Live to Achieve
A Haitian migrant once aiming for the US decides to stay in Tijuana for good. Jerome and his wife journey from Brazil heading for the US, but realize they can
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Mexico
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Dear Lord, What Have You Saved Us From?
A mother of three is welcomed to Mexico by insecurity, uncertainty, and financial distress. Paola’s hometown is a poor farming village, where families live off of the few crops
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Money is not everything.
A mother uses her time in the U.S. to accumulate remarkable savings. Valeria’s dreams are simple and universally recognizable. She wants to own a little house, and she
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It is true that you can make a lot of money, but it is hard to live here.
Saving in the U.S. with dreams of a business in Mexico. José had wanted to come to the United States for ten years. In 2012, soon after his brothers
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Providing from a Distance
Medical debt leads a father to join his brothers in the U.S. In 2011, Emiliano’s third child and first daughter was born at 28 weeks. She was in
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Relentlessly Positive
A Mexican migrant always looking forward. In 2007 Daniel was 20 years old living with his parents in Puebla, Mexico. He had graduated high school, but there was no money
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Sacrifices to provide for family
A father leaves his family to provide a better life for them. In 2007 Leonardo was 24 years old living in a small town in Puebla, Mexico. He was married
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Rattled by the Journey
A nineteen-year-old makes the dangerous journey to the U.S. At the time of our interview Juan was twenty-one years old. He had been in the United States for only
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Killed with Overwork
A Haitian migrant seeking a better life first goes to Brazil and then to Tijuana on his way to the US. He finds his life in Tijuana almost unbearable. Denis,
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Work for Yourself
A Haitian migrant shares his journey to Tijuana via Brazil and how he’s found relative success by running his own business. Constant earned a comfortable living driving a public
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In God I Trust
A Honduran man’s faith carries him through adversity and eventually leads him to the United States. Alex and his wife fled Honduras after being threatened by a local gang.
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Paying the Price
The United States deports a former Salvadoran child soldier to Mexico, despite his years of work for the FBI. He rebuilds his life in Tijuana. Tired of the civil war
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