They Risked Everything To Reach America — What Happened Next | Walk The Line: ICE Nation - Part 1/2

Two years after following Chinese migrants on their way to the US, Wei Du returns to ask a simple question: what became of the American dream they risked everything for? In Jacumba, the migrant route that once teemed with people is now almost empty. In Los Angeles, families from the original journey are trying to build fragile new lives. And in Minneapolis, Wei arrives just as immigration raids and anti-ICE protests push the city to the brink. As she reconnects with those she filmed two years ago, and witnesses a country turning on itself over migration, it becomes a story not just about the recent arrivals, but about what kind of country America wants to be. Walk The Line: ICE Nation Part 2: https://youtu.be/TSwi1PweeuE Read more about Walk The Line: ICE Nation https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/illegal-chinese-migrants-walk-line-ice-nation-trump-america-6095786 Also watch: Walk The Line (2024 CNA Documentary) | Full Episodes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTaR0QKm8JtFiRyLaVZZobp7 00:00 Introduction 00:09 Crew confronted by US Border Patrol 00:31 Previously on Walk The Line 03:02 Returning to the US-Mexico border 04:26 Border becomes a military zone 08:30 ICE raids In Minneapolis 11:51 Meeting the Zhao family, 2 years later 14:36 Preparing for an asylum hearing 17:54 Life after crossing into the US 21:01 Why some migrants return home 25:08 Luhmann brothers tracking ICE Raids on the ground 30:48 How communities resist ICE raids 34:10 How protests turn violent rapidly 36:26 Local Asian communities' response to ICE 39:41 Meeting Hu Jie's family, 2 years later ==== About the show: Two years after Walk the Line, Wei Du returns to America to find the Chinese migrants she once followed, in a country transformed by raids, fear and resistance. ======== #CNAInsider #WalkTheLineCNA #America #Immigration #ICE #AmericanDream #China #USBorder #Minnesota #Minneapolis For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnainsider/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/ Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider