Wetback World | Letters from Mexican women to loved ones in the United States

What are you looking fo...

“What are you looking for in me? Tell me what I can give you. I would have preferred a good-bye forever and not a deception that is killing me.” Find out about >New World Mexican...

He has a girl, he tells us she is very nice…

“…he tells us it is very nice over there and he goes a lot to the dances, he goes to have a good time, he is very happy, well a little, he says, then he said the sadness enters him, because we are not with him. He tells us that when it is December he feels a little lonely...

you loved me so much

“You loved me so much as I loved you, and you know I am not going to think badly of you though I know maybe you smoke and drink in the United States…” * * * * * * * These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village...

come back to your famil...

“Here we all miss you. I hope very soon you will come back to your family who loves you and that everything returns to what it was before you left. I love you a lot.” * * * * * * Authentic handwritten letters describing the feelings...

Today is the day we did...

“Today is the day we did not want to arrive but at last it came; you know I truly respect you and will wait anxiously until you come, love, because I already want you to return (ha ha ha) even though you have not gone...

Anxiously I write to kn...

“I know that you already passed the border and that was difficult how you crossed over. There is no day when I do not think of you. Anxiously I write to know of you my love. Please I will be waiting I miss you terribly.” These are authentic letters...

Ay Papito I love you

“Ay Papito I love you so much and I never will forget you and my mami and my little brothers and sisters. The bees you left fly all over the backyard. Your jumil bug is very happy. Come back soon papi. My mama misses you so much. Come back to your own tin roof house. Your...

adolescent love letter

“(I am confused, well “CAT” told me at the beginning of next year you are going to the USA but I don’t know)” These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. learn...

you risked all, you lef...

“…you risked all, you left your family, your country, and everything; you risked your life on that journey you made all that long road you had to cross to be over there, they were long days I suppose in that autobus that brought you to the frontier…” These are...

though they deceive you...

“…though they deceive you and you let yourself be deceived we will always be with you because we are with you when you are sad we are with you when you are happy we are with you always even though you are far away and you know why we are with you because always we live...

you know my destiny, yo...

“…you very well know my destiny, you grabbed it from my parents who loved me very much and now if I have to discover that you have another woman over there it hurts me much and too much I hope this is not true…” Find out about New World Mexican Women These...

my first love

…I find myself remembering the time when I was a little child living in my house with my mama and papa.” These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. This publication of of the craftswomen’s cooperative of our village; you...

How much sadness there ...

How much sadness there was in our house! how much sadness waiting for the return of your body… These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. This publication of of the craftswomen’s cooperative of our village; you are welcome to...

hola papito!

Hola Papito! Forgive me my drawings are not very good I could not make them very well for you because my sisters are talking to me and they tell me one thing and another Papi I love you and I will tell you a poem. These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village...

Anguished Mother

The mother is experiencing acute anxiety. She has not heard from her son. She is extremely worried. He went with his cousins and uncles to the United States to seek work, and has been there for about five years. He has not written or called for more than a month and he had never not...

Love Letter

“I hope soon we will see each other again and find ourselves together again to be able to make reality all the dreams of the two of us. Remember that I love you. You know that since the 20th of December you captured my heart and made me love you and now you have me waiting...

What is with you?

“I remember the promise you made me and every day I go to that place where we swore that we would not ever let anyone separate us…” These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. Find out about New World Mexican...

A Sister’s Letter

“I know I have not written you since the last two times I wrote you since you went and will not be able to forget that day when I was the last person you saw and to whom you said good-bye.” Authentic handwritten letters describing the feelings of Mexican...

Love, it is a long time...

Love, it is a long time I have not seen you, since you went to the United States. I don’t know if you forgot that we had a great love together… Authentic handwritten letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. Learn about the New World...

Children of mexican mig...

These little kids are living with the grandmother in her little house of adobe; she already raised her son now she is taking care of his children since he is up in the United States to make money, working in a restaurant in New Jersey. The girls look fierce and disappointed as if they...

worried sisters

…dearest brother, here in Mexico you will be better, in your own land, and you won’t be watching out for patrols, like where you are, return to Mexico, here is your family who misses you and loves you.” These are authentic...

She Begins To Cry

The real life story of millions of Mexican women. The story of Sabina. When she was young, she fell in love with her boyfriend and when he decided to go to the United States to work she could not argue or convince him to stay at home in Mexico with his family, who loves him and cares...

To My Great Love

“One day you decided to try your luck in strange lands, in the state of Champay, a part of the United States. You know very well my destiny, you grabbed it from my parents. I desire to be together now and regret that you are over there. I want you to come here, that we should...

Hola Papi

“Hello papa how are you? i hope that you find yourself well, you know papa soon it will be my birthday, i hope you have not forgotten the date on which i was born.” …you know i have asked Mommy not to celebrate my birthday, because what good is it to celebrate if you...

Bus Station Good-bye

“six month ago my son, not having a good job and having graduated from preparatory school, took a decision that for his family was difficult. he decided to go to the United States and cross the frontier as a wetback of course his brothers, and sisters, and I, his mother, we all...

…one day when you...

“…one day when you decide to return here to the secret place you will find this letter where i tell you how much i love you and that i will wait for you all the time that is necessary and i live with the hope you return to my side…” Find out...

…Love, today i mi...

…Love, today i miss you more than ever is has been three years i have not seen you and i miss you very much, i still remember that day when you told me you where going to the United States to get together lost of money in order to return soon here to the village and for us to be...

brother, be careful!

…here in Mexico you will be better, in your own land, and you won’t be watching out for patrols, like where you are, return to Mexico, here is your family that misses you and loves you.” Find out about >New World Mexican Women< These are...

Little Boys

“Dear Daddy, I will have a happy day when you return from over there.” Little boys in the villages whose fathers are working in the United States. These are authentic letters describing the feeling so Mexican village children and women. This publication of of the...

My love

Love is not able to offer more than itself and whoever wants to take out of it another advantage, is not dignified to be loved, there are pains that can not be cured they can only be shared” This publication of of the craftswomen’s cooperative of our village; you are welcome...

many times I have asked...

“Many times I have asked myself why this is going on with us, because your thousand “i love you’s” are carried off by the wind…” This publication of of the craftswomen’s cooperative of our village; you are welcome to find out about us and our...

Does the U.S.A. Passpor...

Most of the men over there in the United States have a wife and family in their home town in Mexico, and those who do not have a girl friend. * Does the U.S.A. Passport the mexican migrant workers are being promised, come with a divorce? Question: HOW MANY Mexican men have...

This sad tenderness, pa...

This sad tenderness, passionate and crazy, I planted in my soul to love you. I tell you good-bye and maybe with this farewell my most beautiful dream dies within me but I tell you good-bye for all life even though all my life I will be thinking of you.” “This sad tenderness...

Papa it makes me very h...

“Papa it makes me very happy that you are returning home to Mexico” These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. Find out about New World Mexican Women Go To >...

Behave yourself! and do...

“I know you are going to return to be again together always remember me that I will not forget you, never! Behave yourself! and don’t forget me who will Always love you” This is n authentic love letter from Mexican woman to her husband in the United...

My best gift from the t...

Dear auntie, my best gift from the three kings would be that you pass Christmas here with your family Authentic handwritten letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. …about the New World Mexican Women Visit >...

Uncle, I know why you w...

“Uncle, I know why you went to give a better life for your children and to your family and I hope they treat you well in your work since you do everything possible to give your best.” These are authentic letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and...

You know you are the un...

“You know you are the uncle I love most, the tenderness and friendship you have shown me in the good and the bad moments that pass each day.” Authentic handwritten letters describing the feelings of Mexican village children and women. …about the New World...

To struggle is the equi...

“To struggle is the equivalent of to live. With each new beginning surge deep wishes and propositions that animate life and invite one to struggle for them. It shuld not matter to you never, whatever be the desire, humble, or whatever, the very simple inspiration that comes to...

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