If the going gets tough in Diaspora, there is no shame in coming back home

By Silas NyanchwaniWe all know of the American dream. That highly abstract and indefinable concept that promises anyone can make it in America if they hang in there long enough and pay their dues.What many people don’t know or prefer play possum with, is the fact that for some immigrants, it is an American Nightmare. For those who fail to make it in America, it is a terrifying prospect. As soon as the ‘papers’ expire, playing hide and seek with the law becomes a way of life, made all the more worse by Trump’s xenophobic administration.My Abagusii people have a idiom that loosely translates to, “living under regulated oxygen”, which means to live in a situation where you can’t breathe freely. The air you breathe is measured and regulated. That is how most illegal immigrants live.Today, lets focus on those who find themselves at the bottom end of the barrel. Those end up escaping to alcohol and drugs to endure the nightmare. Those who end up in the streets. Those whose friends avoid them at all costs, because they have become a burden (nuisance), totally down and out. Those who can no longer sustain their life, a jail is a better place than their daily terrifying lives.We ship this to Kenya!