At the Mexican Border

This video will probably cause a lot of political discussion, which is fine. I tried to put it together in a way that was simply my natural reactions to the experience rather than what it means in a greater context. The Border Patrol was a novel experience at first, but after a few weeks I got sick of stopping to ask permission to drive down the road in my own country.

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Travel & Events

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• border
• fence
• video
• california
• arizona
• pacific
• crest
• trail
• campo
• pct
• patrol
• checkpoint
• joe
• felice

[chitopedos]

is this in san diego?? i live like less than 5 minutes away from tijuana

[JoeFelice]

The closest footage to san diego was the wall, which is in Campo, maybe 2 hours away.

[chitopedos]

so do the illegals use that trail?

[JoeFelice]

The trail goes intentionally into the wilderness where you have to pack your own food. So probably not.

[chitopedos]

what if a border patrol just came and shot you

[JoeFelice]

It would hurt.

[ajimene10]

Courteous and friendly because you're white.....

Being even a tiny bit foreign gets you shit treatment....

[THESTUNKA1]

FUCK WETBACKS  you should plant some land minds on the trail

[BennyB5555]

Why do people assume the guy talking in the video is White? He never mentions his colour of skin. I am Canadian and I was stopped and asked for identification etc in AZ. I had lost my passport and they were ready to deport me. Driving in a crazy desert at night wasn't my favourite thing to be doing without proper identification. I am White and the cop was Mexican American I assume. It goes both ways...

[miles2057]

Just curious, how far is it from San Diego to the Mexican border. Probably a stupid question but I'm from Australia and I'm just curious. Also, how far is the Mexican border from LA? Thanks : )

[JustIncredible122]

Oh my gosh! the new mexico license plate at the end was from my town!!! did you see "Aggies" on it? yep thats the NMSU Aggies. i feel proud my town actually got randomly/ weirdly recognized:)

[GGGiL00]

they were friendly cause u ain't mexican, i've constantly been harrassed cause i'm a mexican-american and constantly have had to show papers just to prove i was born in the US

[christabella81]

"maybe one day i'll do the whole trail" uh.. joe.. may take longer than a day... i think i would feel a loss of freedom if border patrol stopped me all the time to know who i was and where i was going

[kapztheman]

nice civic hybrid - just got one myself!

[donttelluseenme]

WOW you went at night? Brave man.... Bring a gun with you when you go there.

[POWERSALVATRUCHO13]

eat my shit