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Mexican Immigrant to U.S.

“America is a willingness of the heart.”

Armando Ramirez immigrated to the United States with his parents, Roberto and Isabel in 1959, when he was six years old. Armando, now 41, is married to Jennifer Ramirez. Devout Catholics, the Ramirez’ have four children: Armando, Jr. (20), Jesse (17), Richard (12), and Erik (9). The Ramirez’ live in Orlando, Florida, where Armando is the personnel director for a local cable provider. Mrs. Ramirez is a full-time homemaker. Armando, Jr., will be a junior at Florida State University in the fall where he is studying marine biology. Jesse will graduate high school in June and she has plans to attend the University of Miami in the fall. Richard and Erik attend the local junior high and elementary school respectively. Mr. Ramirez is a graduate of Florida State University, class of 1982.

Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, the Ramirez’ moved to Florida because Roberto’s brother had found success for himself and his family in the citrus industry in Florida. Roberto, too, became employed as a picker in the citrus industry and managed to provide a living for himself and his family of eight. The Ramirez’ also moved from Mexico City to Florida because they felt U.S. education was better than the education available in Mexico and they wanted their children to know a better lifestyle than they would be able to achieve in Mexico City. Isabel took odd jobs to help support her large family. She worked as a baker in a local bread factory, and she took in laundry, sewing, and other forms of work for hire. Neither Roberto or Isabel spoke English, nor did any of their children when they arrived in Florida.

According to the 1990 U.S. Census, “Mexican Americans are the largest of the major Latino subgroups numbering 13,496 million” (Mexican 1). Things were not always this way in American society. When the Ramirez’ immigrated to the U.S., they found a country of predominant...

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