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Border Crisis: The Journey North to the US_ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:00 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [A Day With Customs And Border Patrol At The Busiest Sector of the US Mexico Border](/video/QFIeKVYp/) ### A Day With Customs And Border Patrol At The Busiest Sector of the US Mexico Border [North Korea Agrees to Cross-Border Communications with South Korea](/video/PcThDUdu/) ### North Korea Agrees to Cross-Border Communications with South Korea [Ask the Admiral: James Stavridis on The North Korean Crisis](/video/CugMqpEB/) ### Ask the Admiral: James Stavridis on The North Korean Crisis --- ## Transcript This is the southern Mexican border city of Hidalgo we've explained that for people who want to illegally cross into the United States, going from Guatemala to Mexico is relatively easy, but this is where the serious business starts as you walk down these dusty streets. The illegal immigration business is very open. As a matter of fact, look at this explicit sign. It says in spanish, welcome to the Coyote Pass, coyotes are the human smugglers, and this is where people come to find human smugglers to get to the United States border, there are people up there, when we looked at them, when they saw we had cameras, many of them scattered. Passenger vans that snake through the border areas are all part of the equation. These vans are often very crowded, as this one is, also very hot, there's no air conditioning. Mostly commuters who are going to the city of Tapachula, about an hour drive, a bigger city on the southern portion of Mexico. BUt often undocumented migrants are on this bus because they want to Tapachula. That's where they can get services, food, medical care while they plan their journeys up north. But often undocumented migrants have no money and can't even afford these vans. They then have to figure out how to get Temecula to and to start their journey. And just before we got on this van we found a man who wants to get to the United States but didn't have enough money to get on this van. This is Luis Moreno, he's 33 years old, he doesn't speak any English but we've been talking to him a little bit. This is a man from Guatemala. He's here in Mexico right now. He wants to go to the United States. And as a matter of fact, he has been there. And he's been caught three times by authorities and sent back to Guatemala. But also very interesting about Louise, he's been caught five times here in the nation of Mexico. Not on the border, but other cities. Four of the times he was on the beast. That train where so many people get hurt. He says he was running on top of the train. He was tied down so he wouldn't fall off. But he was caught four times in the train. One time on a bus. So an eight times, he's been sent back to Guatemala. But he still says he's ready to go back. [ FOREIGN ] I want to go to the US and work, and help out my family. I can't do it where I'm from. One of the places that migrants come to for medical help here in Tapachula is Iglesias Albergay, this catholic church and clinic. But this is when you're seriously hurt. Or seriously sick. For example this man right here. You could see his foot. He was in the United States, got kicked out. Came back to Mexico and then got hit by a car while crossing. Really messed up his ankle. He says he still wants to go back to the United States but he won't be able to walk for the next couple of weeks. We also have this gentleman right here, and you can see that he's missing his leg. He was also in an accident. This baby was born here, six days ago. And this women right here, this is Malitsa. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Thank you. She's 20 years old. She is the sister of the baby and this is Malitsa's daughter. Her mother's here, too. Her mother gave birth to the baby. But they have come from Honduras. They hope to get to the United Stated someday. That's what Melissa just told me. But right now they're here for the medical care of the baby being born. Also some food and hoping to get some good shelter for the next few days before they continue. The journey to the United States is long and dangerous. success is anything but assured. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Border Crisis: The Journey North to the US","description":"Border Crisis: The Journey North to the US","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fT7Ky8mZ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-15T15:19:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fT7Ky8mZ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/fT7Ky8mZ/","duration":"PT3M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/fT7Ky8mZ/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```