My Abuela's Immigration Story From El Salvador to the U.S.
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Undocumented Immigration is a story that affects many Latinos. This is my abuelita Gladys' story of how she came from El Salvador to the U.S.
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Part of Chorros de la Calera, massive underground river pouring out of cliff face fractures
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1870s 1880s MONTAGE OF COVERED WAGONS CROSSING THE AMERICAN PLAINS
Charles Phelps Cushing/Getty Images
Immigrants
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Immigrants Arriving in United States
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Settlers departing from the port of Naples, October 29, 1939, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century
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Child cooking on open fire outside shack
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S57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
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Map of Mexico
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Pier and sea at Port of La Libertad in El Salvador
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El Salvador, Satellite Image With Bump Effect, With Border and Mask
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VIDEO
DACA Protesters celebrate after blocking the halls of Congress, Washington D.C.
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U.S. Customs And Border Protection Secures Tex-Mex Border From Land and Sea
John Moore/Getty Images
Immigration Rally In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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LOW AERIAL U.S. Border Patrol trucks driving on road at US-Mexican border wall, El Paso, Texas, USA
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dad crossed the border illegally, started working at a company as a janitor, moved all the way up to a manager position, became a US Citizen in 2006
Andrea Reyes That's Great! My aunt became a U.S Citizen not too long ago. Hope the best for your family ❤️
What's the difference between being a janitor at a place and having a janitor position at a place?
i just realized the error. i meant to put janitor. but i was typing so fast that i had typed up janitor again
Andrea Reyes ahhh, i see, well then that really is a very impressive & commendable step up. Congratulations to him!
Hey! My parents both immigrated from El Salvador in the 70's. My real last name is Reyes as well, but I changed it when I was married. ❤
Who else is scrolling through the comments...but like with the fear that some rude person is going to say something disrespectful....anyway those people that do say rude things disgust me Bc they have no idea what our families went through just so WE could have some type of decent life😭♥️
Daniella Galvan I'm actually scrolling down to see other people's immigration story.
_susalka well I was too but then again I was kinda scared about what other people were going to say...
Daniella Galvan Both.
Daniella Galvan if someone says some rude shit ima go all out on them
Gerardo Godina 👌🏽yes
This is beautiful it made me tear up since my family is from El Salvador also. And my parents left during the civil war also. When I tell ppl my story they can’t imagine the struggle my parents went through. I am a first generation immigrant and i am proud. Ily curly !
I feel you! My Papi, two tios, and my abuelos all left during the Civil War because my abuelo was a teacher, and they were targeting them first. They tried leaving illegally twice, but they got caught and were deported both times. Eventually, in 1979/1980, they managed to come here legally and moved to New York, along with all my tias and tios, and my bisabuela, too
griselda lopez same here
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same
My dad came here when he was 14 from El Salvador with nothing. He slept on used mattresses in the alley and was screwed over many times because he was illegal, now my dad is a US citizen and is owner of a company, has 5 cars, and and 4 houses. So proud of him, he’s such a hard worker and has always provided for us.❤️😢
Mei Mei B can you donate to me an broke
WOW! Excellent very proud of your dad.
4 HOUSES JEZZ thats pretty lit fam!!!
My grandparents came from Mexico in the 40s and they were fortunate enough to be able to come here legally. My grandparents open a shutter business and did many sets on Hollywood lots. They made the decision to only hire undocumented workers and my grandmother would spend her days getting their paperwork done so they could become citizens. I feel like there’s a special place in heaven for her.
Beautiful story 💕
😍😍😭😭😭🤧🤧
I am first generation Honduran-American and I couldn’t be more proud of my parents for making that sacrifice for my sister and I.
Ashley Escobar same
Ashley Escobar Me too! :)
Ashley Escobar Amen to that 💖
Same ☺️
Go back
SALVADORIANS WHERE YOU AT!!!! I LOVE Y’ALL
REPRESENT🇸🇻
What’s good 🇸🇻❤️
No se me aguiten!
Cameron Cameron 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
That’s wassup
Her story is exactly like my parents. They migrated when the civil started. As a first generation American, you get a sense of pride hearing these stories
Same with my dad
Kasfren Acevedo For real.
El mismo con mi mamá y mis hermanos mayores. I love and appreciate that my mom made that sacrifice to come here and did her very best to bring my older brother and sister here too.
El Salvador belongs to the American Continent, the USA is not all the America. Don't be so Ignorant.
@@piontropechetrini5640 Go fuck yourself because the US is a nation of laws and you need to obey the laws okay? You've no entitlements.
CAN THIS PLEASE BE A SERIES⁉️⁉️
“Ingrato! Te voy a sacar los pelos del culo.” 😂😂😂👌🏻
Alberto Figueroa
That was just too freaking hilarious. .
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Alberto Figueroa yeah i laughed so hard 😂
Me muero 😂😂😂😂
I was searching for this comment lmao
So funny mil gracias!!!!!
My dad left El Salvador when he was 17 during the war and went to Los Angeles! From time to time he tells me the horrors he saw from the war and his story of how he crossed the border.
My dad also left during the civil war, he was only ten. He also tells me the horrors of war
Same he left to the USA in 1990. He was in college and did not want to fight in the war bc of the corruption. He opened up to me during the pandemic, I had no idea I got emotional and started crying. He gave up his life and his career to flee the violence of the country. An immigrants story is full of sorrow, appreciate and love your immigrant parents always.❤️
She seems so sweet ! I love Curly and their accents :)
This video has inspired me to ask my mom and dad about their immigration stories. My mom coming from El Salvador and my dad coming from Mexico.
My dad and I were talking about this the other day and he was like mija no crees que no extraño también mi familia en Guatemala ? Mis padres se están asiendo viejos y también mis hermanos y hermanas .Deje todo lo que conocía para venir para acá y solo era para unos años y ahora tengo 22 años aquí . Y si fuera yo , desde cuando me iría peté te tengo a ti y a tu hermana y quiero que tengan la mejor educación. I swear I am so proud of everyone who crossed the border to survive and make a life here even if they don’t want us , it shows how strong they are and how strong we should be too ❤️
Melissa Cano This made me tear up. I can totally relate.
My family's Guatemalan too. They say their plan was to only be here some years, save up some money and go back. The majority stayed for the same reasons as your dad. I'm so grateful for their hard work and sacrifice. Those who hate on immigrates have no idea what they have gone through. ❤️🇬🇹
Carla Rivera i totally agree , they hate without knowing all the sacrifices they have made for us
Melissa Cano I think alot of us can relate to this, my family had the same plans when they came from Mexico 🇲🇽, but little by little with hard work and dedication they became successful & theres not a day I dont thank god 😅
When my dad immigrated from El Salvador he was only 14. He finally got the the courage to go back to see his family after 28 years. It was very sad and everyone was crying,🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻
Man, I'm holding back tears. Such a beautiful story.
My family is from Poland my grandfather fought and him and his sister juacinta who is a nun and was exiled to Siberia came to America it’s a long story but he’s now 89 years old married my grandmother for like 46 years and still going strong even though my grandmother is Hungarian and had Alzheimer’s every immigrant has a long amazing story
"You said I was going to be on TV"
Awww that was so cute !!
This touched me so much!
My father had to leave El Salvador in a similar way. Hearing that story again, but from another person with the same experience and seing that story - my family‘s story represented on such a big platform fills me with so much pride!
My grandma's parents fled Czechoslovakia during the start of WWII as they were Jewish (so obviously wanted to get out of there!). They took a boat to Ecuador and my grandma was born there and they stayed for a few years. They then acquired visas somehow and got into America. That's about all I know, but I think it is pretty badass!
Lizzie W that’s incredibly badass! Historical!
Lizzie W Back in the day some countries in South America where able come to the US without a visa, and were granted tourist cards at the moment of entry.
Actually, you know what?! Many countries in Latin America took refugies during WWII. My family is from Cuba and we know for sure that in those time they had lots of refugies, especially Jewish. So many that the Cuban government together with the american issued a special permit which allowed them to live for a year in Cuba and then were transferred to America. Many stayed and settled as business owners becoming also Judaism and important religion after Catholicism
This is so touching and it made me emotional because I had family from El Salvador that had to do the same thing to get here.
Me encanta que Curly sea un salvadoreño orgulloso de serio❤
PS. Tecla❤
Saludos desde Santa Tecla
QUE VIVA 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻
My mom and her family are from El Salvador as well, it took her about three months to come to US when she was only eight hears old. She doesn’t remember much but she’s grown up for most of her life in California & when she was younger she became a citizen. People don’t understand how much courage it takes to just leave the place you call home. Both of my parents are immigrants and they haven’t visited their countries since they left more than 20 years ago. I’m so thankful for my mom and everything she did, Abuelita Gladys’s story is similar to my families and so many more. Immigrants are what make this country, I truly hope this hatred will end before I die. No one deserves this🇸🇻 #savetps
My parents fled mainland China shortly after the Cultural Revolution. It was a traumatic time and they don't talk about it too much. They crossed into Hong Kong by hiking through mountains to evade the authorities until they reached the shore, then swam through tides until they reached the other side. I heard the story when I was a child and I always romanticized it as some kind of adventure. Don't get me wrong, it was badass, but I've only now begun to appreciate what a dangerous and desperation-driven trip it was. They wouldn't have been able to get a visa to the US from the mainland. And it may have been one of the most physically-demanding points of their migration experience, but reaching the US and being an immigrant here isn't sunshine and miracles, it comes with its own process.
"Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them. A border is a dividing line, a narrow strip along a steep edge. *A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary.* It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants." - Gloria Anzaldúa ❤️
P.S. If anyone is interested in more immigration stories, Credible Fear by PBS is a great documentary that tells the stories of people who try to enter the States though the asylum process because they fear persecution in their country of origin. Even pre-9/11, it's a long and bureaucratic process wherein they have to prove they are in clear danger, and the agent looking at their case on that particular day can still deny them. It's their job to look for very specific language to make that determination, but there are unaccompanied toddlers who have trouble expressing themselves well even in their home languages to try to present any kind of case for credible fear, and it's impossible for interpreters to translate their interviews 100%. Everyone, including the immigration officials, agreed the system is inevitably subjective and flawed for something that has huge consequences for people's livelihoods and society at large.
This made me cry 😢. Like, I felt it because I'm Salvadoran. 🇸🇻 I love my country. I'll never forget my roots. ❤️
My family is from El Salvador as well, my grandparents and their two kids at the time (my mother and oldest uncle) left to live in Bakersfield, CA. They also left because of the civil war. Me personally haven't went to El Salvador yet but I also heard its beautiful so I hope one day I get to go there.
My dad is from Belize, Central America and he is undocumented. I dread the thought of him being taking from me. I've mention to him for year's to go get his papers and he fears that if he go attempt to get his papers they'll deport him on spot. The thought alone makes me want to break down in tears.
Why didn't your Dad do his paperwork before? Sorry but the law is the law.
My parents also came from here El Salvador 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻❤️
I’m Salvadoran! And this just warms my heart bc it reminds me of my parents. They crossed over to the US in the late 70s, hearing my parents story totally changed me, it also made me grateful to have them
My dad came over during the war fleeing the Salvadorian government. He was a 20 year old college kid who had to make the decision to either die or leave his country. He got papers pretty fast and then brought my mom over. During the war my dad had to keep fleeing because the government wanted to kill him due to his involvement with fmln. My mother had her father killed by the government soldiers because they thought he was a communist. They weren't poor illiterate people, they simply came over to feel safe.
My mom is also an immigrant from El Salvador because she didn't want to go to war at 14 I might be second generation El Salvadorian but I'm proud of my heritage
❤️🇸🇻 I have So so much pride in being salvadoreńa like we might be a small country but the people from there make up for it
Gracias curly por partir esa historia y su abuelita con nosotros
dulceneenee Latinos unidos ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿
My family fled from the war in El Salvador when my mother was 12, and I love to hear the stories my grandparents, tias and tíos would tell me about El Salvador, but they not only told me about the good but the bad and the loses that had happened to our family and their struggle.
I went to El Salvador for the first time a few years ago with my pops. Beautiful country; Puerto de La Libertad’s fish market was awesome. Shoutout to Gladys.
My abulito Helped make los chorros. So when I got to el Salvador (I Live in Canada) And we go there. My Gramma or grampa sometimes tells me and my cousin's how he helped make them :)
Lol it's Abuelito
Curly hablando español es lo más tierno 😍
this really brought tears to my eyes bc my family suffered so much due to the war and my mom was even held in a refugee camp
She's such an angel and I'm so thankful that the two of you decided to share your family's story. Blessings to you all!
Damn, did Curly lose weight
unathi stemela I was trhinking the same thing
El Salvador represent!
#salvypride 🇸🇻💙
I love how Curly really embraces his salvadorian culture, much appreciated! and please keep making more videos with mama Gladys! :)
"el del culo pues" at the end
Yes!!!.... XD
me muero riendo!! xD jajaja
Every single immigration story I hear is so powerful and valuable. Truly thankful to have heard your abuelita’s story. Made me tear up 💕
My mom (shes Mexican) came to the US (illegally obvs) when she was 16 with a baby that was only a few months old! She took my brother with her ppl! She cross the freaking border with a baby! My dad (he's from Guatemala) did the same thing. They met in the US and after struggling for a while they became citizens in 2012. So proud of them
Liz Guzman your mom's such a strong woman💕
This story made me tear up. What a beautiful family with a lot of resilience and strength of character.
God bless her. Her story is exactly like my parents. I can see she’s a very sweet lady. ❤️ un besito para ella.
I needed this! Abuela Gladys gives me so much hope, so beautiful and determined!
Ay!! Me hizo llorar un poquito, she's such a strong woman by the way Curly you look "bien papi" on this video.
Once I saw curly and his grandma I clicked man fast. Ya tu sabe 😂😘😍
God bless your Grandma Curly. Xoxo
Gladys is my absolute fave ❤️❤️❤️ so brave!!! Even then, traveling alone with her friend!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I couldn’t help but be reminded of Los Tigeres de Norte song Tres Veces Mojado. What a brave woman! Gracias por su valentía abuela Gladys because now we have Curly
Being a Salvadorian immigrant myself when she said “a tu país nunca lo puedes olvidar” I almost cried 😢
Omg she reminds me of my grandma. #salvypride🇸🇻
My mom came from Ecuador in the 80s and endured a similar trip. Running and hiding. I'm so proud of her.
My mom is Puerto Rican- Dominican, but she came to Utah from Puerto Rico, so she had no problem, my dad came here with a student visa to learn English, then he returned to mexico and came back with a work visa, he married my mom , and my dad for a little bit was technically illegal, but he used some fake papers for a while, but then he became a resident and then a citizen
I remember when I was six years old I came home from school I entered my house and my mother was very happy she tu rned to me and my sister and I still remember those words. " ustedes van al estados unidos" it tokk a few Months, an few shots when finally my dad came from the us to get me and my sister, it was February when I got to America and boy did that freezing temperature hit me like a tree. 6 years I've lived in America. I miss my family and El Salvador.
Is it just me or curly got skinnier
Que Linda es la gente de Centro America y más hermosa la gente de Mexico que de su corazón ayudan a los que van pal norte que dios nos protejan
Curly que tierno eres con tu abuelita!❤Also, pasa la receta you are looking thin!
Abby Oviedo the gym maybe
Less pupusas, that's the recipe :-)
They are so fucking good.
Curly your grandma is AMAZING. I loved her story. Thank you for sharing. RESPECT. God bless 😇
hermanos salvadorenos presente ....
Gladys is such a hardcore G!!!! You are so blessed to have her Curly. Thank you for sharing!!!!!
Currently I’m in ES on vacation 💕💕
Tasty Cake aww have a great time there!
joselynxio thanks boo, will do!
This is my favorite video from Pero like. Your grandmother is beautiful and brave. You are very blessed to have her. And I commend you for having a close relationship with her.
At her story I was about to cry 😭 I mean I kinda realized that some parents did that and we Disobey them we should obey them they sacrifice them selfs for a better life and for ous
Thank you for posting this! Your abuelitas story is like what my mother has told me of her crossover/immigration story! 🇸🇻🇺🇸🙋🏽♀️🙋🏻♀️🙏
Their Spanish is so perfect 😩😍 and what a story to tell
Thanks to the Bracero program in the 50s-60s, my Abuelito Ignacio moved to the States and eventually mi mama, tios, tias, and Abuelita Maria moved to the states after mi Abuelito sent a lot of money over many years to mi familia. Now mi mama has a family with mi papa, my brothers Maynard and David, and myself. You reap what you sew in life, and if it wasnt for mi Abuelito, I wouldnt be here. Te quiero mucho Abuelito Ignacio y mi Abuelita Maria❤🇺🇸🇲🇽
ALL SALVADORANS UNITE!!!❤❤❤
Her story touched my heart very deeply. I'm not even a Latino but I love this channel soooo much! Thank you Pero Like!
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i love Curly's grandma, by the way she talks she already starts to remind me of my great aunts in El Salvador
First od all curly you look amazong. I woild.like to say your grandmother is amazing. My parent are drom El salvador as well. It was hard but they came over and prosperend and now we jave better opportunities.
I love her so much. Brave and beautiful. Thank you for this important story.
um who is the one person that disliked this video who am i finna fight?!//
F*cking same
Aight wats up cuz square up
Johan Coello Cano did you like not like the video
Post your address putos
This is sooo beautiful!! Thank you, it made me tear up. Your abuelita is just like mine! ❤❤
#savetps
This made me cry, cause my father is from El Salvador and I never knew my grandparents as they died when he was young !! Thank you 🙏🏽 for showing our struggles 💙🤍💙
Every time i hear someones immigration story it makes me think and then i get emotional cause my aunt told me when she was crossing the desert going to the U.S with her husband hand they almost got caught twice and could have been shot and killed and at that time she was 1-2 weeks pregnant with my cousin and she didn't know she was pregnant until they got here and they were suprised she didn't die cause they didn't have enough food to go around and had to rasin 2 gallons of water in hope that they would make it quickly.
Wow...she's amazing curly..because of her we enjoy you..god bless your family
How cute is she?? Beautiful story 😢
Your Abuela is such a sweet person, her story is amazing! I legit think this is my favourite pero like video so far! ❤
"I thought we were gonna be on TV" hahahah
Awww such beautiful jewel you have as a grandmother. Cherish her legacy and never ever forget her struggles so that it gives you the strenght you may need someday. Always stay true to your roots.
This is why I love Pero Like!!!
I scroll through the comments and see so many stories like the one in this video and I'm filled with such emotions....pride, happiness, sadness, and gratitude. So thankful for those that were brave enough to make it to America with all those beautiful Latin cultures and traditions. Loved this video.
Pero Like I cried all the way through why is trump trying to deport Salvadoran your Abueal has tried so hard to give u a life just for trump to destroy it it's heartbreaking
Fatima Usman TPS means Temporary Protected Status. El Salcador had a terrible earthquake hit them in 2001, so El Salvadorans could come here to stay only for like 6 months to 2 years legally. But, Bush and Obama kept extending it with different reasons like for example gang violence. Now Trump is giving El Salavadorans until September 2019 to get their stuff sorted to go back to El Salavador. He said that it was supposed to be temporary and 17 years is not temporary. He is going to do that with the Haitians and other groups with TPS who have been here very long. But many of these people have had children born here in the years they have stayed. I wish they could give the adults who have been here many years an opportunity to get Residency. But with Trump in office, I don't think it will happen :(
Thank you, Curly for doing this and sharing your abuelita’s story!!
Wow, what a beautiful story. Everyone should do one! Your abuelta is gorgeous and funny! Especially at the end. Te va arrancar los pelos del culo! Hahahahaha
I loved watching this video!! Your grandma is so lovely. I’m such a proud salvadoreña
Okay this is a great story but curly looks so skinny
Rafaela Rodo I was JUST about to comment that! Lol
I love her so much, she is so loving and I can tell how much love and respect Curly has for her when he looks at her. Just beautiful. I never met my grandparents so it always melts my heart when I see this.
Omg! Santa tecla!!!!!
My dad was 16 when he left michoacan drove with my auncle a to Tijuana and crossed the border he stayed somewhere in the frontera and he said there was so many people he went to Texas was a carpenter then a truck drive drove all over the us and expierdnced a tornado in lousiana he came to California because all of my family lives here he met my mom in 2007 got his papers and is now a US citizen
Those 2 people that disliked are trump supporters
Yeah because they don't like lawbreakers like you.
Thank you Curly, muchas gracias Señora Gladys. ❤️
ANDALE ABUELITA
Seriously testing up while watching this! Such a beautiful video. It reminds me of my grandparents' immigration story from Cuba. They fought in Cuba's revolution and ended up on the run. My abuela gave birth to my uncle and then they had to leave the country about 10 hours later. If they're done then they say they took a raft to Mexico and then went to America legally, but if they're drink then they say they took a raft to Florida and claimed political refugee status in order to stay. My abuela left behind 2 kids with her ex husband and my grandparents picked fruit until they got on their feet and more family came to the United States. My abuela always said that every struggle and moment of fear while coming to America was worth it because she wanted her family to have a better life and more opportunities. She missed Cuba dearly.