Deportation Case Study

“Sometimes when trying to remember joyful moments as a child, all that came to memory was the pain in my mothers eyes”. A little boy, Bruno, and his mom fled domestic violence, as they had stopped blaming themselves for the constant violence they were subjected to. The move was sudden; one night escaping on the night of some community event. They did not cross the dangerous desert and mountains to get here, but traveled for a few days through hitchhiking. From bus to walking, to random cars, they made it in a completely different world, they perc“I was 6 years old when i first learned what it meant to survive”(). Despite young age, his experience was molded with violence and uncertainty, while trying to migrate into America for a glimpse of hope.

He and his mother adapted to the culture, while trying to avoid the adversity that followed from being …show more content…
“Being deported caused my manhood. It caused my wife to leave the family and left me with no hope.” Deportation is not just about being dropped off, and then returning. It replicates that feeling of powerlessness and alienation, whereas your worth and safety is no longer valued. Not only does one have to deal with the lost of their previous life, they have to pick themselves up in a country with limited opportunity, and extreme violence.“The one things i wish to change, is being able to provide for my family. I sit here, lost in a world where there is no opportunity, relying on whatever job i can get. It hurts to see my sons grow up alone, without parents, because it 's something i worked so hard to prevent” People migrate to this country, as refugees from oppressed lives filled with violence and corruption, just to be devalued as a human. This deeper feeling of alienation, that political figures would rather separate your family, destroy livelihoods and perceive you as inferior, rather than trying to find solutions that