Video provides English subtitles for portions of the story reported in Spanish.

American Essential Workers South of the Border

Everyday Adrian drives over 60 maquiladora workers on his bus route along Tijuana’s international border wall.  But he had not heard of the coronavirus until weeks after California went on lock-down. Eventually he watched the infection spread to his workplace but he has never stopped working.

The View From the Window

It is hard enough to be physically restrained from what was your entire life, but how is it bearable to be reminded of it everyday by looking out your window?  When Robert was deported for the second time he couldn’t stand to look across the border at San Diego.  Now he lives in the last apartment by the border wall, how did he get here?