Read the excerpt from "At 14, I Walked through the Desert to Reach the US. My Story Didn’t End There.”I was born in Honduras in 1992. My parents broke up before I was born and when I was five, my father left for the United States. I lived with my mother and my sister and we were the poorest family in our small neighborhood. Eventually my mother got together with Faustino, the man who would become my stepfather. She was scared of him because he drank a lot and was violent. . . .. . . She sent me to another part of the city to work for his relatives. I cleaned their house, took care of two babies, washed clothes. I was their servant.I was only 12.When my father returned to Honduras to see me for the first time in 10 years, I asked him to take me back to the United States because I didn’t have anything left in Honduras and I wanted to start a new life.Based on the excerpt, what pull factor caused Soledad Castillo to migrate to the US?
What does the dominant US narrative often emphasize about Latino immigrants?
Read the time line.What category of Latin American migration push factors are presented in the time line?
What primarily motivates economic migration from Latin America to the United States?
Read the excerpt from "At 14, I Walked through the Desert to Reach the US. My Story Didn’t End There.”When we got to Hayward, California, where my father lived, it seemed really fancy. I was blown away by the glass buildings. But reaching the US wasn’t the end of my struggles, only the beginning.I wasn’t able to go to school because I had to work. I got fake papers that said I was 21, even though I was really 14. Then I started working at a laundry doing two shifts a day. I started at seven in the morning and I got out at one the next morning. I was also sending money to my mom. One night my dad got angry and hit me, so I ran away to stay with a friend. I became depressed and lost my job. I didn’t want to work or eat.Why does Soledad say "But reaching the US wasn't the end of my struggles, only the beginning”?
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