“Como periodista que ha vivido entre Europa y Estados Unidos podría relacionarme en cierta manera a la mariposa monarca que migra de un lugar a otro. Creo que siempre estoy en proceso de reinventarme y a pear de las desafiantes circunstancias de vivir en diferentes países, tener motivación optimismo y una gran capacidad de adaptación…
Author: Maite
It Is Hard Sometimes to Start Over in a New Country
As an immigrant myself, I’ve come to learn many things. I’ve come to terms with the fact that maybe people will have a preconception of who I am, where I come from, or even where I’m going. It is sometimes hard to start over in a new country, with a new language. It’s hard to…
They are the struggle
What it means to be an immigrant? This question was not easy for me to answer. You see, I came to the U.S.A. as a preschooler. I did not have a silver spoon in my mouth, but my parents worked so hard to give me a good life, that, for most of it, I have…
Migrante, Inmigrante
Migrante, inmigrante. Cual es la diferencia? A mis abuelos inmigrantes les prometieron tierra para trabajar, saciar su hambre y asi fue con arduo trabajo, contaba mi abuela que los terratenientes nunca fueron justos se llevaban siempre más de las cosechas y dejaban cada vez menos, pero al menos había para comer, mejor mucho mejor que…
En el Corazon
Es un orgullo compararnos con algo de la naturaleza para empezar. Cada immigrante tiene su historia en el corazon, viene con una idea, con un sueño. Los Angeles/Mexico
Immigrants Help to Build a Country
Immigrants help build more the country they move in. First for some opportunities, then to get success. Is a both part success for themselves and the country. Countries should be more open and welcome immigrants. Pétionville, Haiti
Dos Mundos Distintos
Haber nacido en frontera es haber crecido viendo dos mundos distintos. El muro siempre ha estado allí, era una cerca no tan vergonzante como la que después se construyó a base de placas de acero en los inicios de los 90, durante el Gobierno de Clinton, en la franja fronteriza con México. La Heroica Nogales,…
When the president talks
When the president talks about judging immigrants on their merit, on a merit based system, and then says how much he would like immigrants from Norway to enter the U.S. It just shows an administration with racial biased. I don’t know why he thinks so highly of immigrants from Norway or if he even knows…
People Helping People
My dad was an excellent director and cartoon animator. He worked with Hanna Barbera. The Company appreciated his work greatly and Mr. Hanna did not wanted to loose my dad, helping us with the opportunity to have our green card. Immigration should be between people helping. Not about someone destroying people and their families. Immigrants…
The Monarch Installation
The Monarch installation by Olivia Barrionuevo was revelatory in its beauty and artistic vision. Utilizing something so simple and so wondrous in the natural world to define and understand our sense of migration mitigated the rancorous voices that have surrounded our thoughts and divisions about the issue. The Monarch butterflies’ 3,000 mile journeys to and…