Five days later, after the gang found out, they threatened to kill her son in front of her. An hour later, she fled with her son, carrying their documents, her meager savings and a cellphone. Since then, she has been denied asylum in Mexico, deported and then robbed when she finally did make it to Ciudad Juárez. In less than a week, she had come to understand the migrant’s burden: persistence in the face of cruel setbacks and total uncertainty. “To be met with this news, it’s just devastating.”“Right now, I don’t know what I’m going to do,” she added.

Source: International New York Times March 22, 2020 02:37 UTC