Raised in the U.S., Claudia is an undocumented immigrant living beyond her means in a twisted version of the American dream. When she’s arrested by the FBI for credit card fraud, Claudia is quickly deported to México.. Speaking no Spanish and lost in her foreign “homeland,” she reluctantly takes refuge at her estranged father's cattle ranch. As she clashes with her unyielding father, her attempts to return home to the U.S. thrust her into a...

Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for their infant daughter. Michel Stone s harrowing novel meticulously examines the obstacles each faces in pursuing a new life: manipulation, rape, and murder in the perilous commerce of border crossings; betrayal by family and friends;...

A famine drives Diego Busqueda, a noble "coyote, " to lead his family across the unforgiving "Devil's Highway, " a desert cursed with blistering days and deadly nights.

Two best friends stumble into an opportunity when a Mexican pal, recently deported, needs their help to get back across the border. The guys see it as a chance to corner the market by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country.

El Negro gets hired to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants into the United States. When he claims this will be his last trip because he wants out of the business, his superiors become suspicious and send a younger smuggler to keep an eye on him. The two fight during the troubled crossing, and eventually lose part of their human cargo. El Negro now finds himself on the run from his former associates and the law.

Tierra Nueva, a place all immigrants must cross on their journey to the United States. Don Raul and his sons control the passing of everyone across the region and they transport innocent people under inhumane conditions. A local inspector decides to bring the matter to federal authorities; the authorities will assign the case to "Comandate" Lara who must bring to justice the criminals at any price.

Tres jóvenes emprenden una dura travesía, de los barrios bajos de Guatemala hacia los Estados Unidos, con la esperanza de alcanzar una vida mejor. En su camino encontrarán una serie de adversidades que los llevará a descubrir lecciones de vida y supervivencia y a comprender la fuerza de la amistad. A road movie about teenage Guatemalan immigrants and their journey to the U.S.

"In 2015, several years before migrant caravans were making headlines, Levi Vonk, a young anthropologist and journalist, went to Mexico to live and work with migrants, in defiance of the conservative politics of his Southern hometown. There he made a friend who would change the course of his life--and quite possibly the course of Mexican history along with it. Axel Kirschner was a lifelong New Yorker, all Queens hustle and bravado, having been brought...

A famine drives Diego Busqueda, a noble "coyote, " to lead his family across the unforgiving "Devil's Highway, " a desert cursed with blistering days and deadly nights.