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Riding 'La Bestia' with migrants in Mexico

2025/3/9
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Eder Peralta: 我作为记者，为了更深入地了解墨西哥移民的处境，亲身体验了搭乘"La Bestia"前往美国边境的危险旅程。在寒冷的夜晚，以每小时50英里的速度在火车顶部行驶，我亲身感受到了旅程的艰辛和危险。我采访了许多移民，他们冒着生命危险，只为了追求一个简单的美国梦——让他们的孩子接受更好的教育，拥有更好的生活。他们已经经历了多年的艰辛旅程，美国总统的政策对他们来说已经不重要了，他们已经经历了地狱般的旅程。 我采访了一位委内瑞拉妇女，她带着女儿，她告诉我，对他们来说，美国梦仍然存在，那就是她的两个孩子能够接受教育。我还遇到了一对来自委内瑞拉的母子，母亲为了儿子能够成为企业家，拥有更好的生活，而带着他踏上了这条危险的旅程。她的儿子则告诉我，他只是想为他在委内瑞拉的孩子买一个生日礼物。 在旅程的最后，我看到许多移民在边境等待庇护申请，但特朗普上任后，他们的希望破灭了。他们仍然坚持着，第二天又开始向北走。这次经历让我深刻地理解了移民们为了追求梦想所付出的巨大努力和牺牲。 Scott Detrow: 作为一名记者，Eder Peralta的经历让我对墨西哥移民的处境有了更深刻的理解。他们冒着巨大的风险，穿越危险的旅程，只为了追求一个简单的美国梦。这让我思考，我们应该如何看待这些移民，以及我们应该如何帮助他们。 Eder Peralta的报道，不仅仅是一个新闻故事，更是一个人性的故事，它展现了移民们为了梦想而付出的努力和牺牲，也展现了他们内心的坚韧和希望。通过Eder Peralta的亲身经历，我们更能体会到这些移民所面临的困境和挑战。 同时，我也思考了记者在报道中的风险与收益的平衡。Eder Peralta的勇敢和坚持，让我们看到了新闻报道的力量，也让我们对移民的处境有了更深刻的理解。

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Eyder Peralta joins migrants on 'La Bestia' to explore the perilous journey and the reasons behind their decision to undertake such risks.
  • Migrants wait for freight trains with their belongings, hoping to ride north to the U.S. border.
  • 'La Bestia' is a dangerous and often deadly leg of the journey to the U.S.
  • Despite the Trump administration's immigration policies, migrants continue to travel north.

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Many migrants in Mexico journey north to the U.S. border by riding on top of freight trains. It's a dangerous trip: migrants have been kidnapped by cartels or killed by falling onto the tracks. And now, with the Trump administration suspending asylum applications at the border, the chances of crossing into the U.S. are even smaller than they were a few months ago.NPR's Eyder Peralta recently rode along with migrants through a frigid night to try to answer a simple question: why do so many still take the risk?For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org). Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)