Introduction Moving still by Francisco Jimenez is the story that depicts an immigrant family that aspires for home and normal life. This autobiographic narration runs about the author’s childhood experience in California and desperate searching of his family for a better life. Moving from place to place, the family was deported back to Mexico. The mere goal of the family was to find a good job and a real home. The story shows that despite the family’s cooperation and mutual effort, still migrated people were not welcome in California. Family comes first The Mexican families appreciated labor work so that the authors intended to show the hard life of farmworkers. The fruits and vegetables they planted and cultivated were of great value for them since it was the main sense of their existence. The Tent City, where the family lived reminded a labor camp guided by the migration officers. The atmosphere of fear and poverty forced the families to break the rules and to overcome the frontier in the pursuit of welfare. The lack of money and father’s illness influenced the decision to move illegally to California. Throughout their travel, the author shows the family’s enthusiasm and patience in overcoming the borders both material and moral. The importance of language A willingness to live in California made the family sacrifice their traditions and forget their roots. The family lived in constant fear to tell “a soul that you were born in Mexico” (Jimenez, 1997 p. 115). That mortified them and made them feel suspicious. They were forced to lie to gain the right to existence. Still, the members managed to preserve the Mexican tradition of the priority of family relationships. The enormous hope and desire to work were the highest values for the family. Owing to this, not all members were complaining about the conditions they live in California since each one was conscious of responsibility and necessity and dependence for each other. As it can be seen from the story, the author tried to show the mutual love for each other in the family. The idea of individuality coincides with the idea of community The story also emphasized the significant role of community in Mexican culture since no matter what individuals do, all their deeds were directed at the well-being of other members. In that regard, the idea of individuality is closely connected with the idea of community and consolidation that was highly appraised by the migrated Mexicans living in insecurity and distrust. In the story, the teachers in Santa Maria did their best to help their pupils’ families. Hence, Mr. Sims, the principal of Main Street School, helped Roberto in finding a part-time job realizing the calamity his family lived. Due to Robert’s conscious feeling of responsibility, the job was a real treasure for him since it allowed him to contribute to the welfare of the family (Jimenez, 1997, p. 125). Consequently, the priority was always left to the family relationships and family virtues. Additionally, the story itself embraces all the family values and learns how to avoid the feeling of inferiority and frustration. In Moving Still, Francisco Jimenez showed what is like to be a child and hide from the “green” officers to stay in the country. With no permanent schooling