How to turn a journey of dreaming into a journey of death

On June 27, 2022, on the seventh day of independence, the heat wave swept southern United States. San Antonio, 250 kilometers away from the US -Mexico border, the surface temperature exceeds 103 degrees (39.4 degrees Celsius), and the hot air is enough to bake everything.

It is reported that most of the layers of corpses in the compartment are young people, and there are 4 children among the survivors sent to the hospital. At the time of the incident, there were 67 illegal immigrants in the large trucks, and 53 people died, and the youngest deceased was 13 years old. After an accident investigation, most of the deceased were citizens of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.

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Police said this was a drag -up truck smuggled from Mexico. It is shocking that the closed carriage has no refrigeration equipment. The hot weather turned the car into a huge oven.

Most people died of heat stroke and dehydration caused by high temperature. In fact, when many corpses are lifted out, they are still very hot.

When the bad news of the dead truck returned to the hometown of the victims, 53 people were killed, and the crushing of countless families caused people to fall into the abyss of pain. Those parents and grandparents who lost their children were completely unable to accept this cruel fact.

The smallest of the victims was the 13 -year -old cousin Wilmmer and Pascal. A few days ago, they were still excited about the trip to the United States.

Mother of the victims:

"I went to the Foreign Relationship Office yesterday that they told me that they found my son's ID card in a corpse bag. So they asked me to be ready to accept my son's body."

Family members of the victims:

"Don't believe it, please don't follow the American dream. The American dream does not exist at all. It is our fantasy."

Liu Hui, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

Stealing into the United States is not just a person, living the so -called beautiful life, and seeking the best life of the best life. It may be a family, or even the hope of a family. Then these people are thousands of miles, and even thousands of miles have crossed the entire continents into the United States, and even basic life safety is difficult to guarantee. Such a tragedy this time is actually a concentrated reflection of this immigration problem in the United States.

Soon, the law enforcement agency found the route of the truck. The monitoring shows that the truck departed from the US -Mexico border city Laredo at 2:45 pm on the 27th. It was located at the border checkpoint of Ensinar City. It took more than 3 hours to reach St. Antonio. In the investigation, the agent accidentally discovered the front image of the truck driver. At this time, the driver was trying to impersonate survivors to receive treatment in the hospital.

From the US -Mexico border to San Antonio, in just 180 minutes of drive, 67 illegal immigrants have experienced hell torture. According to several survivors, people were squeezed into a ball in the carriage, and the hot air could not breathe at all. Many people shouted or even crying.

This truck has been continuously equipped with a smugglers near Laredo. The vehicle stopped and stopped until the person could not be installed. The driver not only confiscated their mobile phones, but also cheated them and said, "The car is coming, let people tolerate it again."

On June 28, the Office of High Commissioner of Human Rights Affairs also issued a tough statement, stating that this was not the first tragedy in the United States, asking the United States to investigate the responsibility of relevant personnel to ensure the safety of people's migration.

Four suspects, including drivers, have been arrested. But whether you can find the main brain behind the scenes, investigators do not have any hope. From the current clue, this dead truck itself is a deck truck, and the background cannot be verified at all.

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From the US -Mexico border to San Antonio, 250 kilometers is almost the artery of population smuggling. According to the Associated Press, the US authorities searches trucks carrying illegal immigrants every day.

In the survey of dead trucks, the police even discovered some very inhumane phenomena. For example, in order to prevent the smuggling in the carriage from being found, the smugglers will be covered with irritating taste, such as chicken powder, etc., so that they have cheated the search for anti -smuggling dogs. In the past cases, cases of smugglers often occurred in the carriage due to lack of oxygen and heat stroke.

Chu Yin, deputy dean of the researcher of the American Research Center of Zhejiang Foreign Languages ​​University:

Involving a large number of women, children's infringement. Because many people can't get money, they must go to the underground factory for three or four years in the end. It takes the toll to go. This is a modern slavery, which is indeed anti -humane.

San Antonio with a population of 1.44 million is the highest proportion of Latin population in the United States. The origin of the population provides convenience for the smuggling industry. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, the area of ​​the incident is actually an important transfer point in illegal immigration transportation. Illegal immigrants who arrived in San Antonio were scattered throughout the United States by transferring to smuggling groups. This is almost the local area. Public secret.

Chu Yin, deputy dean of the researcher of the American Research Center of Zhejiang Foreign Languages ​​University:

At present, the customs gate has formal highways, railways, and airports, and the interception of illegal immigrants is becoming more and more complete. It is difficult to enter the country with this fake passport, so more and more people have taken this area to cross this area that has been desolate and dangerous, which has led to an increase in the risk of illegal immigrants.

Fu Suixin, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

The US -Mexico border is about 3,000 kilometers, and most of the border is a deserted area. Therefore, it is easy to cross the border illegal, such as involving the river, or crossing the border directly through some remote areas, which is very dangerous. In the border cities on the side of Mexico, the systematic population smuggling has formed an industry. According to US media reports, many hidden crossing routes alone are not less than $ 6,000. On the side of the United States, the federal government was strictly waiting, not only implemented strict military management on the border, but also built nearly a thousand kilometers of fences.

Chu Yin, deputy dean of the researcher of the American Research Center of Zhejiang Foreign Languages ​​University:

Because the United States is on the border, now it is basically a border law enforcement team. The militia and the US National Guard are a three -dimensional defense, but the profit is too high and the population smuggling profit is very high.

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On June 30, 2022, on the third day of the tragedy of the San Antonio truck tragedy, another illegal immigration tragedy occurred in the southern border city of southern Texas. A car carrying illegal immigrants had an accident to avoid police enforcement, causing a total of 4 deaths and three serious injuries. This is already the US -Mexico border area, the second case of smuggling death since June.

On July 7th, in order to curb the momentum of population smuggling, the governor of Dezhou Aber issued an administrative order to authorize the State National Guard and the Ministry of Public Safety of Texas to arrest illegal immigrants in the border. This order gave the state law enforcement department the same power as the Immigration Department. Entering the United States illegal immigration will become more difficult.

Fu Suixin, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

After the American Immigration Law passed in 1965, illegal immigrants in the United States increased. Since the 1970s, the United States began to have a headache for illegal immigrants, and began to expel illegal immigrants on a large scale. At that time, the amount of arrest of one year may reach 500,000 times. Later, more and more, can reach 1.5 million times by 2020. By 2021, it was the highest, and the first year of Biden was 1.7 million times.

As the world's largest immigration country, the United States is almost the descendants of immigrants except the Indians. Some people say that an American history is a history of immigration. As early as the beginning of the country, immigrants from various countries could come to the United States without restrictions. However, with the changes in social mentality, people's attitudes towards immigration have become uncertain.

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In the northwest of Texas, this is an important cotton -producing area in the United States. Total output accounts for 40%of the nation. Within 6 o'clock every day, the workers will pick cotton in the field.

Chu Yin, deputy dean of the researcher of the American Research Center of Zhejiang Foreign Languages ​​University:

American society supports the agricultural owner of the southern United States in the southern United States. No one in Americans picks cotton. It is tiring. The conditions of the American plantation in the south are very difficult.

Dezhou farms are also the hardest hit areas for illegal immigrants. Due to the use of hand -made operations, workers have almost no chance to straighten their backs all day. Even so, the workers' overloaded work a day, in exchange for income, is far lower than the local minimum wage. Because they are illegal immigrants, there is no right to say at all.

According to official US data, about 50%of farm workers across the United States are illegal immigrants. And this data may be seriously underestimated.

Fu Suixin, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

They can bring a very cheap labor force to the United States, and after these immigrants come, they do not need training or raising them. And there are generally some work skills, the cost is very low. It is very good for the US economy.

In reality, hiring illegal immigrants can greatly reduce costs. In many cities in the United States, there are black -hearted factories that specialize in recruiting illegal immigrants. In industries such as buildings, catering, and housekeeping, illegal immigrants can often be seen.

In American society, illegal immigrants have become a unique group of existence, no one recognizes politics, and no one has refused the dividends they brought in economy. A report from the Pew Research Center shows that more than 79%of Democratic respondents and 63%of Republican respondents agreed that illegal immigrants not only fill out the work that Americans do not want to engage, but also have no competitive relationship with local workers. Essence

But even so, an embarrassing illegal immigrant still cannot get rid of the role of social problems. Public security cases in the United States are frequent, gun killing, rape, robbery, and drug crimes are endless. Whenever such social news is exposed, illegal immigrants often become the targets of public opinion attacks.

Fu Suixin, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

In the United States, there have been great complaints on illegal immigration crimes in the past few years, and there are many media reports. In fact, in two aspects, illegal immigrants, as long as they are criminal activities, may attract great attention. However, from the perspective of academic research, the crime rate of illegal immigrants is actually relatively low, which is equivalent to American citizens whether they are theft or violent crimes, or drugs. Level. So in fact, the overall is not high.

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The preconceived political stance makes the context of the American donkey elephant present a tear and opposition. The issue of illegal immigration was eventually reduced to the political chip of the President of the United States.

In 1986, Reagan issued a policy to pardon illegal immigration before 1982 and give legal identities. The promulgation of the bill has benefited nearly 3 million illegal immigrants. However, this has also stimulated more illegal immigrants into the United States. In the Obama era, the White House promoted the Dream Act and announced that it would no longer repatriate eligible young people. Obama's speech on the Dream Act

This is why there is this "Dream Act". If you are brought to the United States by your parents when you are a child, and you have stayed here for five years and are willing to go to college or join the army, then one day you will get citizenship.

Fu Suixin, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

At that time, the U.S. Congress also proposed a "Dream Act" to legalize some illegal immigrants who entered the United States in the United States during their youth or childhood. But this bill could not be passed in the U.S. Congress for more than ten years. Obama had no way. He signed an administrative order one year before he stepped down in 2016. To be called DACA, it is to suspend the expelling part of the migrant, but it has not legalized them.

In 2016, Trump served as President of the United States. According to a poll, six adults among Trump's loyal supporters, equivalent illegal immigrants and severe crimes. In order to declare toughness, Trump not only overturned Obama's immigration policy for the suspension of young people, but also continuously put pressure on illegal immigration groups.

Fu Suixin, assistant researcher at the Political Research Office of the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:

After Trump came to power, he completely opposed this approach and canceled this. He adopted another way to expel large -scale deportation. He issued a imprisonment order strictly restricting that Muslim immigration. The Trump administration has adopted another special policies for human rights, called the "Bone Bone Separation Policy" to separate illegal immigrants from their children. This policy has indeed caused a stir in the United States and the world.

The "Bone Bone Separation Policy" is rated as one of the least human policies. The Trump administration even claimed that he would prosecute minors illegal immigrants. The immigration office took the children away from their parents and forced to send it to the temporary resettlement point. Children will wait for repatriation at the detention location. Some parties once described those locations of detention, as horrible as a concentration camp.

According to the images provided by the inside of the detained camp, the Children's Children's Camp in the United States is imprisoned by about 2,000 minors. They lived in a crowded room, and the air was dirty. Sexual assault incidents in the camp occurred. Many children suffer from psychological diseases and even self -harm.

Fu Suixin, Assistant Researcher, Assistant Researcher of the Political Research Office of the Institute of American Institute of Social Sciences

In fact, Biden was actually a continuation of Trump's policy. Because although he said that the United States welcomed immigrants, one of them was to expel immigration on the pretext of epidemic prevention, that is, the use of Article 42 in the American Code, probably the illegal immigrants that could expel hundreds of thousands of each year.

According to the British "Economist" report, with the continuous rise of illegal immigrants in the United States, the number of deaths from the US sneaky also reached a record high. At least 651 people died of illegal entry in 2021. This is also the year since the statistics of the International Immigration Organization since 2014. Today, the US -Mexico border has become one of the most dangerous borders in the world.

Living life went to dream, but before the United States was independent, it was abruptly died. The tragedy of the dead and injury of smuggling for many years is not an example. In addition to the illegal sneak -sneaky organizers, the organizers are pursuing huge profits, disregarding their lives, but also deeper social roots worthy of exploring. Both parties, racial discrimination, unfavorable supervision, and superimposed by various factors, it is inevitable that more life has become a political chip.

Producer: Song Yang

Director: Xiasha

Edit: Li Weifan

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