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Angel, left, and Randy Villegas attend Angel s graduation ceremony in 2018 at the New School of Architecture & Design in San Diego, Calif.
Randy Villegas and his older brother, Angel, grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., under the same roof. But they lived in separate realities: Randy as a U.S. citizen and Angel, an undocumented immigrant.
In their 20s, the two siblings came to StoryCorps last year to talk about the moment Angel realized he was undocumented, and how their status affected their relationship.
Angel, now 29, was in the fourth grade when he found out he was born in Mexico. His teacher had brought up the U.S.-Mexico border.
3 hours ago by Jo Corona (NPR)
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Angel, left, and Randy Villegas attend Angel s graduation ceremony in 2018 at the New School of Architecture & Design in San Diego, Calif.
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Randy Villegas and his older brother, Angel, grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., under the same roof. But they lived in separate realities: Randy as a U.S. citizen and Angel, an undocumented immigrant.
In their 20s, the two siblings came to StoryCorps last year to talk about the moment Angel realized he was undocumented, and how their status affected their relationship.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And it s time for StoryCorps. Growing up in Bakersfield, Calif., Randy Villegas and his older brother Angel lived under the same roof but separate realities. Randy is a U.S. citizen while Angel is undocumented. They came to StoryCorps to talk about the moment Angel realized he was undocumented.
ANGEL VILLEGAS: I was in class in fourth grade, and we were talking about the border. My teacher, he explained to me, like, why we have a border. Like, people from Mexico want to come to this side. And he didn t explain it, like, in a mean way or anything like that. I went home that night, and I started talking to mom about it. And she was like, oh, you were born over there. I was like, I didn t know I was born over there. What about Randy? She s like, no, he was born here. I was like, what? In fourth grade, I didn t think it was, like, a big deal because it wasn t back then.
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