Results 1 to 1 of 1
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
-
09-01-2009, 10:54 AM #1
Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To
Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Published: August 30, 2009
FREMONT, Calif. — They gather five days a week at a mall called the Hub, sitting on concrete planters and sipping thermoses of chai. These elderly immigrants from India are members of an all-male group called The 100 Years Living Club. They talk about crime in nearby Oakland, the cheapest flights to Delhi and how to deal with recalcitrant daughters-in-law.
Together, they fend off the well of loneliness and isolation that so often accompany the move to this country late in life from distant places, some culturally light years away.
“If I don’t come here, I have sealed lips, nobody to talk to,â€
Citizenship Audit Finds 1,634 Noncitizens Attempted to Register...
05-09-2024, 04:30 PM in Non-Citizen & illegal migrant voters