Which Way Home (2009)

Plot of the film

"Which Way Home"(2009) is a documentary film that follows journeys of unaccompanied child migrants to the United States. The film makers followed children like nine-year old Olga and Freddy from Hondurans, who left their home with just the clothes they wore to reach their parents in the US.; "children like Jose, a ten-year old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center; and Kevin, a canny, streetwise fourteen-year old Honduran, whose mother hopes that he will reach the U.S. and send money back to her. These are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow." (IMDb)

Phew, I could not stop crying while watching this film. The children in the film are prepared to take any risk in order to reach "America," their country of dream. Most of them ride on roof of trains( needless to say, it's illegal and dangerous to ride on a train in that way!), which takes them closer to the boarder of Mexico and the U.S.. Sleeping on the ground, not eating few days, and facing numerous risks such as slipping off the train, and being caught by smugglers and so on...



Even the U.S. boarder patrol has been toughten, and a state like Arizona passed the immigration law(SB1070) which "orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there's reason to suspect they're in the United States illegally" in 2010 (CNN), there are still so many migrants(regardless age and sex)  try to cross the boarder.

For further information about the Arizona Immigration Law(SB1070): http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/arizona-immigration-law-sb-1070/index.html