Crossing the river took
approximately one hour.
Then I arrived at immigration.
We were looking for them
But they found us first.
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They took 9 of us in some cars
to the hielera.
The night passed.
We had no food.
Nothing.
In the morning they gave us
bread with cold butter.
My daughter did not eat.
Nothing.
Nada.
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It was very cold there.
Also
There were many many mothers and children.
There was barely enough room
for all the people
they stopped and brought to this place.
We were there day and night
for three days.
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Then I had an interview.
It was four in the afternoon.
That same day
they put us on a bus with barbed wire.
And they brought us to a place called
la perrera.
The dog kennel.
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It was much better than the hielera.
They gave us better food.
We had water instead of juice.
They gave us pads to sleep on.
They took several of us each hour
to make phone calls home.
Calling home made things much better.
I was there two days.
Then they brought us to family detention.
Mother 10-26-16 My First 7 Days in the USA
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