Kufanana nemaguta mazhinji ekumaodzanyemba, New Orleans ine nhoroondo inodada yehutungamiriri hwekodzero dzevanhu - pamwe nenhoroondo yakashata yakaenzana yekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu. Nhoroondo iyoyo iri kuzvidzokorora nhasi. Nharaunda yeAfrica yeAmerica zvakare yakatarisana nekusarongeka kwehupfumi uye kushungurudzwa kubva kune vezvemitemo. Asi, panguva ino, vashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika avo akavakazve New Orleans mushure meHurricane Katrina variwo zvinangwa zvekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu. Uye vashandi vamwechete ivavo vari kuratidza hushingi hunoshamisa mukurwisa kuvapedza.
MunaNovember 2013, ndaidada mira pamwe chete nevashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika uye vatungamiriri venharaunda vari kuita murunyararo kusateerera kwevanhu muNew Orleans kufumura chirongwa chine hutsinye chekumisa uye mhirizhonga yerusarura-yakavakirwa kubuda kwemhirizhonga inonzi CARI (Criminal Alien Removal Initiative), iyo yakanangana neLatinos.
Zvikwata zveImmigrations uye Customs Enforcement (ICE), pamwe nemapurisa emuno, vanga vachipaza nhangemutange-based immigration kwese kwakaungana maLatinos: zvitoro, zvivakwa zvemafurati, machechi, zvekuwachira. Kupambwa uku kwakakonzera kutya kunogara kuchityisa kune vashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika nemhuri dzinovakazve guta ratinogara uye tinoda.
Kupesana nebumbiro remutemo kwakakonzera kuti a Congressional kubvunza uye kuvharwa kwepeji rekutanga muNew York Times. Zvakadaro ICE inoramba ichivimba navo kuti isangane nehukuru hwayo hwekudzingwa.
Svondo rino ndakashanyira mushandi anonzi Yestel Velazquez, ari kuSouth Louisiana Correctional Center akamirira kudzingwa mushure mekupambwa kweCARI nguva pfupi yadarika. Yestel aifamba nehupenyu hwake hwemazuva ese, achigadzirisa mota yake pachitoro chemotokari cheLatino munzvimbo ine vanhu vakawanda yeLatino kuNew Orleans, apo ICE nemapurisa eko vakakomba chitoro ichi ndokubata Latino yese yaaiona.
Mushure mekusungwa kwavo, Yestel nemumwe waanoshanda naye anonzi Wilmer Irias-Palma vakamhan'ara kodzero dzevanhu vachipokana neICE nezvekupambwa uku. Ndichiri muhusungwa svondo rapfuura, Yestel naWilmer vakapinda mumusangano weruzhinji nevatungamiriri vekodzero dzevanhu veDC parunhare. ICE yakabva yatsiva nekukasira-kuteedzera Yestel naWilmer kuti vadzingwe, vachimhanya kuvanza humbowo hwekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu nekutumira vamhan'ari kunze kwenyika. Wilmer akadzingwa neChishanu, uye Yestel akaudzwa kuti achadzingwa Chishanu chino.
Ichi ndicho chimiro cheNew Orleans 'dambudziko rekodzero dzevanhu. Ndiyo inotarisana nemamiriyoni evashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vakakomberedza United States. Vanhu vane mhuri uye midzi yakadzika munharaunda dzedu vanogara mukutya kutyora bumbiro remutemo, dzinza, kumisa-uye-frisk style raids. Uye pavanotaura nezve kushungurudzwa uku, vanotarisana nekutsivirwa nesangano rimwe chete rehudzvinyiriri iro rinoisa kudzingwa kwevanhu pamusoro pezvimwe zvese, kusanganisira dziviriro yebumbiro remitemo. ICE inogona kutyora kodzero dzevanhu pasina mhosva, nekuti kana vanoridza muridzo vakaita saYestel naWilmer vakashinga kutaura, ICE inongoburitsa humbowo.
Zvose izvi zviri kuitika apo America iri kuongororwa svondo rino nesangano reUnited Nations rinoona nezvekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kana kuti CERD. Kutadza kwehutongi hwaObama kuchengetedza kodzero dzevashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika ndeimwe yenzira dzakawanda dzeU.S kusara kumashure pazvisungo zvayo kuCERD - uye nemisimboti yayo pachayo.
Pandakasangana naYestel svondo rino, akati: “Vari kundiranga nekuti ndataura chokwadi, asi ndinowana simba kubva murudo rwangu kuvana vangu nemhuri yangu. ICE inofanirwa kumisa kusarura maLatinos uye kunanga vanhu vakatendeseka vari kuyedza kurarama. Uye Obama anofanira kutarisana nedambudziko rekodzero dzevanhu. "
Handina kukwanisa kubvuma zvimwe. Yestel nevatungamiriri vekodzero dzevanhu vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vakaita saiye vanokodzera rusununguko, kwete kudzingwa. ICE's nhangemutange-yakavakirwa nharaunda yekupinda nekupambwa inofanirwa kumira. Uye sezvo Mutungamiri Obama ari kugadzirira kutora danho rekutonga pamusoro pekupinda kune dzimwe nyika, nyaya dzeYestel naWilmer dzinofanira kuratidza kuti chiri panjodzi inyaya yekodzero dzevanhu. Vashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika nemhuri vakabatsira kuvakazve New Orleans vanoratidza hushingi hwavo mazuva ese. Mutungamiriri wenyika anofanirwa kuita zvimwe chetezvo nekutora matanho akashinga kuchengetedza vatungamiriri vekodzero dzevanhu vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vari kurwira izvo isu tese tinokoshesa.
(Bill Quigley igweta rekodzero dzevanhu uye purofesa wezvemitemo paLoyola University New Orleans. Anogona kusvikwa pa [email inodzivirirwa].)
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
dhoneta