A lomos de la bestia

Hello  guys here I attach the link of a documentary I have recently watch at shool. It is realy greate👌, I promise. https://vimeo.com/80908924
1- Explain the document
The documentary shows the multiple difficultes that illegal Sudamerican immigrants must avoid to reach United States of America hoping a better life. All these excluded people enter ilegaly  through the Guatemalan border traveling 5000 kilometers north on a freigh train which they call: “the beast”.

2-Why id the train called ¨La Bestia¨?
During the voyage many people die due to drug cartells. They are assaulted, robbed, tortured or kidnapped, some others lose their legs or even their arms, as a result of fallings from the train. Besides, to have an idea of how ofull is this trip, it is enough to know that between the 65% of women that travell onto it, finish raped. Because of all this terrible information, it is called “the beast”.

3-What countries are the immigrants from?

Immigrants who travel on this train come from Sudamerican countries like México, Guatemala or Panama. 

4-What is the academic and profesional experience of the immigrants?
One of the best parts of immigration is the fact that well academic prepared people come to your country ready to work, pay taxes and expent their money. this is something which we can see in the documentary. Some of the migrants were welders, carpenters, or even lorry drivers . Most of them have families, and others even children, however what all of them have is a past, dreams, something to fight for.

5-What dangers do immigrants face during the trip?
Immigrants hwo decide to travel on the beast must face many dangers. They usualy are assaulted, robbed, tortured or kidnapped, some others lose their legs or even their arms, as a result of fallings from the train. In addtion between the 65% of women that travell onto it, finish raped. Nevertheless the train is not the only illegal route they must face to reach USA. There are about 50 blind points all around the frontier. Rivers, paths through forests can help or kill them.

6-What type of migration routes are described in the documentary ?
The immigrants who apear in the documentary travel throug south-norh routes.

7-Explain the consecuences of migrtions for both the countries that sends emmigrants and the countries which receive immigrants?

All these migration causes many consecuences for both countries, the ones which send and the one which receive.

Many immigrants do not have modals, they throw trash around, urinate publicy and harass women. Indeed, the neighborhoods throughout the country that have seen the appearance of hordes of  illegal day laborers, have noticed a declination of American citizens, and property  of nearby neighborhoods has fallen as well.

The illegal workers certainly are cheaper than native-born Americans, but the value of the menial jobs most perform landscaping unskilled labor is exceeded by the real cost of their presence. Overpopulated schools, larger classrooms and more expenditure for bilingual and specialized programs. Illegals commonly use food stamps and other forms of welfare, driving up these costs. They have been mayor users of public health allocations and emergency medical services all of which translate into higher taxes, which few of them pay.  Conversely the landscapers and construction companies are well satisfied with the cheap labour because they can shunt off the real costs to everyone else.

8-Give your opinion , explain something that you liked or not and explain why.

To sum up, USA´unemployment increases and conflicts caused by illegal immigrants raise up. However, cheap labour and real increase do it. In addition México is sending out many good people, nevertheless, due to it,  the families of these immigrants receive money from them to live.

I really liked the documentary, I think that shows in an incredible way the suffers of many people with the only purpose of having a better live.