Viewfinder; Los Braceros; Rio Vista - Processing - misc.

It was that before they take you from you know you get started on the papers this one and that one I think that they're going over there so want to shake your Bishan. And. Then last what was the big one. Thank you for you buddy specs. You're the ones that got them over here. For all that. I could see that. I could see that sign in there and maybe before that when that when this happened everything was snow not science or anything. Just take the people to. Just say you know I want to shake. Your ears and everything. Make sure you're ok to. Stand up there from a set of. I remember these three overhears the ones. The last one they want

to sort of to get to shake your body and everything. It was years and years ago. And I still remember all this. Oh. This place over here right now it was. Full of people. And some of the people here crying because they left banks to go and they don't know what's going to happen right here in the United States. So I'm out of the way. We better not going over there in Mexico so. You can hear it but when I'm like I'm by

like that. Like I just cry and if you. See him leave the house and that kind of work. Another country. Where for somebody else. That's what a lot of people came here to work. You know to do better. And I remember this place just like I'm. Like I said a lot of people around. Dark in kind is. The stuff that because. This heart of Mexico do you live like that in. Race and I. Want to make a better leave that kind of stuff for the kind of people. They came from different parts of Mexico. So I was came from. Mexico or came here to enjoy.

And I like I said this is hard it. Is hard to make a living out there. And after. All those years when I hear the radio and people still come and try to come to United States as a recent to make a better living because in Mexico. They need more. Places to Work in. If Mexico have more places to work you know working in Mexico but I have to come to the United States because there's nothing to work on it. And I'm Mexican. And like I said I don't pretty good right here in the United States in anything I need for my country here.

It's better in Mexico as it's recent and I'm really proud to come through the first time from Russia. Because after that after all these years we we're doing better better and as a way the better for my people out there. My dad. My. My mom. My sisters my brothers. That's what I can work freely because they live in. Course I do pretty good. I had said something from Mexico something you know like I said a lot of people people do these because we better make a better living here. You notice it's a mix. When I. Came here to. Feel this there it was real nice buildings. The reason I thought after all these years I think about

954 now they can now take on all. That time when I came back it was a good build is everything it was it was good. Everything looked real nice and I really. Brought it when I see. I was here I don't know what's going to happen oh. Nothing. Like I say like just like other people see the other people crying. Because they leave Mexico and they don't know what they're going to do here. But I said Well. If I if I try to do that with my phone I have to. You know. This. Way see what happens. I going to have to rebuild maybe one of these things are going to make a better look. I didn't hear the Daily Mail here to.

Get my excitement to. Go to you know States there was a good bill and right now they're going to need a lot of work. I've tried this. Nice place. Don't go out there on those billets doux. But I was but I was it was the last one. Soon as we get out from that Beilin and I think they put him on live with someone over here to get the

bypass and going to the farms. We were better that building over there so the last one we stay on. And now. They're from there I think it's up to you. To go on the bus and delivers us through there to the ranches. Now this is the last building we stays on they went. Everything was gone and you know like I said never been before and it's going to do you I mean something they you get get you never seen anything better that's what you look for so it had to stay on. But it was it was a nice place all that time right now and everything like I said by me going to Me Some were foursomes This meal is onto something about bad because it was nice. And I still think it's surreal. Yeah.

And she. OK. Didn't And one thing. You wanted to hear just like everybody just to make a living to send money

back to their families that they want to have a better life. From what I know. With this Mark. Well I remember talking about a lot so I know he was there. Possible area. Picture of Mark. Because they were kind of taken far away from the faces. Probably thought they're not going to know who I am so I'm just going to just. Mark a

picture and a responsible person. When lived in an area where there were very poor people. When I was an only child so he did provide with everything that I had everything that I needed. I so did my family. And maybe the fact that I was an only child. Helped. More many I would have had more children like other. Sure because you love me that he would have had a lot of children because it takes the resources for sure. I was so. Happy to see him because he always promised he would was going to come back and since I was young. It was very very sad process. I understood that was his job. He had to leave but he always promised to come back and he did. He always didn't come back in it.

The whole family quest for the best federal program. I found a little card. Where. I was explaining that. They would take him out of the program and. Take them over to the real world. Well that's OK. What is it that every time the family over here. What eventually make a movie or to provide a better future for me and my mom. He went through the process of

getting the paper straightening the passport and everything. You took him a long time to say for all that money that he needed to do that. But he eventually did and in no way were thinking through and we were here. We know what your dad. You know in general and. In large part just because the person is from his. To be honest. Honesty was very important to him. To never take anything again belong to me you know and it came probably because of that religion also remember that there's one that's one of the Ten Commandments. Always. The best that I quote. And whatever I was trying to do. Always follow the law and be a productive citizen.

Where I was. Basically just a person. You know not to hurt anybody. That wants to. But I don't remember when you. Saw a woman or the little fart. And yes I did make a lot of opposition. Let me tell you and I fought to do whatever was right. And no matter what I think I think I did. When there were a lot of people with what we were doing we were just following and that's what I wanted to do because my record is here and he'll be there for a long time and I want

to show my kids that. You can do anything that you want to do it right. And even in your own home you follow the law do it anyway. So he was taken from there and then taken to war for the railroad and we have other documentation that you know that went to work for the sample's farms here and so from then on he just stayed there. And I'm sorry he went to California to work at the cannery there. Different thing he would do different things. Very hard worker extremely hard worker a very responsible person. You know what I don't remember for sure. Around the late

1940s. Nothing that the link to my family and so on and so forth. I had a very good child you know not like other people that would miss some inquiry or whatever. I knew he was here to provide for us. A better life. And it wasn't until later on in life that I understood all the hardships that he and other people for corn appreciate that and I thank my dad. Very much for the same thing when he passed away.

I don't remember the exact thing but it was years and it's right here. And look at me talking if you want to marry backload it's Marguerite and Irene Ng and you give us permission to view it as near as you can do it. Thank you so you are the daughter of your dad. What made him come from. And then you get all seven children and at that time I was the only child and mind my going around right around.

And that when he married my mom my mom used to be a teacher. They wanted something better than just being on a ranch. My dad got this. What part of Mexico. My mother was the time when my father died. They send them to a different part day where they need to go. That's what she meant my father. But this what I say he went inside and

that's where he and he began the motorcycle and hornets. He signed they signed a contract and when it's so he moved here they brought him here in December. This is the plays that that will stay. Now this is where stationed recital center. They were located in this part of it. In this part of the town and that was my dad told me only my dad. But they're very very family man a very family man so I don't know. I don't know how we came here. For my mom to your soul when he brought us here. So we are part of the community. In my work at this point it's sports in the

Word and the owner there with my father because he had a family. Yes because when my mom came in she brought me here. Then my dear what are you going to leave me. But are you in a community over there old man. And so they gave my father so he can have its family there. So that was something that I will remember because they were so nice to my dad when we started. And I was there I was there earlier but I can still remember things snap a lot. Here and there. I remember with my dad because he will go to the field and I will laugh him because he would just work on the field and that my my my mom

dad. So this is not what I want for my girl. This is not what I want. But then my mom. She will make lunch for my dad and some other week of something. That's what my mom used to say. My mom used to make my pay and to go there. In my feed because she would take her but some lunch. And so we stayed right back.

But my mom my mom was a teacher. I do have some thoughts for me. One my mom got. I don't want to have my child here. I wasn't a child. I don't know how we came here to tell you so and she had to go to Miss the coming of the community. My father was working which of the Sparks he was a cop and feel responsible are. Tracked. By my Because I have a picture when I was there. Because he was experience on the farm.

So they like to rest. When bad because my mom meant so they were back in the Parks family. Help my. Students so they help a lot of my stuff. They're American of smelting at that time he was working there because my mom my dad when he saw me when there was nothing else to do. My mother was showing my heart at the same time that he she was teaching me and that's not my right there and

he wasn't good in math but oh yeah. Oh yes yes my father believe even though he had he there have and I do think because eventually a lot of sacrifices are a lot of sacrifices. He will save us one by one. Education basic in that we need to know he passed away two years ago. My mama still wages from the supposed retirement right. Because. I don't I don't think they're the

same. The contracts get I want my mom's papers but I don't know what happened because I couldn't find anything. I guess at one point my days when I don't need this happen I want to save and got rid of them so we have no proof there. We can claim that we don't have any advances. Yeah it is. I don't know what part of his life he decides quite don't need this. I just want to just you know get away or get US residency to become a citizen. Yes so she's everyone's half. Half have decided to stay and half. Here. Yeah I have three brothers. They're leaving me he is a. Professor at the university and the other one a seismic event and the other one is a rancher and he owns three ranches and

they're doing good you know sort of small. So those other one decided to stay there and in this year. Girl yeah yeah. My sister she's married she and I were going no more. She's happily married. She's in my brothers. She works in construction. And the other one in agronomy is an engineer. I am retired. I am a nutrition specialist but I'm retired from the school's family. My dad called us that we supposed you have a life said at the beginning. So you had to work very hard. You don't go

around. My my teacher just said life for one thing for sure you need to go to school because you know I want to be anything you have to go to school because you eventually going to have your family and then you need to do something for them to win this is something from my day until the end together. And that's what we used to the one thing all of us together until the last thing. The same with my mom. Thank you.