Escritores contemporáneos: EE.UU. y España

Visit her family in Mexico for Christmas.

Find a new job to improve her family's financial situation.

Buy Christmas gifts for her children.

Learn to speak English fluently.

Access to quality education.

Minimal labor protections and harsh working conditions.

Opportunities for career advancement.

Easy integration into American society.

It provided them with permanent residency in the U.S.

It allowed Mexican workers to work in the U.S. on short-term contracts, often under exploitative conditions.

It ensured fair wages and safe working conditions for all migrant workers.

It offered educational opportunities for migrant workers' children.

Lack of access to transportation.

The combination of minimal labor protections, low pay, and constant travel.

Migrant workers' unwillingness to learn English.

The lack of cultural organizations supporting migrant workers.

He was a professor who studied migrant worker communities.

He was a politician who advocated for migrant worker rights.

He was a migrant farm worker as a child.

He was a journalist who reported on the lives of migrant workers.

It led him to focus on the lives and struggles of Mexican-American migrant workers.

It inspired him to write about the successes of Mexican-Americans in business.

It caused him to avoid writing about his personal experiences.

It motivated him to write exclusively about political issues.

The long night

The good night or Christmas Eve

The dark night

The holy night

The title reflects the family's joy, despite their poverty.

The title is ironic because the 'good night' of Christmas Eve is far from the reality for Maria's struggling family.

The title refers to the family's hope for a better future.

The title emphasizes the importance of religious traditions in the family's life.

It suggests that the family is ungrateful for what they have.

It highlights the superficiality of holiday celebrations.

It underscores the disparity between the idealized image of Christmas and the harsh realities faced by marginalized communities.

It implies that the family's struggles are self-inflicted.

A place of community and celebration

The unfamiliar and overwhelming environment faced by immigrants

The abundance of opportunities available in America

A symbol of economic prosperity