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Come forward!

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Keep moving.

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Come forward!

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Come forward, friends.

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Come forward, please.
And please keep silent.

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-Come, friends.
-Quiet!

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Come, my friends.

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There are many of us.

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We are many, aren't we?

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I ask you all
for a little bit of patience

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and understanding.

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Let's have a moment of silence
and humbly praise God,

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that higher being
to whom we committed our lives

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when we left our homes
and our countries.

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Let's ask Him to stay with us
and with our families,

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and to give us strength.

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May he deliver us from harm
to our body and soul,

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and help us to live peacefully,
without getting into trouble,

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building bonds
of friendship and solidarity.

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Let's make a moment of silence
and pray.

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Amen.

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Please put your wallets

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and your cellphones
in your backpacks,

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and tie your shoes
to your backpacks,

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so nobody loses anything
during the night.

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Please show respect
in the dormitories,

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so everyone can rest peacefully.

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Good night.

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You can go up there, please.

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-Two more.
-Four.

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Can we sleep outside
so we hear the train?

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-You'll be up before it passes.
-Go upstairs, please.

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You two.

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Up, please.

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Go downstairs.

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-Go below now.
-Four more.

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You can go out there.
It's full here.

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Ask them to make room for you.

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-We're together.
-No, there's room for you here.

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-We'll leave together.
-Yes, we'll wake you all up.

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-Bring them this way!
-This way, please. Follow in line.

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-We have to turn the lights off.
-This way, please.

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-Over there?
-Yes. Follow the line.

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Coming here wasn't planned.

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We took a route

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where many things happened.

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When we arrived in Guatemala,
we had to bypass the route,

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because they asked us for money.

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After that,
when we were near Mexico,

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we had to take a speed boat.

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Further on, we came across a gang.

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They were mugging some people
who were ahead of us.

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They robbed them and hit them
with bats and stones.

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We saw that and ran away.

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We took another route,
through thick forest.

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When we came out of there,

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people looked at us suspiciously,

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because we looked like thieves.

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My friend and I walked,
so we were all dirty.

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And then we asked for directions
and got here to the shelter.

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When we arrived at the shelter,
they were really nice to us.

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They asked questions,
took us to the doctor,

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gave us clothes.

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They asked
who we were travelling with,

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and we said we were alone.

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They supported us
and talked about the shelter.

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So we took shelter

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and we're doing fine here,

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because they look after us
very well.

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Although we're many,

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they look after us
as if we were the only ones.

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I took off because of all the gangs
that wanted to take women

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to have them as part of their gang,

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to be with them.

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And if you didn't obey them,
they killed your family

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or they threatened you.

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When I decided to get out of there,

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it was because one of them
asked me to work with them,

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and I didn't.

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They wanted me
to sell them a friend of mine.

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They offered me some money for her.

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I said I wouldn't,

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because I didn't want to,
and she was my friend.

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And we're all humans,
we're all worth the same.

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So I didn't do it.

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Then they came to my home
and beat up my cousin.

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They hit him with a hammer
and destroyed his fingers.

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They beat him up and kicked him.

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Then they looted my house
and robbed and beat up my family.

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So all my family took off
in different directions.

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My mom decided
we should come here one by one.

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Because if they saw all of us
leaving home at once,

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they could try to kill us all.

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So we left home one by one.

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They're waiting for me
to get to Mexico City

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so another one can leave,
and so on.

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We can't leave all at once.

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It would attract too much attention.

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The first time, in 2007,
I was caught in the US.

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Then the second time,
I was caught in Coatzacoalcos.

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The third time,
I was caught in San Luis.

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Then twice in Monterrey,

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and the other times
I was deported from the US.

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I've decided to leave Honduras
because I am a homosexual.

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I've suffered
discrimination and threats.

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When they sent me back recently,

00:14:00.673 --> 00:14:03.885
I dared only visit my mother
for five days.

00:14:04.928 --> 00:14:09.433
I left home with only $22 dollars.

00:14:10.058 --> 00:14:16.232
I used that to reach
the Honduras-Guatemala border.

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And then I was stuck for a while,
because I've seen many things

00:14:22.028 --> 00:14:25.573
while on the train,
on the railroads.

00:14:25.908 --> 00:14:32.038
Some were beaten up,
others thrown out of the train.

00:14:32.122 --> 00:14:36.793
A few days ago,
someone was even shot at.

00:14:39.212 --> 00:14:44.593
As I've said,
I've been here 8 times.

00:14:44.718 --> 00:14:49.848
I was recently deported from the US.
I was in Los Angeles.

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That's how I ended up here.

00:14:52.852 --> 00:14:56.605
I'm filing for political asylum
in the US.

00:14:57.230 --> 00:15:02.110
But now I don't know how it's going,
as I was deported.

00:15:02.568 --> 00:15:07.448
So I'm trying to get permission
to move ahead.

00:15:09.785 --> 00:15:12.830
I've begged Immigration

00:15:12.955 --> 00:15:15.457
to help me move forward,

00:15:15.540 --> 00:15:18.752
because I don't want
to lose the asylum.

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But they say the process
takes three months.

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As it's the second time
that I'm seeking asylum,

00:15:27.218 --> 00:15:31.640
they told me it will take
four to five months.

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I despair sometimes,

00:15:35.185 --> 00:15:39.272
but as my family says,

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I don't lose anything by waiting.

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Taking risks on the train
is not worth it.

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Everybody says it's screwed.

00:15:49.658 --> 00:15:52.870
It would be very difficult
to go north.

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:56.832
And now Immigration
has many checkpoints.

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On each train that leaves,
people are caught.

00:16:02.880 --> 00:16:04.590
So I don't know.

00:16:04.673 --> 00:16:10.720
Sometimes I'd like to leave.
I have moments of despair.

00:16:13.807 --> 00:16:19.772
If you don't do something
to keep your mind busy,

00:16:21.565 --> 00:16:23.233
it's like being in jail.

00:16:23.317 --> 00:16:26.778
If you just sleep and sleep,

00:16:27.195 --> 00:16:30.365
you can get traumatized

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or lose your mental abilities.

00:19:42.682 --> 00:19:45.435
You must run
if you want to catch it!

00:19:58.573 --> 00:20:00.367
Let's go North!

00:20:20.095 --> 00:20:21.805
Live the beast!

00:21:16.735 --> 00:21:19.028
Number 2.

00:21:20.530 --> 00:21:22.698
Number 4 is dead.

00:21:23.283 --> 00:21:26.662
It's dead. It has no gas.

00:22:47.742 --> 00:22:51.413
It's going to Cancun.

00:22:51.872 --> 00:22:53.832
It returns tomorrow.

00:23:14.602 --> 00:23:16.980
We could try now, right?

00:23:19.523 --> 00:23:21.610
Try to hang on to it.

00:23:42.797 --> 00:23:47.010
The other train that's coming
will have more speed.

00:23:47.885 --> 00:23:49.930
Don't throw yourself like that.

00:23:51.097 --> 00:23:52.973
You have to lean forward.

00:25:09.885 --> 00:25:12.303
I don't recommend taking the girl.

00:25:13.472 --> 00:25:17.100
There aren't any open-topped cars.

00:25:17.725 --> 00:25:21.395
Your daughter won't be able
to stand there for ten hours.

00:25:22.022 --> 00:25:25.650
How will you manage
to get her up there?

00:25:27.568 --> 00:25:31.155
Well, it's your call.
You know what you're doing?

00:25:31.488 --> 00:25:32.990
Think about it.

00:25:33.073 --> 00:25:36.035
Will your girl be able to hang
onto a boxcar like that

00:25:36.118 --> 00:25:38.078
for eight or ten hours?

00:25:45.337 --> 00:25:47.588
Of course I'm taking her.

00:25:58.808 --> 00:26:01.352
But there's the little girl...

00:26:02.978 --> 00:26:06.817
It's better when there's
an open top.

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:11.528
-It's easier to hang on to it.
-You hang on to the door.

00:26:17.993 --> 00:26:21.580
More boxcars just arrived.
Only boxcars.

00:26:23.248 --> 00:26:25.752
There are no open-topped cars.

00:26:50.193 --> 00:26:51.820
Immigration!

00:27:03.247 --> 00:27:05.458
Let's get out of here.

00:27:06.417 --> 00:27:09.253
I think there are
three agents there.

00:29:31.645 --> 00:29:33.230
Will it come back?

00:30:17.942 --> 00:30:19.985
Immigration police are around.

00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:28.703
Be very careful!

00:30:34.292 --> 00:30:37.337
You have to run
at the same speed as the train,

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:40.382
so you can take a step sideways
and hop on.

00:30:40.465 --> 00:30:45.803
If you run at a different speed,
it's too dangerous.

00:30:48.388 --> 00:30:50.267
Be very careful!

00:30:50.975 --> 00:30:53.812
You have to run
at the same speed as the train.

00:30:54.437 --> 00:30:57.440
So you can take a step sideways.

00:30:59.025 --> 00:31:01.193
Be very careful!

00:31:05.072 --> 00:31:07.242
God bless you all!

00:31:11.328 --> 00:31:13.413
Be careful!

00:31:23.548 --> 00:31:26.343
You have to run
at the same speed as the train!

00:31:36.812 --> 00:31:39.357
Don't take any risks!

00:31:40.107 --> 00:31:42.860
Run at the speed of the train!

00:31:45.237 --> 00:31:46.572
Go, go, go!

00:31:50.952 --> 00:31:52.453
Careful!

00:31:54.622 --> 00:31:56.915
At the speed of the train!

00:32:00.002 --> 00:32:02.047
Be careful!

00:35:30.547 --> 00:35:32.465
Can you sing one in English?

00:35:34.592 --> 00:35:37.052
This is my creole English!

00:36:10.210 --> 00:36:12.380
Do you want some milk?

00:36:13.213 --> 00:36:15.967
-Do you want some?
-Thanks.

00:37:10.813 --> 00:37:12.188
Are you taking it?

00:37:12.482 --> 00:37:13.983
It's hard to get down.

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:16.402
It will be hard to get down.

00:37:16.568 --> 00:37:19.238
You can't hold on well there.

00:37:20.030 --> 00:37:22.533
The guys warned us about this.

00:37:23.742 --> 00:37:25.535
Over here!

00:37:28.330 --> 00:37:30.332
I'll take the open-open car.

00:38:37.315 --> 00:38:40.485
You have to do it
when it stops, like now.

00:38:40.568 --> 00:38:42.405
On that metal sheet.

00:38:42.447 --> 00:38:47.033
When Immigration stops the train,
or at low speed,

00:38:47.117 --> 00:38:51.455
you can be sitting here,
holding onto this.

00:38:51.705 --> 00:38:55.375
When the train stops,
you get out and go up there.

00:38:58.628 --> 00:39:01.257
-What do you think?
-It's good.

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:03.967
But you have to sit higher.

00:39:04.885 --> 00:39:06.887
High up there.

00:39:07.345 --> 00:39:09.765
They won't see you there.

00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:15.145
But if you were on top
of the first car,

00:39:15.312 --> 00:39:17.607
you'd totally slip past them!

00:42:52.112 --> 00:42:56.617
This train is going to Orizaba.

00:42:58.910 --> 00:43:02.330
Two hours from here, there's a check point.

00:43:32.653 --> 00:43:35.155
Let me ask you a question.

00:43:39.993 --> 00:43:41.912
I think you will know.

00:43:45.665 --> 00:43:50.878
This has been happening for years.
For years, right?

00:43:51.172 --> 00:43:53.673
With illegal people
and Immigration, right?

00:43:55.425 --> 00:43:59.262
Do you think it is
the Mexican government

00:43:59.347 --> 00:44:02.057
that's trying to get us?

00:44:32.295 --> 00:44:34.715
This isn't the one
we're waiting for.

00:44:34.965 --> 00:44:37.425
You can't get that one.

00:44:39.135 --> 00:44:42.013
They won't let you get in.

00:44:44.725 --> 00:44:48.520
They're not going to let you get in.
We know already.

00:44:52.190 --> 00:44:55.402
Here's the question
I want to ask you.

00:44:58.030 --> 00:45:01.200
Do you think
the government in Mexico

00:45:01.283 --> 00:45:05.828
is trying to get us
and throw us out?

00:45:06.538 --> 00:45:10.000
Or is the government of America

00:45:10.125 --> 00:45:13.962
paying this government
to catch us?

00:45:15.463 --> 00:45:17.423
You think so?

00:45:18.008 --> 00:45:19.677
It's like what I said?

00:45:32.857 --> 00:45:37.485
Because this is never going to end.
It's never going to be over.

00:45:37.778 --> 00:45:41.198
The war is going to be over,
but this?

00:45:41.282 --> 00:45:43.575
No. Never.

00:45:48.747 --> 00:45:51.167
You heard about Donald Trump?

00:45:52.750 --> 00:45:58.632
The guy who wants
to be president of America.

00:45:59.592 --> 00:46:04.053
Do you think he's going to do
what he says?

00:46:05.513 --> 00:46:08.808
He's going to close all the borders?

00:46:11.937 --> 00:46:14.815
He doesn't want anyone
to get through.

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:16.733
No one.

00:46:19.903 --> 00:46:23.615
But if that happens,
you know what will happen?

00:46:24.825 --> 00:46:27.953
I think America is going to be down.

00:46:28.078 --> 00:46:32.415
Because we do everything for less.
We do big jobs for less.

00:46:32.707 --> 00:46:35.210
And who's going to do that?

00:46:35.710 --> 00:46:37.838
Nobody.

00:46:38.963 --> 00:46:40.923
That's what's going to happen.

00:46:42.885 --> 00:46:44.762
It's going to fall down.

00:46:44.845 --> 00:46:46.930
Because we do everything for less.

00:46:47.013 --> 00:46:48.890
For a roof,

00:46:48.973 --> 00:46:53.978
we charge $10 or $15
per square foot.

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:59.860
But they charge $150.

00:47:00.985 --> 00:47:04.072
We do it for $20.

00:47:05.365 --> 00:47:07.910
Or even $15.

00:47:09.703 --> 00:47:13.832
You want a white guy,
they'll do it for $150.

00:48:03.965 --> 00:48:05.758
They're hooking up the cars.

00:48:06.927 --> 00:48:08.553
Come on.

00:48:47.383 --> 00:48:50.095
Let it go,
there will be another.

00:50:14.053 --> 00:50:16.723
I've run away from them 5 times.

00:50:16.807 --> 00:50:19.935
At three checkpoints:
the state police,

00:50:20.018 --> 00:50:24.605
the municipal police,
and Immigration with police support.

00:50:24.688 --> 00:50:29.778
And in this town
called Medias Aguas,

00:50:29.862 --> 00:50:34.698
the Immigration officers
ambushed the train I was in.

00:50:34.908 --> 00:50:38.787
When we're escaping,
they shout, "Stop! Stop!"

00:50:38.995 --> 00:50:41.998
Well, they may stop,
but we keep running.

00:50:42.165 --> 00:50:43.792
They eventually stop,

00:50:43.917 --> 00:50:47.212
because we run over high hills

00:50:47.712 --> 00:50:50.090
and through woods with snakes.

00:50:50.382 --> 00:50:55.387
We even run through farms
with a lot of cattle,

00:50:55.553 --> 00:51:00.850
and we risk being shot at,

00:51:02.435 --> 00:51:08.233
or being chased by fierce cattle.

00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:11.318
We won't stop
just because they say so,

00:51:11.445 --> 00:51:14.865
because we've endured suffering

00:51:14.990 --> 00:51:18.033
and we won't surrender now,
or we wouldn't have left home.

00:51:29.170 --> 00:51:35.927
I think that Mexico
should let us cross freely.

00:51:36.762 --> 00:51:40.473
We don't do them any harm.

00:51:41.223 --> 00:51:47.563
We just come from our countries,
we don't bother or harm anyone.

00:51:47.647 --> 00:51:52.277
We just follow the road
without doing any harm.

00:51:53.068 --> 00:51:57.073
We're just passing through
to get to the US.

00:51:59.367 --> 00:52:02.787
But they catch us and deport us.

00:52:03.997 --> 00:52:07.417
Our aim is to get to the US.

00:52:08.083 --> 00:52:13.757
Catching us is useless,
because we'll be back next month.

00:52:14.298 --> 00:52:19.012
Our aim is to get to the US.

00:52:20.055 --> 00:52:21.682
That's our mission.

00:52:22.473 --> 00:52:26.520
We won't give up,
because we don't have anything else.

00:52:29.063 --> 00:52:31.482
The problem is...

00:52:31.567 --> 00:52:34.610
if there's an organized group
of working people,

00:52:35.112 --> 00:52:39.740
the government hires gangs

00:52:40.367 --> 00:52:42.577
to break up the groups.

00:52:43.537 --> 00:52:46.873
There were several
indigenous groups in Honduras.

00:52:46.915 --> 00:52:50.043
For example, there was a woman

00:52:50.127 --> 00:52:55.007
who was fighting
for the environment.

00:52:55.465 --> 00:52:57.675
She visited many countries

00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:00.803
advocating
for environmentalist groups.

00:53:01.972 --> 00:53:06.225
And she has just been killed,
because of her activism.

00:53:06.475 --> 00:53:09.353
They say the gangs killed her,

00:53:10.147 --> 00:53:16.527
because she wanted to alleviate
poverty in indigenous groups.

00:53:17.862 --> 00:53:21.365
They won't let you
fight for your rights.

00:53:21.448 --> 00:53:23.785
In Honduras,
if you're part of a group,

00:53:23.993 --> 00:53:25.870
they kill you.

00:53:25.953 --> 00:53:27.663
There are many gangs.

00:53:27.997 --> 00:53:34.045
Governments are big,
and they have absolute power

00:53:34.378 --> 00:53:37.215
to install or remove
whoever they want.

00:53:37.798 --> 00:53:42.303
It's not democratic.
There's no democracy in Honduras.

00:53:42.803 --> 00:53:45.098
There's no freedom at all.

00:53:45.182 --> 00:53:50.478
They say there is freedom,
but it's not true.

00:53:51.353 --> 00:53:55.942
It's just for the powerful.
They do whatever they want.

00:53:56.818 --> 00:54:00.530
They can appoint anyone
and remove anyone.

00:54:01.072 --> 00:54:03.992
It's just them and nobody else.

00:54:04.658 --> 00:54:10.248
The first time I crossed
the Rio Bravo border,

00:54:11.540 --> 00:54:13.752
I walked for about two days.

00:54:15.962 --> 00:54:21.133
Then they caught me,

00:54:21.508 --> 00:54:26.055
and I was sent to detention.

00:54:26.138 --> 00:54:29.683
The first time, I was detained
for 17 days

00:54:29.808 --> 00:54:33.438
in Puerto Isabel.

00:54:33.897 --> 00:54:40.237
After 17 days,
I was deported back to Honduras.

00:54:41.655 --> 00:54:44.865
So I went back to my country.

00:54:45.575 --> 00:54:52.165
Then, two years later,
I decided to try my luck again,

00:54:52.748 --> 00:54:56.920
to try to help my family survive.

00:54:57.212 --> 00:55:02.842
We live in extreme poverty
in my country.

00:55:02.925 --> 00:55:05.012
We can't make a living there.

00:55:05.095 --> 00:55:09.848
I have a wife and three children,
living from day to day.

00:55:10.183 --> 00:55:14.270
We can't give our children
an education.

00:55:14.353 --> 00:55:18.775
Most schools in Honduras
are private.

00:55:19.275 --> 00:55:23.363
Those of us with low incomes
can't give them an education.

00:55:23.572 --> 00:55:26.448
That's why sometimes
you need to emigrate,

00:55:26.783 --> 00:55:31.913
so they can have a better life,
different from the one we had.

00:55:32.288 --> 00:55:35.417
A more decent life for our children.

00:55:36.417 --> 00:55:40.963
So I decided to try a second time,

00:55:41.047 --> 00:55:43.925
and they caught me again
at the border.

00:55:44.008 --> 00:55:46.510
They detained me for 22 days

00:55:46.887 --> 00:55:51.057
and told me that next time
it would be for 5 years.

00:55:51.850 --> 00:55:54.227
Now I always have that fear.

00:55:54.310 --> 00:55:57.355
If they catch me,
I'll be there for a while.

00:56:55.372 --> 00:56:57.332
The first time,

00:56:57.457 --> 00:57:03.713
I was around 18 years old.

00:57:05.132 --> 00:57:07.175
In Nuevo Laredo, at the US border,

00:57:07.467 --> 00:57:10.428
Immigration caught me
at the first checkpoint.

00:57:10.928 --> 00:57:15.517
They arrested me
and deported me to Guatemala.

00:57:24.483 --> 00:57:27.778
The last time was hard.
I took the train all the time.

00:57:27.862 --> 00:57:30.407
I was hungry, thirsty,

00:57:30.990 --> 00:57:36.745
and we had to pay fees
or we couldn't get on the train.

00:57:38.790 --> 00:57:40.625
What else?

00:57:41.625 --> 00:57:45.880
People say that there are
more Immigration officers now,

00:57:46.047 --> 00:57:48.967
and more control checks
on the train.

00:57:49.092 --> 00:57:51.718
That's why
we didn't take it this time.

00:57:59.977 --> 00:58:02.772
In Guatemala, women are exploited.

00:58:03.188 --> 00:58:06.025
In the countryside,
you can have a steady income.

00:58:06.108 --> 00:58:10.280
I was doing fine there,
but unfortunately,

00:58:10.405 --> 00:58:15.327
about six months ago,
my brother was killed.

00:58:15.827 --> 00:58:17.120
Everything changed.

00:58:17.203 --> 00:58:19.288
My mom sold her land

00:58:19.413 --> 00:58:22.750
and moved to a place
that is far worse.

00:58:22.833 --> 00:58:26.628
There are many gunmen,
drug dealers, everything.

00:58:28.088 --> 00:58:30.925
In the future,
I don't want my children

00:58:31.050 --> 00:58:33.510
to grow up and be one of them.

00:58:34.178 --> 00:58:39.142
Usually in Guatemala,
each time a politician takes office,

00:58:39.225 --> 00:58:44.022
instead of helping the poor,
they help the rich get richer.

00:58:44.355 --> 00:58:48.818
They steal the money
and don't help the poor.

00:58:49.693 --> 00:58:56.783
For example, Baldetti stole money
and is now prison.

00:58:56.867 --> 00:59:02.457
They also want to arrest
the former vice-president,

00:59:02.540 --> 00:59:05.125
but who knows if they will.

00:59:06.043 --> 00:59:10.798
Because they can buy anyone.
It all boils down to money.

00:59:10.882 --> 00:59:13.885
There's a lot of corruption.

00:59:13.968 --> 00:59:18.765
In my brother's case, he's in jail.
He's 16.

00:59:19.223 --> 00:59:23.812
He drinks a lot, he's addicted.

00:59:24.020 --> 00:59:30.150
He was in bad company,
and his friends killed someone.

00:59:30.233 --> 00:59:33.863
He was with them,
so he was taken as an accomplice.

00:59:34.488 --> 00:59:39.577
And his friends got away,
but he was sentenced to three years.

00:59:39.785 --> 00:59:43.038
But if we had money,

00:59:43.455 --> 00:59:50.380
the money that the judge or lawyer
seeing his case is asking for,

00:59:50.463 --> 00:59:52.090
they would release him.

00:59:52.173 --> 00:59:57.262
Even if he were guilty,
with money you can solve everything.

00:59:57.720 --> 01:00:00.682
If you kill someone
but you have money to pay,

01:00:00.765 --> 01:00:02.350
they release you.

01:00:02.850 --> 01:00:06.812
In Guatemala it's like this.
The poor are taken advantage of.

01:00:06.895 --> 01:00:09.773
Sometimes they're not guilty,

01:00:11.067 --> 01:00:13.987
and they're wrongfully convicted.

01:00:14.445 --> 01:00:16.697
Many people are raped.

01:00:17.365 --> 01:00:22.995
Many children are kidnapped,
just like everywhere else.

01:00:23.078 --> 01:00:28.625
You see poor teenagers
and at 16, or even 13 or 14,

01:00:28.710 --> 01:00:30.462
they've become gunmen.

01:00:30.545 --> 01:00:33.630
They kill for $20 or $80.

01:00:34.423 --> 01:00:37.760
Because sometimes
people seek justice,

01:00:38.552 --> 01:00:45.058
and as politicians and the police
and everyone is so corrupt,

01:00:45.142 --> 01:00:49.147
people seek justice
with their own hands.

01:00:49.230 --> 01:00:52.108
So they pay teenagers,

01:00:52.192 --> 01:00:55.487
who accept it
because they need money.

01:00:55.570 --> 01:00:59.490
So they end up killing
for $20, $40 or $100.

01:01:00.867 --> 01:01:03.660
And the government
never does anything.

01:01:03.745 --> 01:01:07.040
The situation gets worse
with every new government.

01:02:44.637 --> 01:02:48.975
I come from a place called Frontera,

01:02:49.100 --> 01:02:51.477
in Monclova, Coahuila.

01:02:51.768 --> 01:02:54.897
Along the way,
we came across

01:02:54.980 --> 01:02:58.317
one of the officers
who patrol the railway tracks.

01:02:58.400 --> 01:03:00.235
He gave us some water

01:03:00.318 --> 01:03:03.155
and warned us not to go
in the direction

01:03:03.280 --> 01:03:06.533
to the right side of the tracks.

01:03:06.617 --> 01:03:08.493
He told us to take the left.

01:03:08.577 --> 01:03:11.038
I found that strange,

01:03:11.122 --> 01:03:15.292
but we followed his advice
and took the left side.

01:03:15.752 --> 01:03:20.548
Then, from the hill,
from a part covered in trees,

01:03:20.632 --> 01:03:22.425
a motorcycle appeared,

01:03:22.508 --> 01:03:28.013
and some other people
started to walk behind our group.

01:03:28.722 --> 01:03:33.978
We were two adults, older,
two others in their 30s,

01:03:34.062 --> 01:03:36.897
and one around 20, a young man.

01:03:37.398 --> 01:03:40.735
We huddled together
because we found that suspicious,

01:03:40.818 --> 01:03:44.738
but we kept walking
without looking back.

01:03:44.822 --> 01:03:51.245
Then we saw that same guard's car
pass us by,

01:03:51.328 --> 01:03:53.455
going north.

01:03:54.290 --> 01:03:56.833
He just looked at us and kept going.

01:03:56.917 --> 01:04:03.382
Then, after we had walked
about half a kilometer,

01:04:04.092 --> 01:04:05.425
we came to a bridge.

01:04:05.508 --> 01:04:09.388
The train passes through
the upper part of the bridge,

01:04:09.472 --> 01:04:13.433
and the lower part is for cars.

01:04:14.602 --> 01:04:19.148
We couldn't see the end of it,

01:04:19.273 --> 01:04:21.608
under the bridge,

01:04:21.692 --> 01:04:27.615
so we took the lower part and
walked along the road, underneath.

01:04:30.075 --> 01:04:32.160
Everything happened fast.

01:04:32.287 --> 01:04:38.167
Before that, we had seen
that guard again, with other guards,

01:04:38.250 --> 01:04:40.168
and I saw him laughing.

01:04:40.587 --> 01:04:46.383
There's no doubt that he had glanced
at the people below the bridge.

01:04:46.967 --> 01:04:51.513
He had glanced at the people there,
who were kidnappers.

01:04:51.930 --> 01:04:57.895
They pointed 9mm guns at us.
High-calibre guns.

01:04:58.228 --> 01:05:01.857
They pointed at us
and surrounded us very closely.

01:05:01.940 --> 01:05:03.567
There was nowhere to run.

01:05:03.650 --> 01:05:06.112
There was a 90% chance

01:05:06.195 --> 01:05:08.905
that they would shoot us
right there.

01:05:08.990 --> 01:05:11.908
They knew they could kill us,
put us in a car,

01:05:11.992 --> 01:05:15.412
and bury us in a hole,
because we're worth nothing.

01:05:15.495 --> 01:05:18.540
Not if we're dead.
But alive, we're valuable.

01:05:18.623 --> 01:05:24.130
They know that all of us have family
in our country,

01:05:24.213 --> 01:05:29.843
who will sell a chicken, a pig,
a cow or even their little house

01:05:29.927 --> 01:05:32.430
and send the money
so they don't kill us.

01:05:32.513 --> 01:05:35.307
That's the kind
of extortion they make.

01:05:35.390 --> 01:05:38.935
They kidnap you and ask for ransom.

01:05:39.228 --> 01:05:42.815
So they quickly got us and said,
"Don't move!"

01:05:42.898 --> 01:05:47.152
They started insulting us,
to intimidate us.

01:05:47.362 --> 01:05:50.613
They put us inside a van,

01:05:50.698 --> 01:05:54.827
an old, dirty one.

01:05:55.745 --> 01:05:59.790
Then they said
they'd take us and feed us.

01:05:59.873 --> 01:06:03.335
"Are you going north?
We'll help you cross the border."

01:06:03.418 --> 01:06:05.420
Then, "Don't move! Heads down!"

01:06:05.503 --> 01:06:08.382
We were at gunpoint
in the back of the van,

01:06:08.507 --> 01:06:09.967
with no seats.

01:06:10.050 --> 01:06:13.053
They took us to a house,
locked us up,

01:06:13.137 --> 01:06:16.098
and there they started
to torture us.

01:06:17.223 --> 01:06:20.560
It was a secured house,
with safety doors.

01:06:20.812 --> 01:06:22.647
There were others,

01:06:22.730 --> 01:06:25.983
and they brought
more kidnapped people.

01:06:27.527 --> 01:06:29.153
There was no food.

01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:31.822
For water...

01:06:31.905 --> 01:06:34.867
We had to beg them
for a glass of water.

01:06:35.242 --> 01:06:38.787
They said that if we didn't
give them a contact number

01:06:38.870 --> 01:06:42.248
and if our family didn't send money,
they wouldn't feed us.

01:06:42.332 --> 01:06:44.835
That's when the torture began.

01:06:44.918 --> 01:06:48.047
They made us
put our hands on our heads,

01:06:48.130 --> 01:06:50.257
and they started beating us

01:06:50.382 --> 01:06:53.218
and giving us
electric shocks on our bodies,

01:06:53.802 --> 01:06:56.722
they had special machines for that.

01:06:56.805 --> 01:07:02.978
They are like battery chargers
with wires, high voltage.

01:07:03.645 --> 01:07:06.898
They also hung me
by the feet to a roof beam,

01:07:06.982 --> 01:07:11.153
because I refused to give them
any telephone numbers.

01:07:12.028 --> 01:07:15.490
But they took my money.
I had some money with me,

01:07:15.573 --> 01:07:19.035
because I had worked
and saved money.

01:07:19.120 --> 01:07:22.247
I knew I would need it
at the border.

01:07:22.873 --> 01:07:26.002
They took it
and started torturing me.

01:07:26.085 --> 01:07:30.213
I have proof here.
I might show it.

01:07:30.757 --> 01:07:34.802
It's proven here
that I was a victim of kidnapping.

01:07:37.095 --> 01:07:40.892
Maybe you can see something.

01:07:41.517 --> 01:07:47.063
These are hospital appointments
from Mexico.

01:07:47.147 --> 01:07:50.777
I was seen at the hospital.

01:07:52.653 --> 01:07:55.280
These are from
the Mexican government.

01:07:55.363 --> 01:07:57.658
I have to thank Mexico,

01:07:57.742 --> 01:08:01.912
because they lent me a hand
when I showed up with broken bones.

01:08:01.995 --> 01:08:05.248
I have formal complaints.

01:08:05.332 --> 01:08:11.047
The Prosecutor's Office,
the Attorney General's Office

01:08:11.130 --> 01:08:14.800
and the Immigrant
Protection Office helped me

01:08:14.883 --> 01:08:17.720
and proved that my case is true.

01:08:17.803 --> 01:08:22.558
It has been proven that I was
a victim of kidnapping and torture.

01:08:22.642 --> 01:08:25.978
Because I applied
as a refugee in Canada.

01:08:26.520 --> 01:08:30.817
In Canada,
I begged them not to send me back,

01:08:30.900 --> 01:08:34.945
because I was not a bad person,
I did no harm to the country.

01:08:35.112 --> 01:08:39.242
I was working
only to survive in Canada.

01:08:39.325 --> 01:08:43.078
To have peace, to live peacefully.

01:08:43.162 --> 01:08:47.165
I have never hurt anyone.

01:08:47.958 --> 01:08:51.878
I begged them
not to send me back to Honduras.

01:08:51.962 --> 01:08:55.340
I said I wasn't
doing anything wrong,

01:08:55.465 --> 01:08:58.552
and if I returned to Honduras...

01:08:58.968 --> 01:09:03.890
My brother had been murdered
around three years before.

01:09:03.973 --> 01:09:06.393
Now it's been four years.

01:09:06.560 --> 01:09:09.230
They killed him
for not paying extortion.

01:09:09.563 --> 01:09:13.150
My family was constantly
under threat,

01:09:13.233 --> 01:09:15.903
as I said in court in Canada.

01:09:15.987 --> 01:09:19.240
But they didn't believe me,
they wanted evidence.

01:09:19.323 --> 01:09:24.620
Proof that I had been through that.
They wanted papers.

01:09:26.372 --> 01:09:29.708
Then they said I should...

01:09:33.003 --> 01:09:36.715
How is it called?
That other institution...

01:09:36.798 --> 01:09:38.967
The PRRA
(Pre-Removal Risk Assessment).

01:09:39.050 --> 01:09:41.762
But they didn't give me
the chance to apply,

01:09:41.845 --> 01:09:43.638
and I had the right to.

01:09:43.722 --> 01:09:46.517
I know that internationally,
I have the right.

01:09:46.600 --> 01:09:48.810
The PRRA is the second application.

01:09:48.893 --> 01:09:52.188
After the shelter application,
I could apply for the PRRA.

01:09:52.272 --> 01:09:55.233
They didn't give me that chance
in Canada.

01:09:55.317 --> 01:09:57.485
They put me on a plane to Honduras.

01:09:57.570 --> 01:09:59.780
I arrived in Honduras
to be a victim

01:09:59.863 --> 01:10:01.282
of extortion and threat.

01:10:01.365 --> 01:10:04.117
I had to run away from there again.

01:10:04.910 --> 01:10:07.453
In Honduras,
you can't denounce them,

01:10:07.580 --> 01:10:09.457
or they kill you or your family.

01:10:09.540 --> 01:10:10.917
So I came to Mexico,

01:10:11.042 --> 01:10:14.545
where again
I'm a victim of violence.

01:10:14.628 --> 01:10:20.592
And I have formal complaints
and proof of this

01:10:20.968 --> 01:10:25.013
to show them in Canada
how much we suffer to get there.

01:10:25.097 --> 01:10:30.143
Just to be rejected there
because we come from a country

01:10:30.227 --> 01:10:31.812
that is not terrorist,

01:10:31.937 --> 01:10:37.067
but is even worse
against its own citizens.

01:10:37.902 --> 01:10:41.947
Because one day we're found dead
and nobody does anything.

01:10:43.907 --> 01:10:48.787
But internationally, countries
that receive refugees, like Canada,

01:10:48.870 --> 01:10:51.332
fail to see that.

01:10:51.415 --> 01:10:54.877
We get there
and often they just deport us.

01:13:01.420 --> 01:13:04.213
Your mercy shall follow me
all my life,

01:13:04.297 --> 01:13:07.550
and I will dwell
in the house of the Lord for ever.

01:13:07.633 --> 01:13:09.887
Wherever you go,
if you invoke Him...

01:13:10.012 --> 01:13:11.555
Without fear.

01:13:12.513 --> 01:13:15.767
Even if there are demons or attacks,
He will protect you.

01:13:15.850 --> 01:13:17.060
You will be safe.

01:13:17.143 --> 01:13:18.978
When I was in Palenque,

01:13:19.103 --> 01:13:22.565
people were chasing me
and you know what happened?

01:13:22.858 --> 01:13:26.112
We were behind a tree,
and when the guys got near,

01:13:26.195 --> 01:13:29.532
the cows started chasing them away.

01:13:29.615 --> 01:13:33.160
The cows didn't let them get to us.

01:13:33.493 --> 01:13:37.163
They were armed!
And we were right there.

01:13:38.665 --> 01:13:40.458
Only God can do that.

01:13:43.378 --> 01:13:46.798
And then I talked about Psalm 23.

01:13:47.715 --> 01:13:50.260
It was divine providence.

01:13:51.928 --> 01:13:55.682
There was a young boy like you
who was crying,

01:13:56.057 --> 01:13:59.853
because he saw them
coming after us with guns.

01:14:00.020 --> 01:14:02.480
A wise son brings joy
to his father;

01:14:02.605 --> 01:14:05.067
a foolish son brings grief
to his mother.

01:14:05.150 --> 01:14:07.485
Ill-gotten treasures have no value,

01:14:07.610 --> 01:14:10.863
but righteousness
delivers from death.

01:14:10.947 --> 01:14:14.910
The Lord does not let
the righteous go hungry,

01:14:14.993 --> 01:14:17.620
but he thwarts
the craving of the wicked.

01:14:17.703 --> 01:14:20.790
Lazy hands make for poverty,

01:14:20.873 --> 01:14:25.837
but diligent hands bring wealth.

01:14:26.547 --> 01:14:29.800
Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.

01:14:29.883 --> 01:14:32.677
Wisdom is found
on the lips of the discerning,

01:14:32.760 --> 01:14:35.805
but a rod is for the back
of one with no sense.

01:14:36.223 --> 01:14:38.308
The wise store up knowledge,

01:14:38.433 --> 01:14:41.603
but the mouth of a fool
invites ruin.

01:14:41.853 --> 01:14:45.065
The wealth of the rich
is their fortified city,

01:14:45.148 --> 01:14:48.693
but poverty is the ruin
of the poor.

01:14:51.988 --> 01:14:55.200
-Those are the...
-Proverbs.

01:14:55.992 --> 01:15:01.122
-The Proverbs are serious stuff.
-Everything's here.

01:15:03.833 --> 01:15:05.460
What's up, man?

01:15:05.752 --> 01:15:09.297
I thank God.
We can see the US from here.

01:15:10.923 --> 01:15:13.010
From where I am, you know?

01:15:13.510 --> 01:15:14.720
Yes.

01:15:15.595 --> 01:15:20.642
I can see the US from here,
but you know, it's hard to cross.

01:15:24.103 --> 01:15:25.563
You understand?

01:15:26.648 --> 01:15:27.942
Yes.

01:15:28.817 --> 01:15:30.735
And now what?
Will you try or not?

01:15:30.943 --> 01:15:35.490
Yes. I'll see if I can make it,
God willing.

01:15:35.740 --> 01:15:37.033
Listen, man.

01:15:37.492 --> 01:15:43.707
You have to know
if you'll cross or not.

01:15:44.123 --> 01:15:45.417
Yeah, we'll see.

01:15:45.542 --> 01:15:47.920
Make up your mind
if you're doing it.

01:15:48.003 --> 01:15:50.088
If it's not safe, don't do it.

01:15:50.172 --> 01:15:54.802
Yes. I'm already here.
I have to find a way.

01:15:56.928 --> 01:15:59.640
But take care, okay?

01:16:01.223 --> 01:16:05.478
It's already been too long

01:16:05.603 --> 01:16:08.523
since we last saw each other.

01:16:08.607 --> 01:16:10.775
I'll do it, you'll see.

01:16:11.818 --> 01:16:16.238
How many months has it been?

01:16:19.660 --> 01:16:22.203
It's been three months
since you left.

01:16:22.287 --> 01:16:24.790
Relax! Three months is nothing.

01:16:25.873 --> 01:16:31.713
But you know,
if they catch me I'll be back there.

01:16:33.507 --> 01:16:35.050
You'll see.

01:16:35.258 --> 01:16:37.927
Three months is three months.
It's not easy.

01:16:38.012 --> 01:16:40.722
Yes, man.
What's up with Kelly?

01:16:42.557 --> 01:16:44.392
She's still with me.

01:16:44.517 --> 01:16:47.270
Is her belly big already?

01:16:47.645 --> 01:16:48.688
Yes.

01:16:49.105 --> 01:16:52.442
I can't stand
being away from you all.

01:16:54.443 --> 01:16:57.613
That's pure truth, man.
I can't either, believe me.

01:16:57.697 --> 01:17:02.827
It's not the same
without you here, man.

01:17:02.910 --> 01:17:06.582
When you're there you don't realize,

01:17:06.707 --> 01:17:10.293
but when you're away
from your family,

01:17:10.377 --> 01:17:14.840
you feel it. I feel it.
I can't be away from you.

01:17:17.217 --> 01:17:20.845
I can't stand it, that's the truth.

01:17:21.597 --> 01:17:24.182
And what if...

01:17:25.350 --> 01:17:29.145
And what if I do cross
and I stay in the US?

01:17:31.063 --> 01:17:33.650
But then it'll be different.

01:17:34.650 --> 01:17:37.820
Then I'll be making money
to build a house.

01:17:38.322 --> 01:17:40.532
With God's help, if I can cross.

01:17:42.158 --> 01:17:46.955
That's my mission, to build a house
where our family can live.

01:17:48.207 --> 01:17:53.462
What I want, man,
is for you to take care.

01:17:53.545 --> 01:17:56.005
You too, man.

01:17:56.423 --> 01:17:59.175
Don't be messing around.

01:17:59.968 --> 01:18:02.720
Because I want to see you
when I get there.

01:18:06.182 --> 01:18:09.060
Yes, don't worry about us.

01:18:09.143 --> 01:18:12.897
The only thing I ask
is that you take care, man.

01:18:12.980 --> 01:18:14.607
Yes, man.

01:18:17.818 --> 01:18:21.155
I really mean it. Take care.

01:18:21.238 --> 01:18:24.868
If something happens to you,
that day I'm going with you.

01:18:24.952 --> 01:18:27.703
No, man, you're crazy.

01:18:29.915 --> 01:18:33.000
Okay. We'll talk some other time.

01:18:34.668 --> 01:18:36.003
Another day.

01:18:38.132 --> 01:18:40.633
I miss you man, believe me.

01:18:40.800 --> 01:18:44.888
Yes, man, I miss all of you.
But what can I do?

01:18:47.515 --> 01:18:48.850
Have you eaten yet?

01:18:48.933 --> 01:18:50.435
Yes, man.

01:18:52.853 --> 01:18:54.063
Honestly?

01:18:54.188 --> 01:18:55.190
I have.

01:18:56.442 --> 01:18:59.778
We get three meals here.

01:19:02.655 --> 01:19:06.158
It's a shelter for migrants,
where they help us.

01:19:08.995 --> 01:19:10.580
Take care.

01:19:10.788 --> 01:19:15.210
I will. Take care of my mom.
Don't give her trouble.

01:19:16.418 --> 01:19:18.130
You know I won't.

01:19:20.007 --> 01:19:23.427
Don't give her reason to worry much.

01:19:26.220 --> 01:19:28.473
Okay, then. Say hi to Maria.

01:19:29.975 --> 01:19:30.933
I will, man.

01:19:31.100 --> 01:19:33.603
And thank her for the money.

01:19:35.230 --> 01:19:36.230
Yes.

01:19:36.313 --> 01:19:38.150
Okay, then.

01:19:38.900 --> 01:19:40.277
Bye, man.

01:19:43.322 --> 01:19:48.452
Well, the guy told me that
he's leaving the day after tomorrow.

01:19:48.660 --> 01:19:55.583
I want to go with that guy
because it's cheaper.

01:19:55.708 --> 01:20:02.382
He told me I can take the highway 10
and get there, where you are.

01:20:02.590 --> 01:20:04.927
Are you in San Antonio?

01:20:05.218 --> 01:20:06.052
No.

01:20:06.135 --> 01:20:07.720
Where are you?

01:20:07.845 --> 01:20:09.097
In McAllen.

01:20:09.430 --> 01:20:11.140
In McAllen?

01:20:11.265 --> 01:20:12.183
Yes.

01:20:12.267 --> 01:20:13.810
McAllen, Houston?

01:20:13.935 --> 01:20:14.895
Yes.

01:20:15.353 --> 01:20:18.732
But can I take the highway 10
to get there?

01:20:19.232 --> 01:20:22.402
I don't know.
I'm not familiar with it.

01:20:22.485 --> 01:20:25.322
The guy says I can take the 10.

01:20:25.488 --> 01:20:30.118
Check first, because
if you end up somewhere else,

01:20:30.202 --> 01:20:31.662
you'll get lost.

01:20:31.745 --> 01:20:34.372
You'll have nobody to pick you up.

01:20:34.455 --> 01:20:38.543
You should come to Reynosa.

01:20:40.378 --> 01:20:42.338
But I ended up here.

01:20:43.215 --> 01:20:47.135
Well, you should have asked
when you were there.

01:20:47.718 --> 01:20:49.137
Yes...

01:20:49.220 --> 01:20:53.350
You should have gone to Reynosa
to get here.

01:20:54.142 --> 01:20:57.895
Now you might get lost.
God willing, you won't.

01:20:57.978 --> 01:21:01.023
No. Here is the El Paso crossing.
Do you know it?

01:21:01.523 --> 01:21:02.442
Yes.

01:21:02.525 --> 01:21:04.443
Well, that's where I am.

01:21:05.028 --> 01:21:06.947
At a shelter for migrants.

01:21:07.030 --> 01:21:09.740
Where you can only stay three days.

01:21:11.450 --> 01:21:12.702
I see.

01:21:14.495 --> 01:21:18.040
I've been there once.

01:21:21.210 --> 01:21:22.837
So what do we do?

01:21:22.920 --> 01:21:26.007
This guy has a lift
on the other side.

01:21:26.090 --> 01:21:28.885
He is asking for 500 dollars.

01:21:30.345 --> 01:21:34.473
Well, you'll have to figure it out,
because I don't have it.

01:21:34.557 --> 01:21:41.105
See what you can do there.
As I said, that city is not close.

01:23:15.117 --> 01:23:20.663
I went to the Sonora border
and to the Nogales border,

01:23:21.288 --> 01:23:23.500
to see how the crossing was.

01:23:24.625 --> 01:23:27.462
I started to climb the wall

01:23:27.545 --> 01:23:30.548
and man, the "migra" does move!

01:23:32.050 --> 01:23:38.097
Here at El Paso, Texas;
Las Cruces, New Mexico;

01:23:39.390 --> 01:23:45.813
San Antonio, Texas,
all along the border,

01:23:45.897 --> 01:23:50.860
you can't cross
because Immigration is chasing us.

01:23:51.110 --> 01:23:54.780
Yes, it's tough.
I crossed the whole Arizona desert.

01:23:54.863 --> 01:23:58.117
It took eight days
from Caborca, Sonora.

01:23:58.200 --> 01:24:02.080
Two days to the border
and from there, six more days.

01:24:02.163 --> 01:24:05.583
What I can tell you is,
don't do as I did.

01:24:05.667 --> 01:24:09.628
You'd better work there,
wait and check it all carefully,

01:24:09.712 --> 01:24:12.215
never mind
if you stay there a while.

01:24:12.673 --> 01:24:14.800
I was caught because I rushed it.

01:24:14.967 --> 01:24:17.303
And now I regret it.

01:24:37.157 --> 01:24:40.743
I had no plan
to cross the border.

01:24:42.828 --> 01:24:45.998
And now I've been thinking.

01:24:46.082 --> 01:24:51.378
Because the border here
is very complicated.

01:24:51.462 --> 01:24:54.465
I thought it was easier,

01:24:54.590 --> 01:24:58.512
but I've heard
it has become more difficult lately.

01:25:00.053 --> 01:25:03.307
People are saying

01:25:04.350 --> 01:25:10.565
that it has become
complicated on the other side.

01:25:10.648 --> 01:25:15.987
The part where it's closer to cross

01:25:16.112 --> 01:25:18.865
is being well guarded.

01:25:18.948 --> 01:25:24.370
Some people left recently,

01:25:24.495 --> 01:25:28.792
and only one of them came back.

01:25:28.875 --> 01:25:33.295
He said that three helicopters
were patrolling

01:25:33.378 --> 01:25:38.467
a mountain known as El Cristo.

01:25:39.093 --> 01:25:42.847
Everybody was crossing
at that part,

01:25:43.472 --> 01:25:47.602
because it was a blind spot
and the closest point.

01:25:47.768 --> 01:25:52.273
They say they can use
three helicopters

01:25:52.398 --> 01:25:54.483
to look for someone,

01:25:54.900 --> 01:25:58.362
and you're just a migrant

01:26:01.532 --> 01:26:05.118
who is entering illegally,
but that's all.

01:27:17.108 --> 01:27:19.652
I decided to go through this border

01:27:19.777 --> 01:27:24.282
because I was told it was calm,
and it is.

01:27:24.365 --> 01:27:26.867
But the problem is the other side.

01:27:26.993 --> 01:27:32.332
I don't think I can get
to the other side.

01:27:32.415 --> 01:27:37.045
I would need someone
to pick me up on the other side,

01:27:37.128 --> 01:27:41.132
a so-called "ride",

01:27:41.257 --> 01:27:44.718
but it needs
to be someone from the other side.

01:27:44.802 --> 01:27:49.640
Someone who can at least take me
through the first checkpoint.

01:27:49.723 --> 01:27:52.602
Because there's always
an immigration checkpoint

01:27:52.685 --> 01:27:54.478
just outside the entry cities.

01:27:54.562 --> 01:27:57.690
Usually there's one more checkpoint,
and that's it,

01:27:57.773 --> 01:28:00.485
unless you're very unlucky.

01:30:11.198 --> 01:30:14.452
This project was made possible
thanks to the generous cooperation

01:30:14.535 --> 01:30:19.415
of migrants encountered in 2016
as they were northbound.