Impossible Situations
I am here with my children
and my husband.
We are Salvadoran.
We left our country
to save our lives.
September 23, 2019.
We believed we could come
to the United States
and be safe.
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The journey was harsh
difficult
full of sadness.
We crossed the river legally.
We handed ourselves over
to immigration.
But they returned us
to Mexico.
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Immigration said
they would take us
to a shelter
in Mexico.
It was a lie.
We had to find a shelter
ourselves.
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We were frightened
disoriented
discriminated against
By immigration.
We had no idea what to do.
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Pastor Lorenzo was our
saving grace.
He brought food for everyone.
He gives shelter and warmth
to anyone he finds.
People whose names I do not even know
help us.
They bring us what we need.
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We don’t dare leave this shelter.
Drug traffickers are all around.
They kidnap migrants.
We are living in
so much fear.
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We arrived October 17, 2019.
We had our first court date yesterday
December 3, 2019.
The judge did not approve our case.
They walked us back across the bridge.
They left us at the Mexico immigration station.
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Men were hanging around outside.
They call them “watchers.”
They work for the cartel.
They watch for migrants to kidnap.
They took pictures of my children.
Most of them were watching my oldest.
She is thirteen.
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We are so afraid.
We are in anguish.
We don’t know what to do.
We hope to be heard.
Whoever reads this letter:
Please help us.
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We ask God to keep and bless
everyone in this migrant shelter
suffering
Impossible Situations.
Mother in a Migrant Shelter
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
December 4, 2019
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