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Da Silvas of Newark Embrace American Dream Colonial Portuguese Pioneers
Helena and Jose Da Silva of Newark, new Portuguese pioneers, juggle two jobs and a baby while embracing a solid middle-class life. They value family help, community ties, and a desire to teach their son about Azorean roots, yet say the United States is now their country. Early immigrants faced hard farm toil and scarce English, but the Da Silvas find stability through relatives already here and steady work at Freightliner and Leslie Salt Co.
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