Vanguard Documentary: Christof Putzel Finds Life and Death on the Mexican Border Daniel Stebbins - Vanguard
go to original April 9, 2013

This documentary shows what people risk to enter America illegally for a better life to do jobs that most Americans will not. (justaskdan)

Christof Putzel finds a coyote and makes the connections to allow him to make the trip and film it. He and a friend travel to the U.S./Mexico border to investigate one of the most contentious issues in America today: immigration. Meeting with "coyotes," the hired smugglers who offer to take immigrants across the border for a fee, Putzel learns the methods used to evade border patrol and the dangers they face on the journey.

Arrest and deportation are inherent risks, but the lack of water and scorching temperatures of the desert crossing are far more deadly. Those who do make it safely across the border face tightening immigration laws and an increasingly hostile public.

Putzel ultimately crosses the border with a migrant and coyote.

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