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Immigrants Of The Day: Rafael Reynosa Suarez of Mexico, Sergio R. Diaz Varela of Mexico, and David Jimenez Almazan of Mexicoby Kevin R. JohnsonRafael Reynosa Suarez (Mexico)
At age 13, Reynosa immigrated to the United States from Mexico with his family. He left for Iraq two days after learning his wife was pregnant and was killed five months before their daughter was due. Reynosa met his wife, Dinora Reynosa in 1992 at Valley High School in Santa Ana. She last spoke to her husband by telephone two days before his death. Reynosa played playing soccer for two years at Santa Ana College. Later, he worked as a warehouse manager for Montgomery Ward. Five months after he married in November 2000, the warehouse closed and Reynosa joined the Marines. September 25, 2008 | Permalink Sergio R. Diaz Varela (Mexico)
Diaz-Varela came to the U.S. from Mexico with his parents in 1991. The family lived in a mobile home park. He grew up and attended high school in Lomita, California. At the time of his death, his mother already had returned to Guadalajara. He joined the Army so he could save enough money to buy her a home. The 21-year-old infantryman was killed Nov. 24 when a homemade bomb exploded after he got out of a vehicle while on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, a city west of Baghdad. Diaz-Varela had been in Iraq only a few months. September 24, 2008 | Permalink David Jimenez Almazan (Mexico)
Born in Mexico, Jimenez came to the U.S. with his mother and sisters when he was 11 to join his father. Before he went to Iraq, he applied for citizenship. It was granted after his death. Almazan joined the Army in 2002 because “he wanted to make a difference for himself and for other people,” his wife said. The Van Nuys resident reenlisted last spring for another four years with the goal of becoming a physician’s assistant. September 23, 2008 | Permalink These posts were orginally posted on the ImmigrationProf Blog here, here and here.
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