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Personal Narrative Of A Border Trip
Me and Roberto are hauled into a Border Patrol van and drive to the immigration headquarters. Me and my family were asked endless questions and given papers to sign. When they are done asking us questions papa give his green card to the officer and mama showed birth certificates for Tram pita, Torino, Rorer, and Ruben, who were born in America. Me, Roberto, and Mama were only the one who will go back to Mexico. Mama and Papa don't want us to get the family split up so they ask the officer if we can have a few days to plan. The officer agreed and told us we could leave on a voluntary basis. He gave us three days to report to the U.S. And the next morning we were getting ready to go back to Mexico, i went outside and look at the school bus getting

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