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Brief Summary Of Enrique's 'Encampment'

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The encampment Enrique is staying at is hidden from the US immigration authorities. Enrique has been at the encampment now for several days and needs to earn some money. So, in order to earn enough money to buy 2 phone cards to call his former employer and then his mother with, he obtains a bucket and a rag to wash cars with. Every evening Enrique takes his bucket and rag to a taco stand where he asks people to let him wash their car. The encampment where Enrique is living is run by a man named El Tiríndaro who smuggles migrants into the U.S. by using inner tubes to get across the river. His smuggling operation charges 1,200 dollars to get people across the river and further into the country than normal. El Tiríndaro takes Enrique under his

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