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Tram Nguyen

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Silicon Valley Immigrants

By Tram Nguyen

Maria, a single mother, had supported her family by cleaning office buildings in San Jose ever since she arrived in the U.S. 11 years ago from Mexico. But after 9/11, she was fired for being undocumented. “This did not matter to them before,” she explained. “They hired me and paid me $12 an hour for…

Maria, a single mother, had supported her family by cleaning office buildings in San Jose ever since she arrived in the U.S. 11 years ago from…

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