Despite the semester being over and facing final exams, Reina Akamatsu, Raja Venkatapathy Mani and Prof. Robert Hernandez headed south of the border in the early hours to capture the caravan of migrants that had walked from Central America in hopes of seeking asylum in the United States.
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JOVRNALISM captures the migrant caravan in 360
Documenting the life of the deported
While we read the headlines and hear the news stories, what happens to someone when they get deported from the United States and are sent to Mexico, a country that many deportees don’t know or speak the language?
What threats do they face when they walk into Tijuana, Mexico? Where can they go and who can they turn to for help? What unknown threats do they now face?
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