Fleeing a country torn in ruins

El Salvador has its corrupt government,

Brazil has the highest crime rate in the americas

Venezuela’s economy has crashed

Colombia and Mexico are in a constant drug war

Trying to find a place where you can be “free”

You love your country but its dangerous  

but is being underpaid and “illegal” any better

You’re just going to get deported back right?

On foot or by coyote you'll spend your nights and days traveling to the land of the free.

You've found a “better life” right? your “happy now” right?

Yes life is better but you miss your familia, your culture.

You must stay. but acquiring a green card

means marrying into a white family for your ‘’American Privileges”

It's been ten years, you feel safe

you have kids, you are married

But you forgot about immigration control

You forgot to get the green card

You forgot your life before

because nothing seemed better than what you had now

Forced to pack your bags

Forced to leave your house

Forced out, then what, Deported

Days spent alone south of the U.S Border

Making calls to your family when you can

You've seen everything

Your grateful for what you had

But this is a new chapter

Going through unbearable pain

Just to end back where you started

o que significa ser um imigrante