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Sunday, April 26, 2015

276 J Balvin (El Salvador, Age 18): English


J Balvin
Age 18, El Salvador

hello my name is J balvin I have 18 years I was born in El Salvador in a department called tejute small in El Salvador lived with my mom i with my sister i with my cousin and brother my cousin and my brother and my cousin and then I going school  AFTER leaving school and going for my work for my mom to lping money to put food so we amis cousins ​​ia i After my sister was like my mom asked for help from family to help me for the United States to if it was as They planned my trip to the United States three days before I went out with way to the United States went out by car to a place called Guatemala i when you reach the border of Guatemala i El Salvador with other migrants to cross the river in Guatemala some people we pay them to help us pass the river Guatemala i spent the river is us we hope among mountains i after we left wing street to get on a cart to move to for a house i we slept in the house for one night after in the morning we went to mexico in a car after the border of mexico went through a mountain i in minutes lla we were em mexico and after passing a car on my i mis with clothiers i after that flames were in car i did you use to nosa King a house that we will be fifteen days i got home at night wing i after us that we asleep that's how i went by; i time when I said you will go coyote pass the great river i scare me when he said it picked up, in a car to go to cross the river i thank god good pass after we passed the river got to eat i walked after for a house the house where we got the era of the United States we slept for one night and that night we were all silent and when we hear that some persons were chasing down a street that did not happen neither persons nor carts and then when a person those who were with us and so a noise and the migration then walked where we are in the house and the dogs started barking and we found indoors whether it was that caught us and in weighed to ask where we were i answer them in El Salvador and other answered in Guatemala and Honduras and then put us in cars to get in prison after being in prison we call our family and were united states new york city and then my brother told I was underage and they tell you that I would be sent to a juvenile facility and after arriving one week call my brother to send my documents and asked for proof that I llo free stay i me so off with my brother two months ago after giving me everything went well and they call my brother was free and buy a plane ticket where I was traveling and after traveling for five hours on the plane after aterice at the airport and was there my family waiting for me when i see my heart jumped for joy and ran to hug my family and I cried when I hugged  and then my brother took me to his house where he lived and everyone was waiting for me and celebrated my arrival and after about 11:00 I went to play as a week my brother pointed me to school and started to attend the school and it was hard for me because I had to speak only English and met friends and they helped me translate my me because they did not understand anything of what they said and after that he left school I was playing with my friends after my we finished to play all their home and now I am still studying and everything nice  and so ends my story of immigrant

1 comment:

  1. I think you have to check the capital letter .

    I like how you give details about you.

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