immigration

10/25/1910     Dear Pedro Hey friend how have you been doing, I know it been two years sins I last talked to you but, It’s because I have been working hard. I came to the United States by crossing the Mojave Desert it was very hot in the day and very cold at night. I came with five other people, one of them died on the way. Originally I had came to the united states to rejoin some family but as soon as I got here they had a job for me and I needed the money so I didn’t care. It was in a little town outside of Los Angeles. Soon after they were moving to San Francisco to get new and better jobs. I decided to stay because I liked that there lived lots of more Mexicans working there. Mauricio one of my friends asked me if I wanted to move with him to central Los Angeles and start a mariachi band, I all ready knew how to play the trumpet and he was a very good singer. The next day we were ready to leave and start a new life in the city, his uncle lived in an apartment so he would let us live there until we would have enough money. Know I am living in East Los Angeles.

I have bout a trumpet and we played a couple of serenatas over the last week. I also have seen that more Mexicans have moved to Los Angeles. Sins there are more Mexicans living heir the more work there is for us. I am living day by day and I think I am going to have to find another job if I want to move out of my friends uncles house. I think life is much harder in the USA then it is in Mexico because in Mexico if you live in a town you have land were you could plant crops and at least have something to eat, no body helps us because in many cases they are living exactly like you.

Now America is great and all but if you are lazy this if not the place for you. There are also more jobs than just being a mariachi you could also go to other states and work in big factories but, I chose California because of the Latin community. The food is all right but I like the Mexican food better I rather have some beans than a hotdog. They also don’t play as much futbol as we do in Mexico they play American foot ball which is way different. Talking about futbol how is Chivas doing the best team in the world. Some of the most valuable things I have are probably my trumpet and a chivas poster. I would really want to have a new trumpet because my other one is too old and sometimes sounds horrible.

Being an immigrant is sometimes hard because you have to get work twice as hard as other people to get the money you need. I pay rent but it is not that much because we live in the lowest of the low. Currently there are seven people living with us. At work I feel very safe and comftorble because most of the people we work with are Latin. When we play at weddings we get paid more than when we play in serenatas so it all depends. Most of the time I am hungry, we only eat one meal a day.

I really don’t think you should come because you probably spend more money coming here than you will make in a year. It is also very crowded and people are very racist. People can kill you just because your Mexican. Also the food isn’t so great ,man how I wish I had a tamal to eat right now. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msospacerun: yes;"> 