To My Aunt, Who Crossed the Border

Summary:

Elizabeth's aunt crossed from Mexico to the U.S. and had to leave her children behind.

Website:

http://curiehs.org/curie_youth_radio

Tones:

Intimate, Political, Simple

Language:

English

Description:

This youth producer illuminates the immigration debate with an intimate letter to her aunt. Elizabeth has watched her Tia Ofelia work ever since Ofelia crossed illegally from Mexico to the U.S.

If Elizabeth could give anything to her Tia Ofelia, it would be this: her children, flying first class from Mexico to Chicago, into the arms of a mother they haven't seen in five years.

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