Me Fui - La canci??n del migrante
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- Deporting undocumented immigrants has been the one and only way the
United States has chosen to deal with the issue of unauthorized
immigration - until the President's administration's surprise
announcement of temporarily deferring the deportation of undocumented
young people.
However, that
announcement doesn't help adults over the age of 30 from finding
themselves rounded up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
agents and deported. But where are these people deported to?
One place is
Mexicali, Mexico the capital of the State of Baja California and second
largest city in Baja California. The city, located in a desert region at
the US-Mexico border across from Calexico, California, has one of the
highest standards of living in Mexico - and is a routine drop-off of
deported immigrants from the United States.
To Mexicali resident, Miguel Omar,
the sight of the deported immigrants invoked a sadness that compelled
this young engineering consultant, and songwriter hobbyist, to compose a
special tribute to them. Titling it "I left - The song of the migrant,"
Omar emailed Latina Lista to explain why he wrote the song.
I wrote this
song because in the city I live, Mexicali, Mexico, it's a desert place
on the border with California and through here migrants from Central
America and Mexico pass, and sometimes die, on their way to the United
States. There are also many migrants here who have been deported from
the USA. We see them (the deported migrants) here in the streets, the
parks, in the churches asking for help to eat. There are organizations
that help them for a few days by giving them food and a roof over their
heads, but only for a few days because more and more are always
arriving.
The song is sad because it is about a harsh reality. I have seen many people cry over this song."
Since Omar
released "Me Fui," he has been interviewed by news outlets from Miami to
Caracas. Though the song has attracted much attention on YouTube, his
dream is to have it recorded by a popular recording artist so that it
will be played over the radio
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