Friday, November 22, 2019

Were my family comes from?





My mother name is Francisca Moreno she was born and raised in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and my father name was Teodoro Zamora born and raised in Torreon, Coahuila. My dad and his family moved to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua when he was a teenager and this is were my parents met and eventually got married and had five kids.  My parents immigrated illegally by paying a "coyote" to cross them over to the United States. The first time my parents attempted to cross they were caught by immigration and deported back to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so the next day they again attempted to cross for a second time by the same "coyote" and this time they were able to cross over through Tijuana, Mexico. Once my parents were able to cross they were picked up by my fathers friends whole lived in California and helped my parents settle until my father got a job and rented an apartment. Six months after me and my parents arrived in California my parents had family drive my three brothers and sister to California to be dropped off were we reunited with them and we lived in California for the next five years.  It took five years for my parents and siblings passports to arrive once their passports arrived and were legal in the United States we moved to El Paso, TX were we decided to live permanently. My mother and fathers parents never immigrated to the United States so we could constantly cross over to Ciudad Juarez every weekend for many years to visit family we spend a lot of time in Ciudad Juarez while growing up.


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Were my family comes from?

My mother name is Francisca Moreno she was born and raised in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and my father name was Teodoro Zamora born an...