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Alex recounts in his story how he ended up deported to Ecuador in 2025 after having traveled multiple times to the United States since 1991. His narrative describes his motivations, as well as his attempts and difficulties to apply for asylum after he and his brother experienced extreme violence.

Frank recognizes that he was deported due to mistakes he made when he was young that got him repeatedly into trouble. While after previous deportations he used to cross back, even via dangerous desert routes, he now accepts his life in Mexico with the help of God. What he misses most of the US is his family, especially. his grandkids.

Joshua grows up in Los Angeles without a father and ends un in a gang. Although he keeps studying after high school, he also continues to be a gang member and ends up commiting a violent act.

After getting convicted, Joshua serves his jail sentence and ends up getting deported to Tijuana where luckily an older woman invites him to stay at her house. Soon he finds work and rents his own apartment. He also enrolls in a degree program in law. Through all of this, he learned life lessons that he wishes to share.

A young migrant ends up in prison with 30+ year sentence due to youthful errors. Years later he learns to surrender and gains a kind of freedom that he previously could not understand.  Now, following his deportation, with God as his guide, he helps others in their struggles.

César Urincho Castro migrated from Mexico in 2004 seeking the American Dream. Castro explains his desire for better living standards and how that motivated him to enact his highly perilous first crossing attempt near the border. This attempt culminated in a terrifying high-speed chase involving 36 migrants crammed into a truck, which crashed after the co-pilot fired a weapon at pursuers. After being deported following a week of detention marked by starvation and abuse from immigration agents, Castro immediately secured a coyote and made a second, successful journey to Los Angeles.

César Uriucho lived five years in the United States where he faced laboral prejudices but also received support. He decided to return to Mexico to be with his children and now represents with pride his community in Santa Clara del Cobre through cultural projects.

Silvia, a Mexican woman, comes to the United States in search of new opportunities for her and her two kids. Upon arrival in Dallas, Texas, she finds out that she had been deceived by the women who supposedly organized her job and living situation in the US. Silvia ends up being assaulted, and she tells her survival story.

After surviving an attempted sexual assault, Silvia recounts the emotional toll it took and the resulting strain on her family relationships. Following her deportation, she later confronts her attacker in Mexico and asks U.S. authorities for help with reconnecting her with her family.

Sane Sonco, originally from Guinea-Bissau, lived in Brazil for 15 years, where he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies, including a master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations. After graduating, he moved to Portugal in the hope of settling there, but encountered significant migration-related difficulties, delays in obtaining documentation, limited employment opportunities, and a severe housing crisis.