Think about leaving all of your things and people behind. On foot, by train, and inside truck trailers. Swimming across dangerous rivers. Illegally crossing the border. In the desert of Arizona, I was walking. A group of people are being shot at. They also get robbed and beat. Raped. Getting through everything. People who lived in the poorest parts of Central America are crossing over into the United States after living there for years. Succeeding. Now. In the "promised land," you don't belong legally or socially, so you don't belong there either way. You don't speak the language. You don't even know that you've come. Imagine that you were Nobody. A bag is then put over your head. Having your garments taken away. Thrown into a room with a dozen other people. In front of your head is a loaded gun. You are forced to call home and beg for money, a ransom for your life, so you can live.
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Think about leaving all of your things and people behind. On foot, by train, and inside truck trailers. Swimming across dangerous rivers. Illegally crossing the border. In the desert of Arizona, I was walking. A group of people are being shot at. They also get robbed and beat. Raped. Getting through everything. People who lived in the poorest parts of Central America are crossing over into the United States after living there for years. Succeeding. Now. In the "promised land," you don't belong legally or socially, so you don't belong there either way. You don't speak the language. You don't even know that you've come. Imagine that you were Nobody. A bag is then put over your head. Having your garments taken away. Thrown into a room with a dozen other people. In front of your head is a loaded gun. You are forced to call home and beg for money, a ransom for your life, so you can live.
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