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During the iraq iran war. so this one crossing the sea for two hours, three hours, absolutely nothing. alex has received the call he has been waiting for. he is sure it will be his last night in calais. this time, weeks go by before we hear from alex. when he gets in touch, he is farfrom calais, in the french countryside. almost we drowned, almost. i regret giving money to these people. this is not the best way. you run away from a dictator, you enter into the hand of another dictator, you know?...

Away from a dictator, you enter into the hand of another dictator, you know? these criminals. dictator, you know? these criminals-— criminals. after a year in calais and _ criminals. after a year in calais and two _ criminals. after a year in calais and two failed - criminals. after a year in - calais and two failed attempt, alex has realised he is now prepared to risk his life stop i am waiting for the result of my asylum case. he has decided to stay in france. i have memories there, memories...

A bus ride to houston. i posed the question to him. he was traveling, by the way, with his pregnant wife. i said, what happens if you go back to haiti? take a listen. how is haiti right now? >> its terrible. all over the streets people with guns. its terrible. very, very terrible. >> reporter: if you were sent back there, what would happen? >> i would probably die because living in haiti, you can live today and you dont know about tomorrow. >> reporter: and you hear his words there, heartbreakin...

Up border agents and lending a helping hand to migrants who are frequently disoriented, dehydrated and desperate. >> im afraid myself. sometimes when i see these kids, its heart breaking that their parents put them through this. >> sergeant gaza says he didnt trade train for this but he and his fellow officers have no choice but to step up when the number of migrants crossing the border exploded this year. >> 2 or 300 something we werent used. to say [inaudible] patrolling our city streets. and ...

Stable. i am just, like, a plastic in the grass that wind will take it from place to place to place to place, and at the end, it will end up in the garbage. and thats my life right now. and im sure if the followup with the decision, i will be dead, and i will get killed by them. by the u.s. government, i got tagged a terrorist by the taliban, i got tagged the u.s. spy. i want to be alive, and god is giving me life, but theyre taking my life away from me just for me doing what i did when i was ni...

Belt of justice. we are acutely aware of the individuals that come before us. our responsibility and their humanity. >> reporter: nationwide, there are about 500 immigration judges they preside over asylum cases and decide who gets deported when president biden took office, there was a backlog of 1.3 million pending cases. >> in essence we are holding death penalty cases in a traffic court setting. >> reporter: judge dana lee marks says many judges battle burnout daily. theres not enough of them...

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