She's far from alone: Chinese migrants are the fastest growing group trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico.
Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 37,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended as they illegally crossed the border; that's 50 times more than two years earlier.
How Chinese migrants are getting into the U.S. Migrants, undeterred by policies designed to reduce illegal entries, have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers.
One point of entry is a 4-foot gap at the end of a border fence 60 miles east of San Diego.
Over four days, "60 Minutes" witnessed nearly 600 migrants — adults and children — pass through the gap and onto U.S. soil, unchecked.
He said he had traveled through Thailand, Morocco, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua on his way to the U.S border.
The migrants said they connected with smugglers and paid $400 for the hour-long drive to the gap at the border. »
