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Dear Diana - FELIZ CUMPLE & HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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I hope that this   Fútbol Con Corazón   Feliz Cumple(años) collaboration finds you well.  I love you very much and hope you have a great 23rd  birthday !  Your Big Hermano p.s. -  Diana, make sure to click the blue birthday link!

Articles of Confederation

If you got some time, please click on one of the links below. All the links are to CNN articles and very pertinent to the current immigration situation. I found the ones on Central America immigrants to really hit home.  I don't even want to think about    how many of my friends will try to make   the treacherous trip to the El Norte   in the upcoming months . On the other hand , I also know many  people  who benefit from the immigration system. These "guides for hire" or  coyotes  make a living off of helping their fellow Guatemalan countrymen  get to the U.S border with hopes of a brighter tomorrow. Every year, many men leave my Peace Corps pueblo in Guatemala headed north through Mexico with a backpack, one change of clothes, a roll of cash,  toilet paper, a bottle of water, and a dream. The American dream - the chance to make a better future for their children and extended family through financial security in the form of monthly money-orders, which unfortunately will