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Word: enriqueta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...couple have three Mexican-born children and one, Enriqueta, who gained her coveted American citizenship the most direct way: born in the U.S.A. After her birth in 1977, Valenzuela filed a residency application, which is still pending. Such long waits are common. The Valenzuela children were enrolled in the Los Angeles public schools without any inquiry into their immigration status. After school, the boys, Ricardo, 16, and Jorge, 15, work in the family business, changing and repairing tires, while Leticia, 14, helps keep the books. The girls also do many of the household chores, because their mother badly twisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citizens in All But Name | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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