So far this year, there are already more than 40,000 people who have been detained or who have surrendered to the immigration authorities in an attempt to fulfill the American dream.
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The so-called “American Dream” has become a common denominator among Colombians who lack opportunities in our country or those who seek a better future in the most prosperous nation in the world: the United States.
For some, this journey is the solution to their financial problems, however, it is not easy to travel due to the given conditions: a desert, unfavorable weather, retaining walls and immigration police, obstacles that prevent a dream arrival in North American territory. .
A person could even lose his life during this journey of long kilometers where the future on the journey is uncertain due to other factors such as dehydration or lack of money to overcome some difficulties such as, for example, the decisions made by the so-called ‘Coyotes ‘, those people who with their supposed experience charge a sum of money to take the migrants to their final goal: to cross the border.
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This drama of hundreds of Colombians daily was documented by the journalist Félix de Bedout, who through several videos showed how many of the compatriots who try to cross the border through the Arizona sector called “El Hueco”, faint in their purpose.
“There is a significant increase in Colombians looking for a destination outside the country. This is at the border crossing in Yuma,” detailed the communicator from US territory.
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In the images, about 200 migrants are seen waiting for the border guard to surrender. Men, women and children feel tired and disillusioned by everything they have experienced during their journey of days.
They can say what they want, but this reality cannot be hidden. There is a significant increase in Colombians looking for a destination outside the country. This is at the border crossing in Yuma, Arizona. Gate 8. May 24, 2022. 9:00 AM. pic.twitter.com/zI25shplsw
— Felix de Bedout (@fdbedout) May 24, 2022
This site is known as Gate 8, in Yuma, Arizona. Doctor@EnriquePenalosaMost of the people who were crossing the border here today are Colombians, and our country is one of the countries that is receiving the most migrants. They didn’t tell me, I’m looking at it. pic.twitter.com/QHbd0349ua
— Felix de Bedout (@fdbedout) May 24, 2022
details the newspaper TIMEthat Title 42 applies to many of these migrants, a public policy that former President Donald Trump implemented in times of pandemic, which allows express deportation, because due to the health emergency, migrants could have the virus and spread it throughout the country. American territory putting the health of the rest of the inhabitants at risk.
Others may be lucky enough to be processed by Title 8, which leads to an asylum process, the regular process that most migrants who arrive in the United States go through.
Whether “42” or “8” is applied to a migrant depends on the responses they give when approached by border guards. If they could prove with evidence that their life is at risk in their country of origin, they could receive different treatment.
Knowing how to express your arguments in English is also essential.
While their situation is defined in the USA, whether they are deported or not, they can spend a long time, even under arrest between two and four years.
add TIME, that only 7% of these detained people manage to get out in six months. During this period the request can be denied and a deportation subsequently takes place.
Finally, if they are lucky and manage to be illegal in the United States, the language or documentation barrier to be able to obtain a well-paid job ends up being another obstacle once they are already in North American territory.
According to data from aforementioned mediumfrom October 2021 to date, more than 40,000 compatriots have tried to cross into the United States illegally, a journey that begins by land in northern Mexico.
In 2021 alone, the figure was 10,000, which is why there has been a significant increase.
Some of them have died, such as Juan Carlos Rivera, who died trying to cross the US border in March of this year.
The man fell from the top of one of the walls that are installed to prevent the passage of migrants, a height of almost 9 meters.
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