An interview with a Moroccan young man, illegally immigrating to the United States and interviewed by the US-Mexico border wall, has recently gone viral on social media, where he cites Michael Jackson, Nirvana, and Lana Del Rey as instigators of his illicit American dream quest.
American journalist Ali Bradley, while interviewing several migrants who just arrived on US grounds, spoke with 20-year-old Oussama, who claims to be a gamer in pursuit of a “better life” in the US.
In the video shared on her Twitter account, now “X”, the journalist shared an almost six-minute clip of her interview with Oussama, who said that he would rather kill himself than go back to Morocco, saying there was “no future” in the country.
Oussama, alongside other migrants who paid significant sums of money to get to the States illegally, had no idea about the CBP (customer and border protection) One App that allows migrants to sign up for “legal entry” through a port when they are in Central America and Mexico.
At the start of the video, the journalist asks the Moroccan man, “Do you care, you don’t care that we have to pay for all of this? Americans are paying for all of this.”
Oussama, smiling, explained that he didn’t care because he paid $7,000 to come to America. Oussama, dreamy-eyed and sure of his imminent entry into US soil says: “Even if America doesn’t want me I’m here for America, I respect American rules.”
The journalist in parallel, pointed out that by coming to the country illegally, he doesn’t respect the rules. Ousama manages, in broken yet confident English that the illegal entry would be his “first mistake and last mistake” under American law.
AZ: “If I pay $7,000 for America, it’s… I don’t care.” I talked extensively with 20-year-old “Os” (short for Osama) from Morocco who says because he paid money to get here, Americans can pay to help them.
He tells me he was a streamer/gamer in his country and is hoping to drive… pic.twitter.com/i0aLAoz0BU
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) December 8, 2023
He said that he would go to New York as he has friends there and that he would work for Uber. “When I was five years old I felt like an American, because I loved Micheal Jackson and Nirvana, Eminem and Tupac,” said the young migrant.
The journalist, seemingly unpleased, said “So you consider yourself American because you listen to our music?”
Another Moroccan migrant, whose face doesn’t show, said that if one can easily find work in Morocco, so the group was confident they can find jobs in the US as well, after that the journalist told him that the US is filled with unemployed migrants who sleep on the street.
When asked about the CBP One, the application on which migrants must apply if they want to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, none of the migrants knew what it was about, with some sub-saharan African migrants alluding they didn’t apply because they were not eligible.
The CBP One application now only works from Mexico City, the app has created a new migration route that sees migrants from all over the world gathered in the Mexican city, in hopes of entering the US.
“I am ready to do anything for America, I can work in trash (collection), I will pay my taxes, I know the rules,” said Oussama, concluding: “Thank you President Biden.”
The video was met with mixed reactions, but most American commentators were appalled at Bradely’s interviews, saying the types of migrants entering the US illegally should not be take in, considering none are refugees.
Despite highly selective US immigration policies, thousands of people from Latin America and Africa have recently undertaken the irregular route, creating a sever migration crisis in the United States.
In recent months, a number of videos of irregular migrants sleeping on the streets of New York swarmed social media, increasing xenophobic sentiment across the US.
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