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In a 2010 march from Florida to Washington, D.C. called the Trail of Dreams, Gaby Pacheco, Juan
Rodriguez, and other immigration advocates sought to secure humane immigration policies for people
brought as children to the United States without documentation.
How does the concept of identity for individuals who sometimes don’t even possess memories of
their birth countries mirror how Gustavo’s own children might define themselves? How are politics
and identity intertwined for both these marchers and the people interviewed by Tobar?

LITTLE HAVANA, MIAMI that ensued had been renamed in honor of his
TION
DIFFERENTIA
99% HISPANIC drowned mother. This seemed like a good DIFFERENTIATION
TRUMP 54%, BIDEN 46% place to find a passionate Cubano, and in Scaffolding
Scaffolding
mere minutes I met one. Across the street
I left Georgia and drove down the Florida from Elián’s old home, Santiago Faife snapped Y ou might have students look at each sec-
You might have students look at each sec-
turnpike, a lighted corridor of long straight- at me when I used the word “Hispano.” “No tion as an essay in miniatur e and examine
tion as an essay in miniature and examine
aways that guided me into the foreboding soy Hispano!” he said. “Soy Cubano!” 8 its structur e. T obar begins the Little Havana
its structure. Tobar begins the Little Havana
darkness of a moonless night, cutting through Faife is a tough seventy-one-year-old former section (par . 28) with description and per -
section (par. 28) with description and per-
the habitat of feral hogs, bobcats, and wild bus driver who was wearing an NYPD baseball sonal historical context: Why ar e they
sonal historical context: Why are they
turkeys. Cuban Miami was waiting for me. cap. As a young man, he’d been arrested in Cuba effective? What is their connection to the
ef
fective? What is their connection to the
When I reached Little Havana, I shed my for “counterrevolutionary activity,” he told me. In conclusion of the section at paragraph 35?
conclusion of the section at paragraph 35?
fleece and felt beads of sweat dripping down 1980, Faife came to the United States. “I am a What is the line of r easoning? For instance,
What is the line of reasoning? For instance,
my temples. The last time I was there, I’d Republican since the first time I voted in this coun - students might notice a connection between
students might notice a connection between
reported on the case of Elián González, the try, for Ronald Reagan,” he said. “I can’t betray the the reference to “martial law” (par. 29) and
efer
. 29) and
ence to “martial law” (par
the r
five-year-old Cuban refugee who arrived in party, even if I didn’t like Trump at first.” “wherever they take freedom from you”
eedom fr
ever they take fr
“wher
om you”
Florida in 1999 after an ill-fated ocean journey. (par . 31). Y ou could have students, in
(par. 31). You could have students, in
Now I discovered that the block where he had gr oups, do similar work with other sections.
groups, do similar work with other sections.
lived during the monthslong custody battle 8 Spanish for I am not Hispanic! I am Cuban!— Eds.
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