MIAMI, Florida – Tun daga farkon shekarun 2000, yawan Puerto Ricans da ke barin tsibirin su na asali ya karu saboda rikicin siyasa da tattalin arziki, inda Florida ta zama gida ga mafi yawan al’ummar Puerto Rican a Amurka.
Bisa bayanan Ofishin Kidayar Amurka, yawan al’ummar Puerto Rican a Amurka ya karu daga miliyan 3.4 a shekara ta 2000 zuwa miliyan 5.8 a shekara ta 2021, inda Florida ta zarce New York a matsayin jihar da ke da mafi yawan al’ummar Puerto Rican a shekara ta 2017.
Carolina Reyes, dalibar jami’a ‘yar shekara 24 da ke zaune a tsibirin, ta bayyana cewa yawancin mutane sun bar tsibirin ne saboda rashin damar ci gaba. “Mutane da yawa a cikin diaspora ba su bar tsibirin ba ne saboda sun so. Sun bar ne saboda dole,” in ji Reyes.
Reyes, wacce ke neman digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin kiwon lafiya a Jami’ar Central del Caribe, ta ce rashin damar aiki yana korar manyan ƙwararrun da za su ci gaba da zama a tsibirin. “Gwamnatinmu ba ta ba da taimako sosai ga ƙwararrun da ke son ci gaba da aiki a nan, don haka ya zama ruwan dare su yi ƙaura don inganta makomarsu,” in ji ta.
Bala’in guguwar Maria a shekara ta 2017, wacce ta kasance guguwa mai karfi ta Category 4, ya haifar da asarar rayuka da biliyoyin daloli na lalacewar ababen more rayuwa, wanda ya haifar da babban gudun hijira daga tsibirin. Bayan bala’in, kimanin mutane 100,000 zuwa 200,000 sun yi ƙaura zuwa babban yankin Amurka, inda Florida ta karɓi mafi yawan waɗannan mutane.
Natalia Melendez, wacce ta koma Florida tun tana ɗan shekara shida, ta ba da labarin ƙalubalen da ta fuskanta wajen daidaitawa da al’adun Amurka. “Ko da yake mu Puerto Rican ne, ana ganin mu a matsayin Mexicans, kuma a koyaushe ana ce mana mu koma gida,” in ji Melendez.
A cikin Ave Maria, Florida, ‘yan kasuwa kamar Reina Del Mar suna shirya abubuwan da ke nuna al’adun Puerto Rican don ba wa al’ummar Latino damar jin dumin al’umma. “Muna gudanar da waɗannan abubuwan ne don inganta al’adun Hispanic da ba a wakilta su a nan, kuma don ba wa Latinos da suka bar ƙasashensu damar jin dumin ɗan adam,” in ji Del Mar.
Duk da ƙalubalen da ke tattare da ƙaura, akwai ƙarfin juriya da ke haɗa al’ummar Puerto Rican a duk faɗin duniya. “Diaspora wani bangare ne na labarin Puerto Rico. Ko da ba a girma a Puerto Rico ba, duk wannan wani bangare ne na al’adunmu,” in ji Carolina Reyes.
