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《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 83 (194):尤弟来到巴厘岛  

He and Ann consulted all kinds of lawyers
but nobody knew how to advise them. Before 9/11 there would have been no problems—Yudhi
now married
could just go to the immigra-tion office
update his visa situation and begin the process of gaining citizenship. But now? Who knew? "The laws haven't been tested yet
" said the immigration lawyers. "The laws will be tested on you." So Yudhi and his wife had a meeting with a nice immigration official and shared their story. The couple were told that Yudhi was to e back later that same after-noon
for "a second interview." They should have been wary then; Yudhi was strictly instruc-ted to return without his wife
without a lawyer
and carrying nothing in his pockets. Hoping for the best
he did return alone and empty-handed to the second interview—and that's when they arrested him.
They took him to a detention center in Elizabeth
New Jersey
where he stayed for weeks amongst a vast crowd of immigrants
all of whom had recently been arrested under the Homeland Security Act
many of whom had been living and working in America for years
most of whom didn't speak English. Some had been unable to contact their families upon their arrests. They were invisible in the detention center; nobody knew they existed anymore. It took a near-hysterical Ann days to find out where her husband had been taken. What Yudhi remembers most about the detention center was the dozen coal-black
thin and terrified Ni-gerian men who had been found on a freight ship inside a steel shipping crate; they had been hiding in that container at the bottom of that ship for almost a month before they were dis-covered
trying to get to America—or anywhere. They had no idea now where they were. Their eyes were so wide
Yudhi said
it looked like they were still being blinded with spotlights.
After a period of detention
the U.S. government sent my Christian friend Yudhi—now an Islamic terrorist suspect
apparently—back to Indonesia. This was last year. I don't know if he's ever going to be allowed anywhere near America again. He and his wife are still trying to figure out what to do with their lives now; their dreams hadn't called for living out their lives in Indonesia.
拘留期过后，美国政府将我的基督教徒朋友尤弟——如今显然是伊斯兰恐怖分子嫌疑犯——遣送回印尼。这是去年的事。我不知道他是否允许再靠近美国。他和他的妻子如今仍在设法处置他们的生活；他们的梦想并不能让自己生活在印尼。
Unable to cope with Jakarta's slums after having lived in the first world
Yudhi came to Bali to see if he could make a living here
though he's having trouble being accepted into this soci-ety because he isn't Balinese—he's from Java. And the Balinese don't like the Javanese one bit
thinking of them all as thieves and beggars. So Yudhi encounters more prejudice here—in his own nation of Indonesia—than he ever did back in New York. He doesn't know what to do next. Maybe his wife
Ann
will e and join him here. Then again—maybe not. What's here for her? Their young marriage
conducted now entirely by e-mail
is on the rocks. He's so out of place here
so disoriented. He's more of an American than he is anything else; Yudhi and I use the same slang
we talk about our favorite restaurants in New York and we like all the same movies. He es over to my house in the evenings and I get him beers and he plays me the most amazing songs on his guitar. I wish he were famous. If there was any fairness
he would be so famous by now.
He says
"Dude—why is life all crazy like this?" Eat
Pray
Love