On politically, the fact is thousands of people continue to come to the us and to the bay area every year, seeking asylum. Just in the last year alone, a quarter of a Million People who are not from mexico have been picked up at the us border by Border Patrol. We discovered that rather than get deported, many of those same people are then dropped off by immigration authorities at local bus stations and sent around the country. Those immigrants then remain here, where they live in the shadows. Sophia the night that i left from honduras, i was abused by that guys. They raped me. Stephen raped and threatened with her life. Sophia i felt that they would kill us, everybody. Stephen this 19yearold still fears for her safety, so well call her sophia. She hides her face, but she wants you to hear her story of escape and survival from death squads in her honduran hometown. Sophia they started to beat up my father a lot. And then they placed a gun over my babys head. Stephen they were members of
Gabriela Saucedo Mercer and they are breaking the law. [speaking foreign language] juan the Immigration Court system is under incredible stress. Announcer hear senior investigator stephen stock. Stephen good evening and thank you for joining us for this special edition of we investigate. For the next 30 minutes, we dig deeper into an issue that has sparked national debate, an issue that impacts us here in california daily. Were talking about immigration. But despite what side of the issue you may sit on politically, the fact is thousands of people continue to come to the us and to the bay area every year, seeking asylum. Just in the last year alone, a quarter of a Million People who are not from mexico have been picked up at the us border by Border Patrol. We discovered that rather than get deported, many of those same people are then dropped off by immigration authorities at local bus stations and sent around the country. Those immigrants then remain here, where they live in the shado