Picture leaving behind everything familiar—your home, your loved ones, your entire life. Imagine embarking on a perilous journey across a vast continent, traveling on foot, clinging to freight trains, or crammed into truck trailers. You brave treacherous rivers and cross borders without permission, trudging through the harsh Arizona desert. You face gunfire, theft, and assault. You endure violation. Yet, you survive. You finally reach the United States after escaping the dire poverty of Central America. You make it. But now, in this so-called “promised” land, you find yourself an outsider, both legally and socially. The language is foreign to you. Your arrival goes unnoticed; your existence is invisible. Imagine being a Nobody. Then, envision a bag being forced over your head. Your clothes are stripped away. You’re thrown into a confined space with a dozen others. A loaded gun is aimed at you. You’re compelled to call home, pleading for money—a ransom for your life.