A cikin Santa Ana Bistro mai cunkoso, masu goyon baya sun tashi tsaye. Wasu suna girgiza tutocin Mexico, wasu kuma suna waƙa duk da baƙin ciki — kuma jim kaɗan ɗakin ya cika da kira na Cielito Lindo: Canta y no llores, rera, kada ka yi kuka.

England ta kawo ƙarshen tafiyar Mexico a Kofin Duniya, tana cin nasara 3-2 a Azteca Stadium. Amma ga al'ummar Mexica-Amurka da ta taru a wannan gidan abinci na Orange County, ba ya jin kamar wani abu ya ƙare.

"Shan kashi ce," in ji mai goyon baya Alicia Rojas. "Amma nasara ce ga al'ummarmu a Santa Ana."

Louie Leyla, Ba-Mexico-Baamerika wanda ya zauna a California tun 1990, ya bayyana yanayin zuciya. "Za mu ci gaba da goyan bayan mutanenmu, komai ya faru," in ji shi.

Fiye da gasar kwallon ƙafa

Ga masu goyon bayan Mexico a duk yankin Kudancin California — wanda ya zama gida ga ɗaya daga cikin manyan al'ummomin Mexico a wajen Mexico kanta — wannan Kofin Duniya ya zama wani abu mai ɗimbin girma fiye da wasanni. Mexico ta wuce tsammani, ta kai zagaye na knockout a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe uku masu masaukin baki, kuma ta ba diaspora ɗinsu dalili na makonni don taro, waƙa, da bukukuwa a bainar jama'a.

Wannan jin daɗin 'yanci ya ɗauki nauyi na musamman idan aka yi la'akari da abin da waɗannan al'ummomin suka sha a shekara guda da ta gabata. A kololuwar kai hari na ICE na shige-da-fice, unguwoyin Latin sun yi zaman kamar bututu. Kasuwanci sun rasa abokan ciniki. Iyalai sun zauna gida. Taron jama'a ya zama abin tsoro ga yawa.

Marubuci na shafi a Los Angeles Times, Gustavo Arellano, ya bayyana wannan canjin yana tsaye a tsakiyar wannan gidan abinci mai cunkoso, inda maracas da ƙaho suka kusan lallasa tattaunawar.

"Suna mamaye titunan da shekara guda da ta gabata suka kasance sun yi gaba ɗayan mutu," in ji shi. "Waɗannan titunan sun kasance fanko sai dai idan kuna zanga-zanga."

Arellano ya tuna da motocin National Guard da aka ajiye kusa da shagon matarsa a lokacin ayyukan shige-da-fice, yayin da kasuwanci a duk unguwar suka sha babbar asara. Shekara guda bayan haka, waɗannan titunan sun cika da launi da cinkoso.

"Shekara guda bayan haka — wannan katharsis ne," in ji shi, "ga Mexica musamman, amma ga Latin gabaɗaya."

Alfahari ba tare da sabani ba

Ga masu goyon baya da yawa, sanya rigar El Tri a wurin masu goyon baya na jama'a — rera waƙar ƙasar Mexico, girgiza tutar — aiki ne mai ma'ana mai zurfi fiye da kowane sakamako na wasa. Masu goyon baya waɗanda suka yi watanni cikin damuwa game da tilastawa dokokin shige-da-fice yanzu suna bikin asalinsu na Mexica a sarari, ba tare da kunya ba.

Arellano ya lura cewa ana ɗaukar masu sha'awar kwallon ƙafa na Mexico a da a matsayin "marasa ƙaunar ƙasa" saboda nuna tutansu, musamman a lokacin siyasar adawa da shige-da-fice na shekarun 1990. Wannan labari, in ji shi, ya canza yayin da Amurka ta zama mai bambancin al'umma fiye da kowa.

"Bayyanar waɗannan ƙungiyoyin masu goyon baya ta ƙaru kamar yadda Amurka ta ƙara bambanta," in ji shi.

A wajen gidan abinci, Cynthia Rebolledo ta nuna ɗanta ƙarami, wanda aka sanya masa tufafi daga kai zuwa ƙafa da launin Mexico. "Yana ci gaba da tambayar ko har yanzu za mu je bikin," in ji ta da murmushi. "Ya yi zaton mun ci nasara."

Yayin da Amurka ke bikin cika shekaru 250 na kafa ƙasarta a tsakanin sabbin muhawara game da shige-da-fice da asalin ƙasa, al'ummomin diaspora sun bayyana cikin adadi — ba ga Mexico kaɗai ba, har ma da Scotland, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Morocco, Egypt, da sauransu — suna bayyana Amurka inda miliyoyi ke riƙe da alaƙa mai zurfi da gidaje fiye da ɗaya.

Arellano, yana tunani game da abin da wannan gasar ta wakilta a "lokaci mai wahala sosai" ga al'ummomin Latin, ya ce da sauƙi: "Dama ce ta nuna farin ciki."