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AssignmentThe Back Door to Mexico

As part of our Freedom2014 season, Valeria Perasso explores what happens to the immigrants deported from the US back to Mexico.

  • Exodus
  • Returning citizens get varying levels of assistance on arrival into Mexico
  • Once through this door, the deportees are back in Mexico
  • Many struggle to restart their lives
  • Undocumented immigrants face many difficulties in the US without ID documents

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