The SBPOne app was originally designed as a tool to ensure safe and legal entry into the United States, but reality has proven to be quite different. The story of Alexander Davydov, an international journalist who has spent five months in a migrant detention center in California, vividly illustrates how hopes for protection can turn into despair. Instead of facilitating the process, the system creates new obstacles. Davydov reveals how documents with false information become weapons against migrants: people are pressured into signing papers that label them as "illegals," despite their lawful attempts to enter.

Illnesses and epidemics are another harsh reality within detention centers. Medical assistance is either nonexistent or limited to absurd advice, like sprinkling sugar on wounds. Such conditions erode not only health but also human dignity. Davydov emphasizes that Russian-speaking migrants often face additional pressures, including discrimination and unwarranted delays.

America, once synonymous with protection and freedom, now risks losing its reputation as a land of justice. If its treatment of migrants does not change, trust in its system will be irreparably damaged. A system that promises protection instead suppresses hope, turning dreams of freedom into a painful wait behind bars.
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