Cesar Hernandez had not secured his slot as second base in the Philadelphia Phillies through 2015 but his current defensive and offensive tactics in the season have definitely changed opinions making it fun to see what impact he will pose to the baseball betting lines.…
Dinuba was home to Manuel Munoz, born in 1972. Set just outside of Fresco, California, Dinuba was where Munoz learned his culture, languages, and was given his name. Learning both Spanish and English was common in Munoz bilingual generation. Although, living past your given Spanish name was not something Munoz had yet considered. Munoz states that when you are of Spanish decent, you are more than likely labeled a “Mexican.” Lower socio economic background, diminished standard of life, all sayings that are sometimes used to describe men and women of Spanish decent. For years now, America has been the place where you can make a better life for yourself, but for some…
In Julia Alvarez’s speech “Entre Lucas y Juan Mejia”, She start explaining the challenges we faced as an immigrant. She said, “As an immigrant, you leave behind an old world and enter into a new world in which the old ways no longer apply” (1). In my opinion as an immigrant I can related to this quote, because when I came to United States I felt that I entered in a completely new world. In which I had to start a new life with a different language and culture. Also, Julia Álvarez mentioned the challenges she had as a female writer in another country that has a different language.…
In the excerpt from the autobiographical narrative by Gary Soto, the author uses vivid imagery, allusions to religion, and change in tone to recreate his experiences from his six year old self. Soto begins by involving the reader into the excitement that he feels while glaring at the freshly baked pies, he then vividly represents how he transgresses his valued religious principle, and steals the pie. He concludes by illustrating the aftermath, and describing the remorse that he underwent after realizing he had given into a reprehensible temptation.…
It was a cool, pleasant Sunday evening at the China Garden Restaurant, where customers enjoyed some of, reportedly, the best indo-chinese cuisine in Austin Texas. However, this calm atmosphere would soon be abruptly shattered by a lone gunmans bullets. Jesus Manuel Garcia, an employee of the China Garden Restaurant, had become distraught after his girlfriend broke up with him, lashing out saying he would “shoot somebody,” however, by the time his ex could alert someone, it was too late. Garcia began firing on the Restaurant with his glock 23, eventually chasing patrons into a nearby theater. Fortunately for bystanders, off duty Sgt. Lisa Castellano chased the Garcia into the bathroom whilst shooting him several times. Garcia was eventually…
On May 16, I interviewed Ignacio Torres about what it means to be American to him. This man came to the U.S. at age 16 with his older brother and his mother. To live the american dream he had to wake up early every day to work in the fields with his family. Years later passed so he decided to go back to Mexico to marry my mom. Both of them came to the U.S. without any children. They lived happy and Ignacio soon became a True American almost 20 years ago.…
Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramírez Was born the youngest of five children on February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. He was born into a fairly poor family, his mother was a Mexican American and his father a Mexican immigrant. All of his siblings were born with health problems possibly from the rumoured nuclear testing nearby, or the chemicals his mother was exposed to at her work while she was pregnant. In the fifth grade Ramirez was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy which caused him to have seizures a school, he later grew out of it in his teens. Early in his childhood he was greatly influenced by his cousin Michael who had returned from special forces in Vietnam. His cousin showed him violent photographs…
About twenty-six Mexican men risked their lives on the journey to cross the deadly desert to the United States. As their “coyote”, Jesus Mendez was paid to guide the men (referred to as “walkers”). By the end of the journey, fourteen men had died while Mendez and the rest of the twelve men survived. As a result, Mendez was charged and tried for 16 years in prison for manslaughter; however, the walkers were aware of the risk they were taking so Mendez shouldn’t have been responsible for their deaths and charged with manslaughter.…
People may think that just because we give an inmate education they will never change in life. I don’t agree on that George Chochos is a person who went jail to Yale and his story will prove all my 3 points. Chochos was first arrested when he was 18, serving only 8 months he got out and as months went on he was in and out of jails and colleges. On October 1999 chochos was sentenced to a 14 year sentence for bank robberies. Chochos spent the first 10 months in the Rensselaer County Jail, and then was transferred to Downstate Correctional Facility for 10 days until eventually he was sent to the sing sing correctional…
For starters, the only real punishments that Lewis had received for the murders were probation and a fine given by the NFL. The only way that the legal system attempted to respond to his crimes was the give him a whole twelve months…
This paper will discuss and analyze the requirements for search and arrest warrants based with regard to probable cause. I will post a recent news regarding probable cause and will discuss exceptions to warrant requirements.…
Julio, I enjoyed reading your memoir. I definitely learned a lot about you from the part you have finished. I look forward to seeing where you are going with the piece. As you finish, keep in mind the end goal of what you want the reader to leave with after finishing the memoir. What are you trying to teach us about your life?…
In Julia Alvarez's Yo!, Yolanda Garcia's family and friends get their chance to tell the truth about Yo. They express their feelings and their stories about Yo, including how she's always told lies, how she stole the plot for a story from a student, and how her college professor kept trying to prevent her from ruining her life and her talents. Alvarez tells Yolanda's story through other characters, while Yo is denied the privilege of defending herself. It is ironic because initially, the novel is based on Yolanda and how angry her loved ones are after she publishes a book that exposes personal things about each of them. In this novel, these very people are working to set the story straight and portray the true Yolanda Garcia that they know, a liar, a plagiarist, and a dropout.…
My mom, Gaby Hernandez, was born in April 1972, in a little calm and close-knit village named El Uncidero in Zacatecas, Mexico. She came for first time to the United States in July 1978 by paying a coyote (person who leads others across the border). After leaving about two years later, she came back permanently to the United States in January 1991. Once she had came back to the United States for the second time, she was more mature and was seeking for a better future for herself.…
After the trial, Padilla was convicted of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim people and providing material support to terrorist. His indictment avoided an impending issue before the Supreme Court of how long the government could hold a citizen without a charge. Padilla and the two other codefendants denied the charges against them. The prosecution alleged that Padilla had traveled to Afghanistan to train with the al-Qaeda and his fingerprints had been found al Qaeda application form. In his defense Padilla argued that he had travelled to Egypt to study. The government said that he had met with a senior commander of the AL Qaeda where he was asked to go to a place where he could learn to make a dirty bomb. He was sentenced to 17 years and four months. He appealed against the decision but the court of appeal upheld the lower court’s decision. Subsequently the court of Appeals ruled that the sentence was too lenient and sent the case back to the lower court. The district court then sentenced him to 21…