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Bensenville Community Public Library

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Title: Our Latino Heritage: Growing Up In A Heavily Guatemalan Illinois Town

URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hispanic-heritage-month/our-latino-heritage-guatemalan-community-illinois-n424211/

Collection: Immigration

Description: Chicago born Guatemalan Wendy Melgar describes growing up in Chicago and Guatemala, being the family translator, the self-reliance that lead to a college degree, helping others navigate banking and education, and her dreams of holding onto her heritage and culture. The article also discusses immigration patterns of Guatemalan settlement in the United States since the 1980s.

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Subject:   Immigrants Latino heritage

Title: Dentro de la vida de los adolescentes inmigrantes que trabajan en peligrosos turnos nocturnos en fábricas suburbanas

URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/el-mundo-secreto-de-los-adolescentes-inmigrantes-que-trabajan-en-peligrosos-turnos-nocturnos-en-fabricas-suburbanas/

Collection: Immigration

Description: Underage teenage asylum-seekers from Central America navigate US federal immigration and labor laws, while working to payoff immigration debts, support their families at home, and get an education. These teens are faced with choosing between dead end exploitive factory work from agencies that do not ask their age, and getting an education. The results are unreported injury, loss of educational opportunity, psychological trauma and poverty.

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Subject:   Teenagers Immigrants Child labor Asylum seekers Education Exploitation

Title: Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories

URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-lives-of-immigrant-teens-working-dangerous-night-shifts-in-suburban-factories/

Collection: Immigration

Description: Underage teenage asylum-seekers from Central America navigate US federal immigration and labor laws, while working to payoff immigration debts, support their families at home, and get an education. These teens are faced with choosing between dead end exploitive factory work from agencies that do not ask their age, and getting an education. The results are unreported injury, loss of educational opportunity, psychological trauma and poverty.

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Subject:   Immigrants Teenagers Child labor Education Exploitation Asylum seekers

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