In: Psychology
Please browse the New American Story Project website, reading the testimonials of the unaccompanied minor refugees who have immigrated from Central America to Oakland and the information that’s provided in the interviews of experts. Post a brief response to anything you read on the website.
The testimonials I watched in the video covered Maria 17, Thomas 17, Diego 16 and Jose Louis 16. The first three are from Guatemala and the last one is from Honduras. Each one had different problem such as Maria was sexually abused, Thomas was forced to join a group that sells drugs and involve in violence, Diego had problems at his hometown and left for the USA hoping for a new life. All the four left their home countries alone in the hope of finding a place in the US and get rid of their problems. Their testimony proves that different worlds exists side by side where one has a very good environment for living while the other is torn in war, drugs, sexual abuse etc.
Dana Leigh Marks, one of the immigration judges interviewed suggests that people in the developed countries should look at those children without any assumptions or cultural biases as each culture has different interpretation for different actions. She invites people to understand their suffering and provide sanctuary to those children who escaped the tortures in their home country.