(이민) 미국 죽음의 강
(이민) 미국 죽음의 강
In the California desert in a field of mud is a graveyard that is hard to imagine in America. Bricks mark the final resting place of hundreds of human beings, identities unknown. They died traveling to America in search of a life better than their home countries could offer. They rolled the dice in the underworld of human smuggling and lost. Their families back home never learned that their journey ended here in the All-American Canal.
For the first time beginning this summer, police in Arizona will be able to stop anyone they like and order a check of their ID to determine whether the person is in the US illegally. The new powers just recently signed into law have reignited the national debate on immigration. Since 911, getting into the United States has become a good deal많이 harder and, for some, much more dangerous.
With border enforcement increasing, many illegal immigrants are now attempting to cross one of this country's most important irrigation projects called the All-American Canal. The canal has become sort of a national moat해자 on our southern border and hundreds of people have perished in its waters. It is a carnage대학살 that has gone mostly unnoticed because many of the victims are buried without their names.
In the California desert in a field of mud is a graveyard that is hard to imagine in America. Bricks mark the final resting place of hundreds of human beings, identities unknown. They died traveling to America in search of a life better than their home countries could offer. They rolled the dice in the underworld of human smuggling and lost. Their families back home never learned that their journey ended here in the All-American Canal.
While the canal is a deathtrap죽음의 함정, it is also a lifeline for the nation. It flows a length of 85 miles just north of California's border with Mexico, transporting water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley. Two thirds of our winter fruits and vegetables are grown with this water. But half of the people who pick those crops are illegal immigrants. To get the jobs created by the canal, they cross the canal, usually at night, on makeshift rafts or using plastic jugs항아리 for flotation. The water is 225 feet across, 20 feet deep with almost no rescue lines or climb-out ladders, safety devices that you would find in some other canals.