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Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Upon arriving in Texas, Eloisa's sister helped her get an assembly job at a Walls Factory Outlet where she and dozens of other immigrants manufactured sport and hunting apparel. After being laid off there, she…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Eloisa appears pleased by the enormous variety of goods offered at H.E.B. , a discount grocery chain with stores throughout the southwest region of the United States.

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Oblivious to their parents' worries, Cristina , 8(R), Eloisa, 5 (L) and their cousin, Guadalupe Medina,6 (M) appear mesmerized while playing video games purchased at a flea market near their new home in…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Taking the bus on her first day of school in the United States, Marisol (M) studies new classmates who also study her. Unlike their older siblings who picked strawberries all day with their parents, Marisol…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Exhausted after a long day of harvesting strawberries, Eloisa (M) sleeps on the floor with daughters Marisol (R) and Eloisa (L). Although agricultural labor was cleaner' than the dump in Matamoros, the work…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Marisol(M), Cristina (R), Roibel and Cynthia race through the yard surrounding their new 'trailer' home in Florida. Here, they had much more outdoor space than they did in Mexico. Their small trailer was too…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - In December 1996, Vinicio and his eldest son, Juan (pictured), returned to Matamoros to bring the entire family into the U.S. They drove their van across the border in Brownsville, Texas late at night, and…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Sandra Rodriguez, 17, (M) reads the Bible during church while Marisol (L) draws pictures. Meanwhile, the teacher warns children that if they do not follow God, they will end up like American school children…

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Marisol fans her four month-old sister, Cynthia, on a hot summer day when the temperature in Matamoros exceeded 96 degrees.

Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - The Rodriguez children crowd into the main room of their home consisting of three small rooms constructed from wafer board and aluminum sheets. From the right, Roibel, 11, Marisol, 8, Cristina, 6, Cythia, 4…