Camille Stewart Gloucester

From El Salvador to Guatemala, then Mexico to here.

All that time, walking and taking the bus.

There's a part 15 or 20 minutes from here where the wall ends, and we crossed there.

There was a Mexican patrol, and when they changed shifts, we ran.

And here we are on American soil.

We arrived on foot, and the police brought us here.

They opened the gate and dropped us here.

There were parts where we were extorted.

They took all the money we brought.

They robbed us, they stole our passports, they stole our documents.

So it's always quite dangerous.

Let's say that it's dangerous to take this journey.

Yes, just as we have met some bad people along the way, we have also met some very good people.

Things like extortion, kidnapping, and because our lives are in danger in Colombia.

So we wish that they at least listen to our case and let us plead our cause.

There are many people who, let's say, are in a mindset of not wanting migrants and they view them with contempt.

Yes, so it's hard when we experience that and people say things like, these migrants are coming to invade our country.

We also ask them to treat us as people.

Because if we are here, it is not because we want to invade a territory.

It is because we want to come to fight for a better future for our children without stepping on anyone.