Amabali amathathu okwenyaniso, anamagama kunye neendawo ezitshintshileyo: Umphambukeli waseBrazil uVirginia da Loma wasebenzela inkonzo yokucoca eChapel Hill, kuMntla Carolina. Umnikazi wenkonzo wamfumana ngenye imini ecoca indlu engenamntu waze wamenza ukuba avume ukudlwengulwa kwakhe ngokumgrogrisa ngokumgxotha ukuba uthe hayi. Umphathi kaClaudia Gomez kwisityalo sokupakisha imifuno apho wayesebenza khona eFlorida waqala ngokumxelela indlela awayenomtsalane ngayo, ukuba wayengenakumchasa; ngokuphindaphindiweyo wayemnika imisebenzi eyayimenza abe yedwa. Emva koko wamgrogrisa ngokumgxotha nje kuphela ukuba akavumanga ukungenisa kodwa nokumjikela kwi-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, i-arhente enoxanduva lokufumana nokugxotha abaphambukeli abangabhalwanga phantsi). Xa u-Angela Feliz, osika aze apakishe i-lettuce eKhalifoniya, engazange avume ukuba ngumphathi wakhe, waqala ukumkhathaza ngokubhekisela kuye esidlangalaleni njenge-dyke.
Umgaqo-nkqubo waseUnited States ophathelele abaphambukeli abangenazo iimpepha-mvume uwonakalisa amabhinqa ngeendlela ezininziโngokuwahlukanisa nabantwana, ngokuwashiya bengenankxaso, ngokwenza kube nzima ngabo ukuhlawulela iintsapho zabo. Kodwa iseti enye yomonakalo wokoqobo kunye nesisongelo esikhawulezileyo kubomi bomzimba kunye nempilo, kuba abafazi abangabhalwanga basengozini yobundlobongela kwaye abakwazi ukufumana uncedo olusemthethweni.
Izizathu zokunqongophala kwabasetyhini abangamaxwebhu zicacile: abasetyhini ababhenela emapoliseni okanye kuyo nayiphi na i-arhente yenkonzo yentlalontle kusenokwenzeka ukuba bangayifumani imvume esemthethweni yokuhlala e-US. Yingakho amaninzi amapolisa-aye e-US aqhutywa yizixeko kunye needolophu kwaye ngoko ayahluka ngokubanzi kwimigaqo-nkqubo yawo-ikhetha ukungabuzi okanye ukunika ingxelo malunga nemeko yokuhlala. Kungenxa yokuba ukuba abaphambukeli bayazi ukuba banokuxelwa kwi-ICE, baya kuba mathidala ukuxela ulwaphulo-mthetho okanye banike naluphi na ulwazi kumagosa asebupoliseni.
Kodwa ngokubhekiselele kubundlobongela, abafazi bajongene nengozi ephindwe kabini, kuba banokuthi baxhatshazwe kwaye bahlaselwe. Kwimimandla yezolimo yaseKhalifoniya, apho uninzi lwabasebenzi lusuka kwamanye amazwe, ama-90 ekhulwini amabhinqa angabasebenzi basezifama achaza ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesini njengengxaki enkulu. Isiqingatha sabo basebenzi basetyhini asinamaxwebhu. Njengoko umsebenzi wasefama waseNorth Carolina esitsho, โIndoda inokukubamba emasimini apho izityalo zinde kunawe.โ Omnye wachaza indlela abafana ababezibamba ngayo, balinganise isini omnye komnye, baze bagqabaze njengathi, โPhezolo, bendiphupha ngawe; ukuba ubusazi ukuba ndiphupha njani ngawe! Zininzi izinto endikwenzele zona!โ Kwizityalo zokupakisha inyama e-Iowa naseNebraska, eziyingozi kuye wonke umntu onabasebenzi abakhawulezayo nabadiniweyo bephethe iimela ezibukhali, abasebenzi abangabafazi abangabhalwanga bakho kuyo yonke indawo. Umbhali-mbali uDeborah Fink wanikela ingxelo yokuba ukutshintshiselana ngesondo ngomsebenzi kwakusemgangathweni kangangokuba kwamkelwe njengemeko yengqesho.
Kanye njengokuba inzima imeko yabasetyhini abangabhalwanga phantsi baxhatshazwa ngamaqabane abo. Iipesenti ezingama-48 zeLatinas e-US zithi ubundlobongela bamaqabane abo kubo bunyukile ukusukela oko beza e-US. Ngamanye amaxesha ubundlobongela buyanda kuba amadoda axinezeleke ngakumbi; ngamanye amaxesha ngenxa yokuba abafazi benemisebenzi yabo kwaye abakwazi ukuhlala ekhaya, okanye ngenxa yokuba abafazi benemali eninzi kwaye bamkela isimo sengqondo sokuzimela; kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngenxa yokuba amaqabane angamadoda nawo ayazi ukuba abafazi abafuni ukukhalaza. Amashumi amathandathu ekhulwini amabhinqa azalelwe eKorea athi abethwa ngabayeni. ISebe lezeMpilo lesiXeko saseNew York kunye noCoceko lweNgqondo lanikela ingxelo ngowama-2004 ukuba uninzi lwamabhinqa abulawa ngamaqabane awo kwisiXeko saseNew York yayingabaphambukeli. Izizathu zokuba abafazi bahlale kunye namaqabane ahlukumezayo ayaziwa, ngokukodwa ukuba baxhomekeke kuqoqosho kula madoda-kwaye i-US ibonelela ngenkxaso encinci yezoqoqosho kubasetyhini bodwa kunye nabantwana. Ngoku khawufane ucinge ezo zizathu ziphindaphindwe kukoyika i-ICE: ukoyika ukugxothwa kuphela kwaye mhlawumbi nokwahlulwa kubantwana bakho, kodwa woyike nokuba iqabane likabani liya kugxothwa. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo abaphambukeli abangabhalwanga phantsi abafanelekanga ukufumana uninzi lweendlela zoncedo zikarhulumente. Abafanelanga nokuba i-inshurensi yonyango phantsi koMthetho weMoto oZifikelelekayo (okwabizwa ngokuba yi-Obamacare).
Abameli bobufazi bazama ukunceda kwezi ngxaki baza bacenga iNkongolo ukuba ipasise uMthetho woBundlobongela obuNxamnye nabaseTyhini ka-1994. Loo mthetho uvumela ixhoba lobundlobongela ukuba lifake isicelo se-visa esemthethweni yokungena kwelinye ilizwe, kwaye lenze oko ngaphandle kolwazi lomxhaphazi. Xa umthetho wawugunyaziswa kwakhona ngo-2013, abezomthetho baseRiphabhlikhi bacebise inguqulelo yabo. Bekuya kufuna ukuba la mabhinqa afake izicelo axelele abaxhaphazi bawo ukuba acela imvume yokundwendwelaโnto leyo ebangela ukuba kubekho ugonyamelo olungakumbi; wavumela umxhaphazi ukuba afake ingxelo echasa isicelo se-visa sexhoba; kwaye wanika ixhoba kuphela isiqabu sexeshana ekugxothweni. Kwangaxeshanye inguqulelo yeRiphabhlikhi nayo ijolise kubaxhaphazi, ngokuvumela ukuba bagxothwe ngesiseko sesityholo esingaxhaswanga. AmaRiphabhlikhi kwiCongress, ngokuqinisekileyo, ayekhangela nayiphi na indlela yokunyusa ukugxothwa.
Ngethamsanqa, umthetho oyilwayo weRiphabhlikhi woyiswa, kwaye uMthetho woBundlobongela obuNxamnye nabaseTyhini waphinda wagunyaziswa. Kodwa inikela uncedo kuphela kwiqaqobana lamabhinqa angabhalwanga phantsi abandezeleka ngogonyamelo nongcungcutheko. Ngethuba nje amapolisa kunye nee-arhente zeenkonzo zentlalo zibika kwi-ICE, isongelo sokugxothwa siya kugcina abantu abangabhalwanga emthunzini, apho bengenakho ukufikelela kubulungisa. Kwaye lo gama bekhutshelwa ngaphandle nakwiinkqubo zenkxaso ezincinci ezivumela abasebenzi ukuba bayeke umsebenzi apho baxhatshazwa kwaye bahlaselwe, baya kukufumanisa kunzima ukwala kwaye babaleke ukuxhatshazwa.