Amalungu oluntu lwethu angabhalwanga phantsi ayoyika. Yaye ngesizathu esihle. Kusuku lwakhe lokuqala e-ofisini, uMongameli-onyuliweyo uTrump wenze isibhambathiso sokubuyisela umva imiyalelo kaMongameli u-Obama ekhusela abantu abathile abangabhalwanga ekugxothweni, ukurhoxisa inkxaso-mali yomanyano kwiidolophu ezingcwele, kwaye aqale ukususa izigidi “zabaphambukeli abangekho mthethweni”. Sinako kwaye kufuneka sizigwebe ezi zenzo. Kodwa yintoni esinokuyenza ukuze sikhusele abahlobo nabamelwane bethu? Xa ethatha isikhundla nge-20 kaJanuwari, uDonald trump uya kuba nezixhobo zikarhulumente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho kunye nobunzima obupheleleyo begunya lomanyano analo ukuze enze umnqamlezo wakhe ochasene nabaphambukeli.
Kubantu abavela kwamanye amazwe kunye namahlakani abo, kunokubonakala kungekho themba. Kodwa uphononongo lwembali yaseMelika luveza ukuba esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba urhulumente wobumbano akhulule imikhosi yakhe ukubamba nokususa abantu abasesichengeni. Kwaye kwezi ziqendu zangaphambili, nkqu ngokuchasene namandla apheleleyo karhulumente wobumbano, ookhokho bethu bafumana indlela yokuxhathisa. Kwaye nathi sinako. Ingakumbi ukuba siyayazi imbali yethu.
Ukususela ekusekweni kwesizwe sethu ukuya kutsho ngo-1865, ubukhoboka yayingumthetho welizwe. Kwaye igatya loMgaqo-siseko weli khoboka lalifuna ukubanjwa nokubuyiswa kwamakhoboka aqhweshileyo. Kodwa abavukeli bobukhoboka bakha i-Underground Railroad ngokuchasene nomthetho. Kwaye xa, ngo-1850, urhulumente we-Federal wasungula uMthetho omtsha we-Fugitive Slave Act owawufuna ukuba abemi ngabanye naphi na elizweni bancedise ekuthinjweni nasekubuyiselweni kwamakhoboka aqhweshileyo, abaninzi kwimimandla yaseMntla bala, bade basebenzise amandla obundlobongela ukukhusela iimbacu kwiindawo abahlala kuzo ekubanjweni nasekubuyiselweni ebukhobokeni. Ukunyanzeliswa kobukhoboka kwabemi yayingumthetho. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba yayingumthetho ongekho sikweni, aba bemi abazange bavume ukusebenzisana nabo, baza endaweni yoko bakhusela abo babehlala kwiindawo abahlala kuzo ngokungekho mthethweni.
Umzekelo wamva nje uvela kwiminyaka yoo-1980, xa omnye ukonwabisa-owajika- uMongameli wayeqhuba olwakhe uhlaselo kubaphambukeli kunye neembacu. Ulawulo lweReagan lwalujolise kwiimbacu ezivela kuMbindi Merika. Aba yayingabantu abasindileyo kwiimfazwe zamakhaya ezibulalayo kunye ne-US-backed death squads yase-El Salvador naseGuatemala, bazifumana bezingelwa ukuze bavalelwe kwaye bagxothwe e-United States. Ukumisela ukuba oku kukusetyenziswa ngokungekho sikweni nangokungekho mthethweni kwegunya lomdibaniso, iqela lamatsha-ntliziyo lenze indlela kaloliwe yanamhlanje engaphantsi komhlaba ukuthutha nokukhusela iimbacu kunye nabafudukayo iiarhente zomdibaniso zikaReagan zazizingela. Umbhali-mbali uMaría Cristina García uthi amawakawaka abantu baseMerika bahlanganisana kule Ntlanganiso Yengcwele ukuze benze “esona senzo sibalulekileyo sokungathobeli kwabantu ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yamashumi amabini.”
Ukutyhubela imbali yethu, abantu abanezazela baye bahlolisisa izenzo zorhulumente wabo yaye maxa wambi bagqiba kwelokuba banembopheleleko yokuziphatha yokuxhathisa. Kwingxelo yakhe yakudala ye-1849 ethi "Ukuchasana noRhulumente woLuntu," uHenry David Thoreau usikhumbuza ukuba ubulungisa ngamanye amaxesha bufuna ukungathobeli igunya. UThoreau ubhala athi: “Phantsi korhulumente ovala ngokungekho sikweni, indawo yokwenene yendoda elilungisa ikwayintolongo. “Fakani ivoti yenu yonke, hayi isiqwenga sephepha nje, kodwa impembelelo yakho yonke. Igcuntswana alinamandla ngelixa lihambelana nesininzi; ayikabikho nokuba mbalwa ngoko; kodwa ayixhathisi xa igqumelela ngobunzima bayo bonke.” Oku kwakungamandla okungathobeli koluntu kwababhubhisi kunye ne-Sanctuary Movement. Kwaye kwakhona, ubulungisa bufuna ukungathobeli kwethu, mhlawumbi ngeNtshukumo entsha yeNgcwele. Ngaba siya kuba nesibindi sokuxhathisa xa uMongameli Trump ethumela "umkhosi wakhe wokugxothwa" kwiindawo zethu zokuhlala?
UCarl Lindskoog litshantliziyo, umfundisi-ntsapho, kunye nombhali-mbali. Ungumbhali we Ababaleki baseHaiti kunye nokuzalwa kwakhona kokugcinwa kwabafuduki eUnited States, ngo-1973 ukuya kwi-2000 (izayo, University Press yaseFlorida).
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