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It’s 3 p.m. on Friday. School is out and Hispanic students of all ages, from all around the Unicoi area, are headed to the after-school program at Unicoi United Methodist Church.

Summer school may be dreaded by kids of all ages, but not so with students at East Tennessee State University’s Migrant Education Program.

Many immigrants in Erwin use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family members in their countries of origin. The cards, found in stores throughout the area, offer rates cheaper than conventional landline long distance calls. Even so, buyers sometimes feel cheated.

While most potential homebuyers secure loans from banks, many are now looking to programs offered by government agencies and non-profit organizations to ease some of the financial burden of buying a house.

Sending money home is one way that immigrants show love for their families. For some local workers, that means a trip to La Mexicana, a store at 709 S. Roan St., Johnson City.

In 1973 migrant farm workers, who move with the seasons, were families that worked under the supervision of a crew leader. But since the 1970s the family situations of people who do this kind of work have evolved as much as the farm itself.

In Bernie Rodriguez’s English for Speakers of Other Languages class, students know the ESOL program is their ticket to a better life in the United States.