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Oktak ko ilo kakien ko rej waḷọk ilo an wōr kalbuuj im kōrọọl ñan ri likin rein, ekoba ro rej jerbal raan ñan raan, ro jerbal ilo atake in jikin kōṃṃan ṃōñā ko, ri likin ro rej jikuuḷ, barāinwōt ro ewōr aer mālim in pād America in ak citizen ro rej kōnono ṇae ICE ro. Dreamer ro ak ri likin rein rej jọdikdik ro rar itok ñan U.S. ippān baaṃle ko aer ilo tōreo rej jet ajri jidik. Raar rūtto ḷọk ilo America in im rej kōjerbal kajjin pālle im barāinwōt wōt watok America ijo jikier.
Changes to U.S. policies have led to detainment and deportation of countless immigrants, including day laborers (construction and landscaping), agricultural workers, students and dreamers, even U.S. citizens who speak up. Dreamers are young adults who came to the U.S. as babies with their families. They have grown up in the U.S. They speak English, and they call this country home.
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, ej juon eo ej pād ilo class joñoul juon ilo high school, ej jokwe ilo Milford, Massachusetts jān ke ar jilijimjuon an iiō. Ximena Arias Cristóbal ar itok ñan United States ke ej lalem wōt an iiō, kiiō ej pād ilo college ilo Georgia. Caroline Dias Goncalves, ej juon ri jikuuḷ in nursing ilo University of Utah, ar itok jān Brazil ñan Utah ke ej jiljimjuon an iiō, armej rein kab ebar wōr ro eṃōj an ICE ro bōke er im kalbuuj er iuṃwin jet wiik.
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a junior in high school, has lived in Milford, Massachusetts since he was 7 years old. Ximena Arias Cristóbal came to the United States when she was 4 years old, now 18 she is a college student in Georgia. Caroline Dias Gonclaves, a nursing student at the University of Utah, moved to Utah from Brazil when she was 7 years old. They and many more have been taken by ICE and held for weeks in detention centers.
Marcelo ar etal in ekatak volleyball ke ICE ro rej bōke kōnke ar wōr an jemān warrant (ruon) kōn kar ticket in ettōr eo an kōn an buul ilo iaḷ eo. Ke raar kōtḷọk Marcelo jān kalbuuj ar kwaḷọk an nana ijo ar pād ie. Ar kwaḷọk ke ar pād ippān 30-40 emmaan ro ilo juon ruum eo ejjeḷọk winto ie, raar babu laḷ, im rej ṃōñā betōkeej ilo ṃōñā raelap im ien kōjọta. ICE ro rej kariapi naan kein (et) ko rej kaalikar ke ijoko rej kalbuuji armej rein rejjab aikuj in kar pād ilo juon ien eo aetok.
Marcelo was on his way to volleyball practice when detained by ICE who had a warrant for his father (for speeding). When Marcelo was released he spoke about the poor conditions in which he was held. He said that he was kept with [30-40] other men in a windowless rooms, sleeping on concrete floors, and sharing crackers for lunch and dinner. The ICE claims that these are lies, [names] confirm that the facilities are not appropriate for overnight or long term detainment.
Ilo May eo, Ximena Arias Cristóbal, bar juon dream scholar (ri likin eo jọdikdik ilo jikuuḷ) rekar bar bōk ñan kalbuuj ilo Georgia ilo light ko ilo iaḷ eo bwe relak lale ar oktak jān ri pālle ro. Police men ro raar lo ke ejjeḷọk ruon bōtaap ICE ro raar bōk ñan jikin kalbuuj eo. Juon opiija O’Neal ekar kaṃōje jān jerbal eo ālikin an kar bwōd aer bōke im kalbuuji. Arias Cristóbal ekar pād ilo kalbuuj enañin 2 wiik ilo federal immigration ṃenter eo im raar ḷōmṇak in bar letok ñan aeloñ eo an. Ekar ion U.S. senate committee eo ilo kar allōñ eo kiiō kōn keej eo an. “Men eo ar waḷọk ñan ña ejab jeja— ej juon men eo eḷapḷọk waḷọk im ekamijak im ejab an armej in America.”
In May, Ximena Arias Cristóbal, also a DREAM scholar, was detained in Georgia after being misidentified at a traffic stop. Police dropped all charges against her, but she was taken by ICE from the local jail to a detention center. Officer O’Neal resigned after the mistaken arrest that led to her detainment. Arias Cristóbal was held for over two weeks in a federal immigration center and still faces potential deportation. She testified about her experience to a U.S. Senate committee earlier this month. “What happened to me is not rare — it’s part of a growing pattern that is both scary and un-American,” she said.
Ilo Juun eo, Caroline Dias Goncalves ar ettōr jān Utah ñan Colorado ke rej kōbōjrake kōn an ḷap an kepaake juon semi- truck. Caroline im baaṃle eo an raar kanne ar pepa bwe ren maroñ jokwe ijo rej pād ie iuṃwin 3 iiō eṃootḷọk im raar leḷọk aer social security numba, im laijen in ettōr kōn wa ko, im mālim ñan aer maroñ jerbal. Jān juon an Caroline pija ilo kar juon GoFundMe, jej lo ke Caroline ej juon leddik in Kabuñ eo an Jisōs Kraist im Armej ro Rekwojarjar ilo Raan ko Āliktata. Juon iaan pija ko jej lo ilo ien eo ej baptias ilo tōreo ke ar juon leddik jidikdik ej kōṇak nuknuk in baptais eo an im jutak turin juon kōrā ilo tempal en Utah.
In June, Caroline Dias Goncalves was driving from Utah to Colorado when she was pulled over for following a semi-truck too closely. Caroline and her family applied for asylum three years ago and they were given social security numbers, driver’s licenses and work permits. From pictures posted to a GoFundMe, we know that Caroline is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. One of the pictures is from her baptism as a young girl wearing a baptism dress and another as a young woman standing in front of a temple in Utah.
Opiija eo ekar ḷōmṇak oktak an kōnaan im ar kajjitōk ej itok jān ia. Ke ej uak im ba Utah leo ar kajjitōk “lọtak im rūttoḷọk?” Leddik eo ar ba ej itok jān Brazil. Opiija eo ar ba “eṃṃan” im eaar kōtlak leddik eo im leḷọk warning ñane. Ak ICE ro raar maroñ tōpar jet meḷeḷe jān policemen ro. ICE ro raar kōbōjrak Caroline im likūti ilo jikin kalbuuj eo ilo Aurora, CO eḷap ḷọk jān ruo wiik.
The officer thought she had an accent and asked where she was from. When she answered “Utah”, he asked “born and raised?” She told him she was born in Brazil. The officer said “Cool” and she was eventually released with a warning. ICE, however, had backdoor access to police communications and Caroline was stopped shortly afterward by immigration. She was held in a federal immigration center in Aurora, CO for more than two weeks.
