How a simple American family rescues illegal immigrants in the border zone
Пока в Вашингтоне спорят о строительстве стены с Мексикой, простые жители пограничной зоны демонстрируют, что даже имея политические разногласия можно приходить к общему знаменателю и объединяться вокруг добра и милосердия, пишет «Voice of America«.
Hurray Hunter hails from a provincial town in Mexico. She moved to the United States more than 40 years ago and has long received American citizenship. Her husband, Joe Hunter, is from a conservative family supporting President Donald Trump's idea of building a border wall on the border with Mexico. Laura and John met in 2000.
Then, 28 people died from dehydration, who tried to illegally cross the American border. Upon learning of this, Joe took action and built dozens of water reservoirs in the desert along the border. A flag was hung near each, so that it would be easier to find them from afar. Laura became the first volunteer who decided to help him.
«У нас насчитывалось 340 подобных хранилищ. Мы очень уставали, ведь нам не хватало людей, которые могли бы помогать. Джон в такие тяжелые времена говорил: «А вдруг кто-то умрет?» И мы продолжали», — вспоминает Лора.
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It also happened that during the rounds of the stores they met illegal immigrants. For such cases, they always have some food and water with them to share with these people.
«Мы не можем изменить политику или ситуацию страны, откуда бегут люди. Единственное, что в наших силах сделать, это поставлять воду. Почему бы и нет, если у нас есть такая возможность», — добавляет волонтер Лора.
Not everyone is happy with what this couple is doing in the USA. For example, activists of the AZ Patriot organization find such storage facilities and remove water.
«Конечно мы не хотим, чтобы кто-то умер. Но у них есть вода по ту сторону границы», — утверждает активиста этой организации Дженнифер.
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The provision of water and food to illegal immigrants is not technically considered criminal in the United States, but there have been arrests of people who tried to carry out this business.
John is planning another project that is linked to an irrigation canal running along the US-Mexican border. It killed at least 500 immigrants when they tried to get into the United States. He wants to install special buoys with cables every 400 meters so that people can grab onto them and get out of the water.
«Мы лишь хотим, чтобы люди не тонули», — сказал Джо.
Despite their actions, the couple has its own political views. For example, John supports Trump's policies, but this does not stop helping those who want to get to the United States in search of a better life.
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