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Posted on: April 24th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Youth ]
“Second of two parts The Courier explores the lives of two Latino families in Waterloo, one here legally and one here illegally in light of a pending immigration bill in Congress.
WATERLOO — Like many children of Latino immigrants, Maria Jaramillo is her parent’s official translator.
She accompanies mom or dad to the doctor’s office, to the store and to the bank.
The ninth-grader at Columbus High School bridges the American culture they live in today and the Mexican culture she and her parents grew up in and left behind.”
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