In fact, I am going to put my hand in this moment
and we could say that my hand greets you from the US and has returned to Mexico.
See this phenomenon so interesting.
I am on the Mexican side and many people would dream of crossing this wall
to have a little more quality of life, a little more freedom.
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Hello everyone! Welcome to a new video!
I am Oscar Alejandro and I am here in San Ysidro.
One of the 22 border posts to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.
This is exactly where the US ends, at least for this part of the country.
I am going to show you the trolley rails, which is currently arriving at this place,
this is the last trolley station in San Diego,
and at that point exactly the train lines are finished.
I want you to see it with your own eyes,
This is the trolley and the train lines just end there,
there is no more what comes is Mexico.
We are here in San Ysidro, and as you can see here is the Tijuana and Mexico border,
and we are exactly here.
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I am on the pedestrian bridge and I want to show you something super interesting,
this is the end of highway number 5.
All those vehicles that are under me, are about to do immigration
from Mexico to enter the US, and if I move, there, I do not know if you realize,
there begins Mexican customs.
This is the crosswalk and see how the highway is transformed into this crossing of vehicles,
in which, as you are already realizing, the first thing you see before crossing
the border to Mexico, it is a kind of toll that you have to cross below.
Because, there dear friends, as I am pointing out,
there is the beautiful Mexican flag, the tricolor, that dear friends is Tijuana
and I am here, on the US side.
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By the way, I am not going to cross the border alone,
in this crossing Diego is accompanying me from the channel “City Friends”.
Hi guys, hello everyone!
This is going to be exciting, and thanks for helping me record this video
because without a doubt, you have to be a little cautious, right?
Well, a McDonald’s couldn't be missing.
And well, it also attracts my attention that at this point
there are many exchange houses in case you need to change dollars to Mexican pesos.
We will choose the best one, the one that offers us the best change.
Well, I'm going to choose this exchange house,
I don't really know if they offers the best prices, but at least, it's the last one in San Ysidro.
I have $ 50 here, I will see what they give me for this money.
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For 50 USD they just gave me 900 Mexican pesos.
I do not know if the change really favored me or not.
Notice, I am going to show you the Mexican pesos...
This lady appears on the 200 bill called Juana de Asbaje,
and if you turn the bill a big house appears.
And on the 100 Mexican pesos bill, this man named Nezahualcóyotl appears,
forgive me the pronunciation dear friends of Mexico...
And on the back of the 100 bill, I imagine this is Teotihuacán.
Very nice tickets from Mexico, will it be a lot? Will it be little money to spend a day in Tijuana?,
Because we are going to transport ourselves, we are going to eat, we are going to buy some things.
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This is the exit door of the immigration building,
all these people that you are seeing, are entering from Mexico to the US,
but we are going there... Notice, “New Pedestrian Pathway to Mexico”,
all these people that you are seeing, they are about to cross the border
and this is what we are about to do.
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Well, after three minutes walking we have reached the door of Mexico.
I want you to accompany me,
because after we cross that door there is no turning back.
Come with me!
Okay, at this moment I'm entering Mexico.
Amaizing!
Okay, we are already on this side and the first thing we can see
is this that says: "Limit of the United Mexican States”,
"Boundary of the United States of America". Let's say the line exactly is this.
Well, and logically for security measures I will not be able to continue recording,
but I am going to tell you what will happen after immigration happens.
The only photo I could take inside.
15 minutes later...
Friends, officially already in Mexican territory, that is the immigration exit door.
And what I want to ask you Diego, you who are from Costa Rica,
how did the immigration officer treat you when you enter?
Very good, good people, good treatment, very kind,
did not put any objection, put the stamp and ready.
In my case, the Mexican immigration girl was very nice
with a smile: "Welcome to Mexico", She ask me what we were doing...
I told her we were coming to do some shopping in Tijuana.
And speaking of Tijuana, look what I want to show you, that is the line of vehicles
that are leaving from Mexico and that are going to enter the US.
They say that the line takes approximately three hours to get checked
because there are many vehicles trying to enter the US.
Friends, we are already in Mexico, let's see how Tijuana treats us.
And well, that is the official door that gives us access to Mexico side.
And well, we are going to ask for an Uber that from here to the beach,
because people say that you can have a good time there, you can eat well,
and we will see the wall.
The Uber cost us in 99 Mexican pesos as the application says,
that means they are approximately $ 5.21.
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Friends, we are riding on the Uber that will take us to the beach
and notice, in this avenue here, already in Tijuana, within Mexico it is right on the border...
This is the wall, which is not really a wall is a fence.
And notice, I don't know if you realize, they are actually two walls.
A brown wall that is located on the Mexican side
and the wall, the fence, on the US side is a little further.
And notice, by zooming the border line between the two countries is perfectly visible.
Friends, our Uber friend has recommended us to come to this place
that is very important here in Tijuana because, as you are realizing,
behind me there is the border fence.
On the other side of the border, there are people who cannot meet their relatives
in Mexico and let them pass exactly here so they can give each other a hug,
so they can give each other a kiss, so they can touch each other...
And I don't know if you are realizing it, but there are people who are waiting here.
Hello madam, can I interview you?
Do you speak Spanish?
“I understand a little”.
Hi, how are you? My name is Oscar.
Why did you come here?
“For my daughter's camp”.
Do you expect to meet someone here?
“No”.
¿No?
“Are you?”
No, no.
“I'm just enjoying the history of the wall".
Exactly. Perfect, nice to meet you!
As you are realizing, those people who are on the other side are in the US,
but they have sealed it, they have sealed the wall completely
so that no one can even touch, just see each other.
And here on this site there is a milestone that says: "Limit of the Mexican Republic”.
And on the other side, notice, here it says: "Starting point of the limit between Mexico and the US”.
But here, in english it says: “Initial point of boundary between the United States and México”.
On this side, theoretically, as it says here, it says: “United States border”,
that is, we are in the US according to this milestone, but no.
this is the wall that divides two sister nations.
And here, as you see at the end is the sea, which in the end is the same sea for all.
and this is the exact point where the border fence between the two countries ends.
I am on the Mexican side and here you are realizing that there are scouts groups,
I recently spoke with them, they come here for a walk to show them what the border is like.
On the other side, on the US side, there are also people who come to this beach
to know what the border between these two countries is like.
A limit that is actually created by human beings, but you are realizing...
It is the same beach, it is the same sea, it is the same land, but on this side it is the US
and on the other it is Mexico.
It is our same planet, we are the same human beings.
We were up there but I did not resist and went down, I am exactly in the last piece of sea
that corresponds to Mexico, I am currently touching the fence.
How is the fence? Notice, it is impossible to climb it
because there is no way one can climb because they are bars, thick,
they are made of iron and logically they could not function in any way as a ladder
so we can climb, anyway who tried to climb…
We see barbed wires.
In fact I am going to put my hand in this moment, and we could say that my hand...
My hand greets you from the US and has returned to Mexico.
See this phenomenon so interesting.
But no, I am on the Mexican side and many people would dream of crossing this wall
to have a little more quality of life, a little more freedom...
But no, many people are unable to pass.
It is an interesting moment that I am living at the moment...
And I love it, I am very excited to be able to share this experience with all of you.
Of course, I imagine you are wondering: "Can you swim in any way?",
because the fence extends for approximately 200 meters towards the sea.
And it attracts my attention that I do not see police, I do not see the CBP,
I do not see the immigration guard, in fact, I see many other people on the US side
I will do an experiment and I will put the lens of the camera to the US, and I'm going to zoom in.
You are inside the US, while I'm telling you from the Mexican side.
I want to imagine all the stories of people who come here
to meet their loved ones, who cannot pass from this side of the border.
These are my shoes, the same sea, our same planet earth.
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This is a very interesting place
that at least once in your life you have to come to know.
Not only because of the issue of the border between Mexico and the US,
but because throughout the seawall here on the edge of Tijuana,
here are some Mexican exotic food stalls that you have to taste.
For example, among so many other divine things, this is "clamato with shrimp and clams”.
Look, I'm going to show you how divine it is... Look, these are clams.
Spectacular!
All the people who live here say that this is a drink that cures the raw...
Or as they say in my country that cures drunkenness.
And others also use it as an aphrodisiac, do you want to taste it?
Friends, we are passing on the Tijuana River back to the border crossing
and look, friends... I don't know if you can tell,
how many people are in line to enter the US.
A friend just told me that this whole line of people to get to immigration
on the other side of the border is taking about an hour to cross.
It's about 3 in the afternoon and as our friend the driver is telling us,
this is because many people prefer to cross the border at this time
to go shopping at a mall that is on the other side there in San Ysidro, in San Diego.
But I can't really believe the amount of people crossing right now,
there you can see it clearly.
But, we are going to cross the border through the so-called “old crossing”
where theoretically fewer people pass by, we are going to discover it.
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Again on the border, and all this line of cars that you are seeing back there
are headed to enter the United States, of course, obviously driving.
But we, who decided to do it on foot, have to cross over a bridge that is next to it
and that is indicated by this notice that I am going to show you, says: "USA, east crosswalk".
We are about to enter the United States.
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The situation is not different from this side of the crossing because...
Look, there we see that there is a wall where the line is made to enter the United States.
But notice, the line of people is so long that it does not fit in that area...
And well, we will have to be very patience because we have no choice.
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What to do for an hour while crossing the border?
Well, here I meet three new subscribers of the channel.
They're looking for me, that's what you have to do, subscribe to this YouTube channel.
Subscribe, activate the bell... There with Alejandro.
Very good!
Oscar Alejandro.
That is me.
That's what you have to do to pass the time, right?
Totally.
An hour walking to cross the border.
One hour walking... Subscribe!
Very good.
Activate the bell!
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Well, friends we just entered, this is the door to the US, and yes...
They just checked us at this time, I just had to show my Green Card
that you have to have in your hands to show that you can pass legally.
Theoretically, after passing that door that is back there, you enter the US
because we are with the flag, what happens is that logically we have not made immigration
at this point, but see the number of people
who are lining up to legally enter to this country.
Well, I think the line of people continues here in the back under this roof, at least...
United States... And the line of people continues.
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20 Minutes Later...
Okay friends, we are immediately entering the US again.
We are returning to the country without any problem.
Well, we had been told, that the line I just showed you was going to be an hour
but it was actually 35 minutes, 30 minutes.
Approximately.
I was very impressed, I am already a permanent resident in this country
my Green Card just arrived a few days ago, which asked me practically nothing,
the only question was: "What did you go to Mexico?”.
For me it was: "Where are you going and what do you bring?”.
Exactly... "What do you bring in your bag?”.
I have my cameras, and nothing more.
I was very surprised that my passport was not sealed
which was a normal practice when you enter the country, they didn't even seal anything.
Really amazing, super interesting easy and without any problem.
Well, when you have a legal status in this country.
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