Xavier Becerra - My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from...

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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.

Xavier Becerra

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Mein Vater war die meiste Zeit seines Lebens Bauarbeiter. Als meine Mutter aus Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexiko, in die Vereinigten Staaten kam, hatte sie auch nie die Möglichkeit, ein College zu besuchen, und wurde Büromitarbeiterin. Aber sie haben nichts anderes getan, als dieses Land aufzubauen.

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