The crisis of the illegal immigrant in America

On the campaign trail in Texas, Joyce Fegan finds two young, undocumented Mexicans helping others and hoping to create a better life in Trump’s America.

The crisis of the illegal immigrant in America
Fri, 02 Nov, 2018 - 00:00

On the campaign trail in Texas, Joyce Fegan finds two young, undocumented Mexicans helping others and hoping to create a better life in Trump’s America.

In a small taco restaurant right on the US-Mexican border, two undocumented immigrants insist on buying me lunch.

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