span class="medium"XXX came with his family from Michoacaacute;n, Meacute;xico to the United States 11 years ago at age 15. XXX has three children who are citizens and he works in construction, masonry (chimneys and stonework), and insulation.br/ strongldquo;To live here is to always keep working to be better. Here we are always working for our children. This is one of our goals. My parents and my siblings are here. Two of my brothers were born here. I donrsquo;t want to be separated from them. My goal is to support our children and to be with our family, always together./strongbr/ br/ The barrier always is not having legal documents here. It is a great barrier that cannot be overcome, because it is impossible to cross.br/ In many ways it is difficult. Here in the US it is essential to have credit. Each person must have credit. Without a social security (card), you cannot work with a (car) dealer or a property realtor.br/ (Not having papers) makes it hard to accomplish the goals we have now. I cannot have work with benefits, or health insurance. It is the main barrier that prevents us from being able to overcome each smaller barrier in our way.rdquo; mdash;- XXXbr/ br/ br/ ********************************************br/ XXX vino con su familia de Michoacaacute;n, Meacute;xico a los Estados Unidos hace 11 antilde;os cuando teniacute;a 15 antilde;os. XXX tiene tres hijos que son ciudadanos y eacute;l trabaja en construccioacute;n, albantilde;ileriacute;a (chimeneas and masoneriacute;a), insulacioacute;n.br/ br/ ldquo;strongVivir aquiacute; es de siempre mejorar, siempre trabajar ahora por nuestros hijos. Esta es uno de nuestras metas. Aquiacute; siguen mis papaacute;s y mis hermanos. Aquiacute; nacieron dos hermanos maacute;s y no quiero separarme de ellos. Mi meta es sacar adelante a nuestros hijos y estar con la familia siempre juntos./strongbr/ La barrera siempre es no tener documentos legales aquiacute;. Es un gran barrera que no puede superar, porque es una barrera que es imposible cruzar. En muchos aspectos es difiacute;cil. Aquiacute; en los EE.UU. es fundamental tener creacute;dito. Cada persona debe tener creacute;dito. Sin un seguro social, no puedes usar cualquier un dealer (de carros) o un realtor de una casa.br/ Es una barrera cumplir metas ahora. No puedo tener trabajo con beneficios, o seguro meacute;dico. (No tener documentos legales) es la principal barrera que nos impide llegar a barreras maacute;s pequentilde;as.rdquo;- XXX/span