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‘We’re just trying to live’: Oral history project gives immigrants a voice

June 8, 2021 by Tyler Ellyson

 By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Carlos Ortega and his family didn’t come to the United States to sell drugs. They aren’t here to “steal” jobs from hardworking Americans or to leech off the federal benefits system. “We came here so we can be safe and build a better future,” said Ortega, who was 9 years old when his family left their home in Chihuahua, Mexico. “We’re just trying to live. That’s all we’re trying to do.” Ortega is one of 20 … [Read more...] about ‘We’re just trying to live’: Oral history project gives immigrants a voice

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Faculty, News Tagged With: Calvin T. Ryan Library, Carlos Ortega, Coming to the Plains, Department of communication, Department of Modern Languages, Immigration, Jacob Rosdail, Kearney, Laurinda Weisse, Michelle Warren, University of Nebraska, UNK

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