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Interview no. | R-0813 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 28 February 2015 |
Interviewee | X, Vidal, pseud. |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1993 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Cisneros, Jose. |
Abstract | Vidal discusses his immigration experience as a native of Oaxaca, Mexico coming to the United States with his family in 2001. He talks about his father’s experience and how he became legalized through the immigration reform under President Reagan. He discusses some of the racial, cultural, and linguistic barriers he encountered during the first years he was in the United States. He speaks about the experience of being separated from his mother after she had to exit the country in order to become legalized. He discusses the responsibilities he had during that year and how that impacted him. He also talks about his educational experience in the United States. |
Subject Topical Other |
Family Separation and reunification Migratory experience Higher Education |
Citation | Interview with Vidal X by Jose Cisneros, 28 February 2015, R-0813, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0813_Audio |