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1991-1993CONTEMPORARY STOCK FOOTAGE
ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS - UNITED STATES AND MEXICO BORDER

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ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING US AND MEXICO BORDER. SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
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NIGHT FOOTAGE OF A LARGE GROUP OF MEXICAN PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND RUNNING ACROSS THE US / MEXICO BORDER.
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MANY PEOPLE FROM MEXICO CLIMBING UP AND OVER THE USA BORDER WALL ILLEGALLY AT NIGHT. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WALKING AND RUNNING ACROSS THE US / MEXICAN BORDER. MANY MANY MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILREN CROSSING THE BORDER TOGETHER AND ALONE.
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MAN RUNNING ACROSS US BORDER FROM MEXICO. THE MAN IS CARRYING A SMALL CHILD OR BABY WHO IS WRAPPED UP UNDER A WHITE BLANKET.
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LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE RUNNING TOWARD US BORDER AT NIGHT. COUPLES HOLDING HANDS AND CARRYING SMALLER CHILDREN.
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POINT OF VIEW FROM A HELICOPTER LOOKING DOWN WITH ITS SEARCH LIGHT AT NIGHT. HELICOPTER IS CIRCLING AROUND AIMING ITS LIGHT DOWN AT TREES AND HILLS. THEN FINDS A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE RUNNING TOGETHER TRYING TO CROSS OVER FROM MEXICO INTO THE USA. PEOPLE DO NOT STOP RUNNING AND THEN JUMP INTO A RIVER ALL HOLDING ON TO EACH OTHER. THEN THEY QUICKLY SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER AND GET OUT ON THE LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SWIMMING ACROSS BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HELICOPTER FOLLOWS THEM AND OTHER ILLEGAL DOWN THE SHORE.
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DAYTIME FOOTAGE OF LARGE GROUPS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RUNNING UNDER AND CLIMBING OVER THE US BORDER WALL IN SAN DIEGO. USA FLAGS CAN BE SEEN ABOVE THE WALL BARRIER.
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ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS INTERSTATE 5 SAN DIEGO.
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DAYTIME HIGH ANGLE SHOT LOOKING DOWN AT INTERNATIONAL BORDER ON INTERSTATE 5 IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. MULTI LANE HIGHWAY BORDER WITH MANY CARS DRIVING THRU AND STOPPING AT MEXICAN BORDER. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL UNTIL A LARGER GROUP OF ABOUT 15 - 30 PEOPLE COME RUNNING ON FOOT FROM THE MEXICO SIDE RIGHT THRU THE THE TRAFFIC BORDER STOPS. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER AND RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF HIGHWAY IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. RUNNING AND CUTTING IN FRONT OF THE CARS THAT ARE DRIVING ON THE ROADS. VERY DANGEROUS. NO ONE EVEN TRIES TO STOP THEM.
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NIGHT FOOTAGE SHOT FROM HIGH ANGLE SHOT LOOKING DOWN AT INTERNATIONAL BORDER ON INTERSTATE 5 IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. MULTI LANE HIGHWAY BORDER WITH MANY CARS DRIVING THRU AND STOPPING AT MEXICAN BORDER. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL UNTIL A LARGER GROUP OF ABOUT 15 - 30 PEOPLE COME RUNNING ON FOOT FROM THE MEXICO SIDE RIGHT THRU THE THE TRAFFIC BORDER STOPS. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER AND RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF HIGHWAY IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. RUNNING AND CUTTING IN FRONT OF THE CARS THAT ARE DRIVING ON THE ROADS. VERY DANGEROUS.
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NIGHT FOOTAGE LOOKING DOWN AT USA MEXICO BORDER THAT CARS DRIVE THRU ON INTERSTATE 5 IN SAN DIEGO. HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE TRY TO RUN PAST THE AUTOMOTIVE CHECK POINT BORDER. THIS TIME THERE ARE OFFICER WHO TRY TO STOP THEM FROM COMING INTO THE USA ILLEGALLY. MANY OF THE ILLEGALS SEE THE POLICE AND TURN AROUND AND RUN BACK TO THE MEXICO SIDE.
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DAYTIME FOOTAGE OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO JUST CROSSED OVER THE US BORDER ILLEGALLY WALKING AND RUNNING ON THE INTERSTATE. MANY FAST MOVING CARS GOING BY.
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POLICE OR BORDER PATROL OFFICERS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE STOPPING OR PULLING OVER A LARGE VAN AND TWO OTHER CARS. FIRST SHOT SHOWS ONE OFFICER. THE SECOND SHOT SHOWS TWO OFFICERS TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE CARS.
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ILLEGAL ALIEN STAGING AREAS SAN DIEGO. DAY FOOTAGE OF HUNDREDS OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS ALL TOGETHER ON THE SIDE OF A HILL AT THE US TIJUANA MEXICO WATER BORDER. MOST PEOPLE ARE SITTING DOWN OR STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE CONCRETE SLANTED HILL UNDER WALL. SOME SHOTS PAN DOWN TO SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE WATER BELOW WITH PLASTIC BAGS MAKE SHIFT BOOTS ON THEIR LEGS TO HELP KEEP THEM DRY.
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DAYTIME STREETS OF SAN DIEGO CARS DRIVING BY. THEN MANY PEOPLE ILLEGALS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN GROUPS. SOME LOOK LIKE FAMILIES HOLDING HANDS WHILE RUNNING. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS JUST RUNNING AND NOT EVEN KNOWING WHERE TO GO OR WHERE TO RUN.
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NIGHT FOOTAGE SHOT FROM HELICOPTER POV LOOKING DOWN AT LARGE GROUPS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS STAGING ALONG BORDER. LAST SHOT SHOWS THEM GOING UNDER FENCE. WAITING FOR SMUGGLERS TO TAKE THEM ACROSS THE BORDER
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POV FROM INSIDE BORDER PATROL CAR AS THEY PULL UP ON A LARGE GROUP OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT A STAGING AREA ALONG BORDER. THE ALIENS ARE ALL STANDING AROUND A FIRE WAITING FOR SMUGGLERS TO TAKE THEM ACROSS THE BORDER
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US BORDER PATROL OFFICERS RIDING ON HONDA QUAD 4 WHEELERS. THEY SLOWLY PULL UP ON A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND A FIRE. AS THE OFFICERS GET CLOSER THE PEOPLE WALK AWAY FROM THEM.
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SHOT STARTS OFF WITH A US BORDER PATROL OFFICER STANDING OUTSIDE BEHIND HIS PATROL SUV WITH POLICE LIGHTS ON IT. OFFICERS IS ON THE US SIDE OFF THE BORDER LOOKING DOWN A HILL. AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT HILL IS A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BORDER OF THE TWO COUNTRIES . THEN THE SHOTS PANS AND ZOOMS IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THEY ARE WALKING THROUGH A SMALL RIVER OR A SEWAGE DRAIN SYSTEM. AS THEY ARE WALKING IN THE WATER THEY HAVE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS ON THERE LEGS. AS SOON AS THEY GET OUT OF THE WATER THEY TAKE THE PLASTIC LEG COVERS OFF. THEN SHOT PANS BACK OVER TO OFFICER BY HIS SUV.
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HELICOPTER POV LOOKING DOWN ON GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH A SPOT LIGHT. STAGING AREA FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING A WAY TO ILLEGALLY CROSS THE BORDER. MOST PEOPLE JUST WALKING ALONG. SOME ARE GATHERED AROUND A FIRE.
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NIGHT SHOT LOOKING DOWN AND LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING IN BETWEEN THE MEXICO AND US BORDER.
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DAYTIME WIDE SHOT OF LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE NEXT TO THE BORDER FENCE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE USA BORDER. SMALL DIRT AND ROCK COVERED HILL IN FOREGROUND . HOUSES, VALLEYS, AND MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND.
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DAYTIME HELICOPTER POV LOOKING DOWN AT ROCKY HILLS AND VALLEY AREA ALONG BORDER WALL / BORDER FENCE. MANY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND ON THE MEXICO SIDE ALONE AND IN GROUPS . SEVERAL ABANDON VEHICLES SCATTERED AROUND THE AREA. VEHICLES LOOK LIKE THE HAVE BEEN BURNED UP OR RUSTED OUT. ALSO SOME SHOTS SHOT WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LARGER TUNNEL THAT GOES RIGHT UNDER THE FENCE AND US HIGHWAY.
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US BORDER PATROL OFFICER RIDING ON QUADS / ATVS TO TRY TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN PEOPLE FROM ILLEGALLY CROSSING THE BORDER. A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER ALONG THE BORDER. SOME OF THEM ARE SCREAMING AT THE OFFICERS ON THE QUADS. HOMES AND MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND.
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ILLEGAL ALIEN APPREHENSIONS AT SAN DIEGO BORDER. NIGHT TIME FOOTAGE OF BORDER PATROL OFFICERS WITH FLASH LIGHTS WALKING A LARGE GROUP OF ABOUT 50 TO 100 ILLEGAL ALIENS. THE OFFICERS LINE UP THE PEOPLE MOSTLY YOUNG MEN. THEN OFFICERS SEARCH THEM AND PUT THEM INTO BORDER PATROL VANS.
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CHINESE ILLEGAL ALIEN APPREHENSIONS. FOOTAGE SHOT INSIDE OF A HOUSE OR BUSINESS. MANY CHINESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE SITTING ON THE GROUND WITH THEIR HANDS UP AND ON THEIR HEADS. SEVERAL POLICE, US SPECIAL FORCES, AND BORDER PATROL OFFICERS ARE WALKING AROUND THE ROOMS WITH FLASHLIGHTS KEEPING GUARD ON THE ILLEGALS WHO ARE SITTING ON THE GROUND. MANY OF THE MEN ARE NOT WEARING SHIRTS.
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BLACK & WHITE NIGHT TIME SURVEILLANCE TYPE OF FOOTAGE SHOWING A LARGE CHINESE SHIP AT SEA LOWERING PEOPLE DOWN INTO SMALLER YELLOW ROUND RAFTS SO THEY CAN ILLEGALLY FLOAT PAST THE BORDER VIA THE OCEAN. SOUNDS OF MEN TALKING LOUDLY IN CHINESE CAN BE HEARD.
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ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS ARIZONA.
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SEVERAL SHOTS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WALKING RIGHT THROUGH A LARGE CUT SECTION OF THE ARIZONA BORDER FENCE. ALSO SHOTS OF PEOPLE WALKING ALONG PATHS AND TRAILS ALONG THE BORDER.
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DAYTIME SHOT STARTING OFF AT THE ARIZONA BORDER CHECKPOINT. CAMERA PANS SHOWING THAT THE CHECKPOINT IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL WITH THE BORDER FENCE / BARRIER GOING FROM THERE ALL THE WAY UP THE HILL. CAMERA ZOOMS UP THE HILL TO SHOW MANY PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CROSSING THE BORDER THROUGH A LARGE HOLE IN THE FENCE. THEN CAMERA ZOOMS BACK DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND PANS LEFT TO SHOW VARIOUS BUILDING IN SMALL TOWN IN ARIZONA RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE ILLEGALS JUST CROSSED.
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ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
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DAY SHOT FROM THE US BORDER AT RIO GRAND VALLEY. IN BETWEEN BORDERS IS A LARGE MAN MADE CONCRETE DRAINAGE CANAL. THE CANAL IS FULL OF WATER THAT GOES UP ABOUT 3 FEET OR WAIST LEVEL . IN THE WATER A MAN "COYOTE" WAITS WITH A LARGE BLACK FLOATING INNER TUBE. THE COYOTE MAN HELPS ANOTHER MAN AND WOMAN WITH TWO YOUNG GIRLS FAMILY GET ONTO THE INNER TUBE THEN HE WALKS THROUGH THE WAIST DEEP WATER PULLING THE INNER TUBE ACROSS THE WATER BORDER.
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DAY SHOT FROM THE US BORDER AT RIO GRAND VALLEY. IN BETWEEN BORDERS IS A LARGE MAN MADE CONCRETE DRAINAGE CANAL. THE CANAL IS FULL OF WATER THAT GOES UP ABOUT 3 FEET OR WAIST LEVEL . IN THE WATER A MAN "COYOTE" WAITS WITH A LARGE BLACK FLOATING INNER TUBE. THE COYOTE MAN HELPS ILLEGALS GET ONTO THE INNER TUBE THEN HE WALKS THROUGH THE WAIST DEEP WATER PULLING THE INNER TUBE ACROSS THE WATER BORDER. MULTIPLE TAKES AND ANGLES.
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LOW ANGLE SHOT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS THREE MEN CLIMBING UP AND OVER A 15 FOOT BORDER WALL / BARRIER. THEN THEY WALK OVER METAL BRIDGE. GRAFFITI PAINTED ON BARRIER AND BRIDGE. RIO GRAND VALLEY
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GREEN US BORDER PATROL VEHICLES PULL UP TO THE BORDER WHERE PEOPLE ARE ILLEGALLY CROSSING. THEN VEHICLE STOPS FAST AND OFFICERS RUN OUT OF THE SUVS AND START TO CHASE THE ALIENS WHO JUST ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER. OFFICERS CATCH THE ILLEGALS AND THEN WALK THEM BACK TO THE SUV.
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PEOPLE STANDING AT THE BOTTOM OF A GREEN GRASSY HILL WHERE THERE IS A RIVER. AT THE RIVER TWO YOUNG MEN TAKE OFF ALL OF THEIR CLOTHES AND THEN PUT THE CLOSES INTO A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG. THEN NAKED MAN JUMPS INTO WATER AND GETS A LARGE BLACK INNER TUBE. NAKED MAN BRING THE INNER TUBE TO THE SIDE OF THE HILL AND HELPS TWO WOMEN AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN GET ONTO THE INNER TUBE. IN ONE SHOT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE FIGHTING OVER ONE OF THE SMALL CHILDREN. THEN THE NAKED MAN SWIM THE INNERTUBE ACROSS A DEEP WATER BORDER.
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YOUNG MEN SWIMMING IN FAST MOVING RIVER WATER. LOOKS LIKE THE SWIMMERS ARE STRUGGLING AT FIRST. THEN THEY SWIM ANOTHER WAY BACK TO SHORE.
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