Posted on 02/13/2012 5:10:19 PM PST by moonshinner_09
Ana shudders at what could have happened.
She has heard about people who walk and die in the desert, who freeze in the mountains and who drown in canals.
She knows that some suffocate in semitrailers or boxcars, where they are crammed so tightly they cannot turn.
She knows that others are beaten and raped by smugglers, who leave them to die.
Every year, migrants risk their lives to illegally cross the 2,100-mile border that separates Mexico and the United States, two neighboring nations that have one of the largest income gaps on Earth.
"I was lucky," said Ana, who lives in Rock County. "I've heard terrible stories about what can happen."
More than a decade ago, Ana left behind her mother and nine siblings in Puebla, south of Mexico City, to join her husband in the United States. He had crossed the border illegally to work and had planned to return after two years.
"It was hard to stay separated from each other," Ana recalled. "I told him that I can come and make money, too."
Ana's husband sent her cash to join him.
The 20-year-old woman traveled to the border town of Tijuana, where she stayed with cousins. She paid $2,000 to a coyote—the term for someone who smuggles people without legal papers across the border. The coyote gave Ana food and water for two days and showed her where to crawl under a border fence. On the other side, another smuggler drove her to Los Angeles.
"In my mind, I always thought I would go back," Ana said. "But now I'm a working mom. My children were born here."
Ana, who is separated from her husband, did not want to be identified. Nor did she want people to know where she works. Ana lives in the shadows
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Deport ALL illegal aliens. This is America...not LA RAZA-stan. Enough sob stories. If you weren’t breaking our laws by being here illegally, maybe you wouldn’t have to worry. Please return to your crummy country of origin, you criminals.
Yep. We’ve been preaching this for years.
She should go back to Mehico and get some sun.
“Here, people who do not have their documents live every day with apprehension”
Yes and Americans in Mexico who do not have their documents live in apprehension also. Thats because they are there illegally. Breaking the law is anxiety producing activity. Go home and be free.
1. Boo
2. Hoo
Wait until she is a Legal Citizen ... then she can fear the IRS, DPS and the Local Revenue Enhancement Agents
TT
Good news?
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