00:01I am going to be in here,
00:06and this is already at 40% of the time.
00:15I come in, and this is what I start doing right now.
00:17I'm going to lose it.
00:18I want to go in here.
00:43The debate over immigration has been a hot topic in recent media coverage.
00:48Build that wall! Build that wall!
00:51Tens of thousands of migrants have been forced to flee El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
00:57as violence between gangs warring over drug routes has led to some of the highest homicide rates in the world.
01:06Desperate to save their lives and escape, they travel by train, by foot, and by makeshift rafts.
01:14Moms from Central America hand-carrying their children across the border.
01:20Contrary to what dominates the airwaves, they are not sneaking across the border.
01:24They turn themselves into Border Patrol upon arrival.
01:29In 2016 alone, over 68,000 families have crossed the border seeking asylum.
01:35This is the story of one woman's journey to reunite with her mother in the U.S.
01:41This is Behind the Headlines.
02:10We are here at Sacred Heart Church.
02:12This is where people arrive after their long journey.
02:19This all started back in 2014 when we were seeing hundreds of them being dropped off at the bus station.
02:26We had a massive wave of families, children, women, moms coming into our country, and most of them unaccompanied by
02:34themselves.
02:37They're human beings, they're people, and they're children, and they need care and love and attention.
03:06They killed two or three people daily.
03:10And the women, the first one, they viola.
03:13All these bad things are the people.
03:18That's why we were almost fleeing from them.
03:23I had to travel in bus for 20 hours, and she was crying.
03:27I was crying.
03:28So, she was almost able to get in there.
03:31And I was just giving water, pouring water.
03:36Some soldiers, when we were hiding in the mountain,
03:41they started to shoot.
03:42And they were coming to us and shooting.
03:45And I just did it, and I was just throwing them to the ground because they were shooting.
03:54They're going to go before a judge.
03:57And there are strangers in this country, very difficult to make sure that their story is heard correctly if they
04:03don't have legal representation.
04:05If they don't find that help, it's very possible that they're going to be deported back to their country.
04:12They're not safe there.
04:13They run the risk of being kidnapped, of being recruited, of being raped.
04:20It's very dangerous for the children, and the children is why they're here.
04:26They're not safe.
04:28They have an electrocardiogram and an echo.
04:30At the moment, they were fine.
04:31But they needed surgery.
04:33But they had to wait.
04:38How long did they wait?
04:40Hasta que un cirujano se fue aquí como por inmigrantes, no quieren agarrarlo.
04:47El doctor me dijo de que se esperaba más, se me podía poner más grave.
04:57Pero son dos cirugías las que le tienen que hacer.
05:02Ten fe que vas a ver, va a haber muchas personas que te van a querer ayudar y te van
05:08a ayudar con tu hija.
05:10Para que este ángel sea alguien en la vida, tenga un futuro acá.
05:18¿Te gusta?
05:22¿Cómo le hace el caballo?
05:27Te das las gracias.
05:37Hola mami, ¿qué tal?
05:41Bien.
05:42¿Dónde está?
05:43En un albergue, estoy ahorita.
05:45Y hoy hablé yo con su lado también y dice que ustedes no tienen que tener miedo, me dijo a
05:50mí la muchacha del consulado.
05:52No tienen miedo a tener miedo, no tienen que hablar la verdad, no es lo que están viviendo en El
05:55Salvador, me dijo.
05:57Que él tiene que pedir un asilo y en él porque él puede estar, me dijo, me dijo que le
06:01hablaré el viernes.
06:03Bueno, y a ver, primeramente Dios, es el único que nos puede ayudar.
06:19Ya estoy desesperada por ver a mi mamá.
06:25Para mí, mi mamá significa mi vida porque ella siempre ha estado conmigo.
06:31Mi papá nos abandonó prácticamente y ella siempre estuvo ahí con nosotros luchando siempre para nosotros.
06:39Me siento nerviosa.
06:41Desde que se vino hace 10 años, a pesar de todas las críticas que ella ha tenido, cuando acá ella
06:46se volvía de nosotros porque iba a tener más hijos,
06:49no, ella siempre nos demostró de que nosotros éramos su vida y ella se había venido para luchar por nosotros.
06:59Abuelo, ¿dónde estás?
07:02Le vas a pedir los bombones a tu abuela.
07:05¿Cómo le vas a decir?
07:06Abuelita, dame bombón.
07:09Ya sé lo que me falta en el aire.
07:11Me siento bien orgullosa de mi mamá.
07:26¿Cómo estás?
07:27Bien.
07:30Bien bonita está, mami.
07:32Y vos todas aquí, esta propensión me da.
07:35Ay, yo voy a engordar aquí, mami.
07:37¿Qué quieres?
07:38¿Dinero quieres para los bombones?
07:40Mami, quiero dinero.
07:41¿Ah?
07:42¿Pedir los chicles a tu abuela?
07:44¿Ah?
07:45Ay.
07:50Me siento muy feliz porque ya estoy con mi mamá.
07:56Ya conoció a mi hija.
07:59Ya la pude abrazar después de tantos años.
08:02Lejos de ella.
08:06Los sueños que tengo para mi hija son, primero que se le lleve a cabo.
08:10Sus cirugías para que ella pueda ser normal.
08:15Mi sueño es verla correr, verla feliz sin que esté sufriendo.
08:22Sueño con verla ya estudiando, ayudándole a hacer sus tareas.
08:28No sé, que el mundo la reconozca por lo que ella hace.
08:32No sé, a seguir adelante, a hacer lo que en nuestro país no podemos hacer.
08:40Bien.
08:43No sé, a seguir adelante, a fixed digging sin poder.
08:44No sé.
08:52No sé.
08:53No sé, aš.
08:53You
