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Revealing immigrant roots

Chelsea councilor recounts how his Argentine parents, who had lived here illegally, became Americans

Cristian (from left), Roy, Isabel, Vicente, and Nikolas Avellaneda in Tito's Bakery, owned and run by the family, in Chelsea. Vicente was a baker in his native Argentina. Cristian (from left), Roy, Isabel, Vicente, and Nikolas Avellaneda in Tito's Bakery, owned and run by the family, in Chelsea. Vicente was a baker in his native Argentina. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
By Maria Sacchetti
Globe Staff / November 24, 2008

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CHELSEA - City Councilor Roy Avellaneda traces his political stance on illegal immigration to a pair of newlyweds from Argentina who spent their honeymoon huddled under a rug, on a cold, hard floor in Dorchester. (Full article: 1249 words)

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