(NewsNation) — In the heart of New Jersey’s Rutherford borough, you’ll find Josmar Alvarado hustling through a trendy Italian restaurant. He’s a migrant from Venezuela, now legally employed.
He told NewsNation he’s simply living the “American Dream,” though his journey into the U.S. was anything but simple.
“It’s insane to think about somebody who has seen so much and has been through so much always trying to find positivity… Usually it tears people down but not with Josmar. He’s one heck of a dude,” Josmar’s manager Joy Muinde said.
The 26 year old left Venezuela and his family back in 2017, a country where the monthly income does not reach $6 dollars per month, which is far worse than Haiti and Cuba.
It’s why Josmar made the tough decision to move to Ecuador. There he owned a cell phone accessory company and also drove a truck commercially.
He told NewsNation that he left Ecuador when men involved in organized crime came knocking. It came down to his life or money he didn’t have.
Josmar chose his life and a dream.
“I believe in the American Dream, it’s a country full of opportunities, where you can have a better life, where you have freedom,” Josmar told NewsNation.
He set out for America last year when he saw on the news that migrants from Venezuela were getting in. He spent 32 days walking through multiple countries
He said the hardest was Colombia and the dreaded Darien Gap, deemed the most dangerous stretch of land...
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