Honduras, My Grandmother, and My Father

Tyesha H.
Period 5
April 11, 2012

 Honduras, My Grandmother, and My Father

            In 1969 there was a war against Salvador and Honduras over the 1970 Fifa world cup.  They had a lot animosity towards each other. Honduras won the first round and Salvador took it in the 2^nd, during this period they kept fighting each other. Up to the point where Honduras was kicking out the Salvadorans that lived in Honduras.

My grandma was born in Honduras; San Pedro Sula of September 11, 1941. According to a popular travel website, “this is a city for getting business done, rather than sightseeing” (Unknown, Yahoo Travel).  San Pedro Sula is a busy, highly populated area of Honduras. San Perdo Sula is the city where this war took place, which would make my grandma 28 years old at this point in time. She claims this soccer war didn’t affect her nor does she even remember it ever happening.

Due to research I know about this war. Seven years after the “war” my grandmother, a single mother of one child, immigrated to America through the desert.  A year later after she became a citizen and brought dad, who was only a few months, over to America with the help of a coyote she found out about.  A coyote is a person who helps bring people from other countries to the United States. According to USA Today, “Federal officials say the smuggling trade has grown more lucrative and violent in recent years” (Gonzalez).  During this time the government wasn’t so strict about papers or passports. So when the coyote was crossing through the border to America and saw my dad in a car seat they didn’t ask for his passport or birth certificate since he was a baby and more so because he looked black. My grandma earned her living in America by cleaning rich people’s houses and baby-sitting kids. Because of these jobs she was able to pay for her and my fathers citizenship and everyday life.

 Works Cited

"San Pedro Sula, Honduras." Yahoo! Travel . 11 Apr. 2012. <http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-485324-san_pedro_sula_vacations-i>.

Gonzalez, Daniel . "Coyotes: Criminals to the U.S. but heroes to many immigrants." USA Today. 1 Dec. 2003. 11 Apr. 2012. <http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-30-coyotes_x.htm>.