Camila And My Father: A Short Story

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Camila and her parents had no idea what they were going to do next. They just had a couple hundred dollars with no family in the United States. All they knew was that they couldn’t stay there anymore. Camila and her mother met up with the immigration officer. In the office were a bunch of other people from other countries with the same dream. Some spent days and other weeks waiting to see if they were granted permission to enter the U.S. or to be sent back. Camila and her mom only spent one day waiting to hear if they got granted permission or not.
So, Camila and her mother moved to Miami and into her grandpa’s colleagues house who later became her godmother. So since none of the degrees that Camila's mother earned counted, Camila’s mother

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