Tag: marines

  • Go to War, Save your Parents from “La Migra”

    Go to War, Save your Parents from “La Migra”

    This is a short essay by Amanda Jones, a student at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles.  When my boyfriend, David, decided to become a Marine, I was hurt, appalled, and powerless. I understood why he had to do it. His parents were from Guatemala. His father had received a deportation order. His mother…