To My Aunt, Who Crossed the Border

Length 02:08
Licensor Curie Youth Radio
Producer(s) Elizabeth Pliego for Curie Youth Radio
Formats Interstitial, Soft Feature, Youth Produced
Topics Family, Latino, Politics
Produced Unspecified
Added to PRX June 29, 2007
 

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Summary:

Elizabeth's aunt crossed from Mexico to the U.S. and had to leave her children behind.

Website:

http://curiehs.org/curie_youth_radio

Tones:

Intimate, Political, Simple

Language:

English

Description:

This youth producer illuminates the immigration debate with an intimate letter to her aunt. Elizabeth has watched her Tia Ofelia work ever since Ofelia crossed illegally from Mexico to the U.S.

If Elizabeth could give anything to her Tia Ofelia, it would be this: her children, flying first class from Mexico to Chicago, into the arms of a mother they haven't seen in five years.