Every year, separated couples meet in the middle of a bridge over the US-Mexico border to get married. Meet Jesenia and Luis, whose upcoming wedding will allow them to finally live together safely, and the officiant who makes it all possible.
The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to keep Mexican and Central American migrants from crossing into the United States. In December 2018, filmmaker Jordi Ruiz Cirera traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, and asked four migrant children to imagine the life that may await them on the other side of the border. Their responses stand in sharp contrast to political rhetoric and the harsh circumstances that brought them here in the first place.
Hemer dreams of making art and skateboarding—simple pleasures that felt out of reach in his native Honduras. Even if he is turned away from the United States, the 14-year-old says, “at least I would have tried.”
If 16-year-old Cristhian can enter the United States, it will be the first time he has ever crossed a border. Targeted by gangs in his Mexican hometown, he dreams of the safety he might find on the other side.
All 13-year-old Amayrani wants is to be able to study, learn English—and leave the migrant camp in Tijuana, where she waits with her mom and siblings for a chance to enter the United States.
An interview with Jordi Ruiz Cirera, creator of the documentary series Looking Across the Border, about what it was like to interview migrant children in Tijuana.