An extraordinary wave of Ecuadorians has been coming in the United States—often to New York.
Monica Muquinche and her son Sebastian walk to a park in their neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Muquinche, whose husband disappeared in 2020 while trying to reach the U.S., is part of an extraordinary wave of Ecuadorians coming in the United States. ’s Andean highlands with her 10-year-old son.City, took a bus to the U.S. border, boated across and was detained by the Border Patrol.
Ecuador's economy had been struggling for several years before it was devastated by COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands lost full-time jobs and officials said 70% of businesses closed at least temporarily. At the border itself, U.S. authorities stopped Ecuadorians 17,314 times in July, compared to 3,598 times in January.
Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said this month that 54 Ecuadorians have been reported missing since the start of 2019 while trying to cross the U.S. border. Nineteen have disappeared so far this year. Muquinche stopped receiving her husband's calls in April last year. She filed a complaint against the smuggler, who was arrested in Ecuador but later released. Muquinche said he started threatening her, demanding she withdraw the complaint.
She was released but ordered to check in with immigration authorities. She did on reaching Manhattan, where agents took her passport.
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