When Celia came from her small town she had one thing in mind freedom. "I lived in that tray building forever, getting older and older. No parties, no boyfriends, no nothing"- Farmer pg. 141. She was to cross the border into the United States and forever live her life they way she wanted to. Unfortunately for her the farm patrol had ended her dreams when she was captured and forced to work with the evil man they call El Patron. Much like in the immigration story I have picked, Rogelio Mendez wanted to move to the United States for money to provide for himself and his family. It was important to him and the other immigrants to get across the border, they did not care wether it was scalding hot, or if they were dehydrated, they only wanted the money. In this story they talk about how the border control is no longer messing around. They have fences, security cameras, and God knows what else. Celia faced the same problems with the farm patrol, there was absolutely no way she was getting across the border with them on the prowl. Rogelio Mendez unlike Celia actually did make it across the border, but soon figured out that he was not going to get payed much in the United States. I am almost positive that when Celia got handed over to El Patron she got paid close to nothing, knowing how selfish the old man is. Both Celia and Rogelio Mendez had to make sacrifices, risk their lives, and deal with the consequences of their actions. All in all I think Rogelio Mendez's experience going across the border was fairly similar to Celia's journey.
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