerrero works in a greengrocer loading trucks. He sends 300 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
OSCAR GONZALEZ from the State of Oaxaca works as a cook in New York. He sends 350 dollars a week
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
ERNESTO MENDEZ from Mexico City works as a gigolo in Times Square New York. He sends 200 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
NOE REYES from the State of Puebla works as a delivery boy in Brooklyn New York. He sends 500 dollars a week.
Photos by Dulce Pinzon
Imagine yourself as being an immigrant who has gone unnoticed.
You are going to write a diary that details the real story of what it is like to be the Mexican immigrant worker in New York...