Thanksgiving and Immigrants in One Article – So Sweet

[CherryPanda]

This article definitely can make you tearful. And even if Eduardo Samaniego is a nice guy, getting education and probably a good job in the future becoming a decent citizen, I don’t think that all 4 plus something million would be the same. And even Thanksgiving empathy for those who are not with their family won’t make me welcome them in the country.

When he was a child, Eduardo Samaniego sat down with his family every year in his hometown of Zacatecas, Mexico, to eat a Thanksgiving meal.

But in his heart, he was dreaming of America.

Día de Acción de Gracias, as his family called it, was a day to give thanks to God for a good harvest. But by the time the holiday arrived, the beans and apples Samaniego worked all summer to grow had been sold. While his grandmother led the family in prayer, the little boy would look past the small plates of tamales and tostones on the table and fix his eyes on the most prized dish: a whole turkey that relatives in the United States had shipped across the border.

This year, Samaniego, now 22, is celebrating Thanksgiving with friends at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. He’s bringing Mexican food, while classmates from China, Pakistan, France, Italy and Brazil are adding dishes from their home countries.

Are Undocumented Immigrants Welcome At America s Thanksgiving Table

 

[Moonglow]

The Pilgrims were documented immigrants?