LChaka chatha, anthu pafupifupi 400,000 anathamangitsidwa ku United States. Ndiko kuthamangitsidwa kwakukulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya US, kukulirapo kuposa "Operation Wetback" yodziwika bwino ya m'ma 1950s kapena "Kubwerera ku Mexico" panthawi ya Kukhumudwa Kwakukulu.
Nthawi zambiri Border Patrol imatulutsa mabasi othamangitsidwa pazipata zamalire a mizinda ngati Mexicali pakati pausiku, ndikukankhira anthu kudutsa panthawi yomwe palibe chotseguka ndipo palibe ntchito zowapezera chakudya kapena pogona.
Ambiri amene amathamangitsidwa m’dzikolo ndi achinyamata amene alibe ndalama akabwera ku United States ndipo alibenso chilichonse akathamangitsidwa ku Mexico. Pankhani ya chipwirikiti chotsutsana ndi osamukira ku United States, palibe amene amafunsa zomwe zimachitika kwa othamangitsidwawo akatumizidwa ku Mexico.
Ku Mexicali, gulu la othamangitsidwa komanso omenyera ufulu wosamukira kumayiko ena alanda hotelo yomwe idasiyidwa, yomwe kale inali Hotel Centenario (Hotelo Yazaka zana), ndikuyitchanso Hotel Migrante (Migrant Hotel). Kungotsala pang'ono kudutsa malire, hoteloyo imapatsa anthu othamangitsidwa ku United States malo ogona ndi chakudya kwa masiku angapo asanapite kunyumba kapena kuyesanso kuwoloka malire. Border Angels, gulu loona za ufulu wa osamukira ku United States, limapereka chithandizo chochepa chomwe hoteloyo imapeza. Mgwirizano wa anthu omwe athamangitsidwa amaphika chakudya ndikugwira ntchito yokonza nyumbayo.
M'nyengo yozizira, anthu pafupifupi 50-60 amakhala kumeneko nthawi iliyonse, pamene 5 kapena 6 ena amagogoda pazitseko zake usiku uliwonse. Chilimwe chatha, pachimake cha nyengo yodutsa malire, chiŵerengero cha anthu othamangitsidwa ku hoteloyo chinakwera kufika pa 300.
"Anthu ambiri amavulala poyesa kuyenda m'mapiri ozungulira Mexicali," akutero Benjamin Campista, membala wa mgwirizano. “Kumeneko kukuzizira kwambiri ndipo akagwidwa ndi kuthamangitsidwa, ambiri amangovala t-shirt ndi nsapato za tenisi, ena amadwala, amene timawatengera kuchipatala. ndalama."
Border Angels ndi gulu la hoteloyo adagwirizana kuti azilipira eni nyumba mapeso 11,000 pamwezi (pafupifupi $900), koma atsala kale miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Tsiku lililonse anthu okhala m’mahotela amapita ku mizere italiitali ya anthu amene akudikirira kudutsa pagalimotota (kudutsa malire ovomerezeka) kupempha ndalama zothandizira hoteloyo. Munthu aliyense ayenera kusunga theka la zomwe wapatsidwa, ndipo theka lina limapita makamaka chakudya chamadzulo.
Tsiku lililonse Campista amamva anthu othamangitsidwa akusimba nkhani zawo kuti: "Abale atatu anakhala kuno chilimwe chatha asanayese kuwoloka. Patatha mwezi umodzi, mmodzi anabwerera. Ndinamuwona ali padenga akulira pamene akuyang'ana kumapiri kumene ena awiriwo anafera kuchokera kumapiri. mayi wina anabwera kuno ndi mwana wake wa miyezi iwiri, mwamuna wake anamwaliranso m’chipululu.
"Tikungopita kumpoto kukayesa kugwira ntchito. N'chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kufera izi? Maboma athu athetse kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu uku. Ndiye hotelo yathu sikanakhala yofunikira nkomwe."
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David Bacon ndi wolemba komanso wodziyimira pawokha komanso wojambula.