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Module 12 Discussion 1

Module 12 Discussion 1

Q Brandon Salinas is basically an American and does not know anything about his birth country of Mexico. He was caught with marijuana, arrested, and later sent to an ICE detention center. Then, nearly a year later, he was left on the border of Mexico. There are many stories similar to Brandon's of young people who sometimes are not aware that they are undocumented. With your classmates discuss how these young people who have lived in the US since childhood and have no accents when speaking navigate in a US society undetected of their legal status.

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Brandon Salinas was brought to the United States when he was only four years old, he was taken by his mother which at the time was fleeing from an abusive partner. Salinas never went back to Mexico and assimilated more into the American culture than to the Mexican (even though legally he was Mexican). With an absent father, Brandon's mother had to work extra hard to raised her 4 children. This made Brandon to spend more time with his friends, and less time at home, which might also be a factor of why he was more Americanized than to have a more Mexican culture.