Immigration Experience

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    immigration

  • Time to go!

    Time to go!
    After living in Mexico for 23 years i have decided that i wanted a new life in the United states. I moved with my horse steven, to find a better job, and to live in a better house, and to have a better life in America.
  • The Broder

    The Broder
    After trkking for hundreds of miles i have reached the Tijuana border in mexico. i get my American pass so that i am not illegal, and i head into America on the way to oregon where i will find my first job.
  • Obstacles on the way

    Obstacles on the way
    On the way to Oregon, I went to a saloon and I was the only Mexican in the area and I was almost killed after the discrimination, luckly i survived and i bolted out of the area and kept on continuing to Oregon.
  • Oregon

    Oregon
    After walking and riding a long way, i have finally reached orego, and i set out to find a job so i can make some money. The same day i find a job working.
  • My Horse Dies

    My Horse Dies
    after taking me a long way, my horse dies of a fatal disease. it ahppened when i was around 20 miles out of Oregon, for the rest of the way i will have to walk or find rides.
  • Finally here

    Finally here
    After walking and riding a long way, i have finally reached orego, and i set out to find a job so i can make some money. The same day i find a job working.
  • Family

    Family
    i find a nice girlfriend, and we get married and buy a small cottage to house are young family.
  • The Homestead act

    The Homestead act
    i take advantage of the homestead act, and my paper work gets accepted and i start, to improve the land.
  • Finally

    Finally
    after working on land for 5 years, my wife and I claim our land and we start a better succcesful life in living on a 160 acre area.
  • Success

    Success
    Me and my wife have two kids, and we live a succesful life, and we start our own buisness, and we make alot of money.