Carlos Ortega

 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