After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S.
. This year, the shelter has seen hundreds of people from Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, but also large numbers from Angola, Afghanistan, Russia and Ukraine.
“Sometimes Google Translate doesn’t have all the languages we need,” Gomez said. “Sometimes we’re not sure if we’re translating the right thing because they sometimes look at us like, ‘What are you saying?” Last year, the Galilee Center provided assistance to more than 33,000 people, Gomez said, including those who stayed at their short- and long-term shelters. This year, the nonprofit has seen more than 7,000 so far. About 1,000 have stayed at the long-term shelter.
Like many adults at the shelter, Celina was nervous, running out of money and worried, the stress showing on her face. In Mexico, she said, she and her partner were stopped repeatedly by law enforcement and military officials , who demanded bribes to let them continue north.The money she had left, Celina said, was a roll of bills she rushed to put into a plastic bag and stuffed into a soda can when police stopped the bus. Their possessions, and the bus, were ransacked, she said.
He sat on a plastic chair, under the shade of a tree, resting and checking his phone for messages while children chased each other around the tree.
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