What Migrant Did To Own Baby To Sneak Into US Is Mind-Blowing

There is no end to what some migrants will do to get into the United States illegally.

But risking your own lives, while not wise, is your own business.

When you place the life of your 8-month-old baby in danger that is unconscionable.

But that is exactly what a migrant couple did to sneak into America, Fox News reported.

Eight-month-old Daniel Mendez was dressed in a gray hooded sweatshirt. The bottoms of his white-footed onesie were caked in dirt and grime and he was holding his bottle. He smiled at his father, Joel Mendez, one last time before being pushed under a crudely dug hole at the border wall separating Mexico and the United States.

Honduran migrant Joel Mendez, 22, handed off baby Daniel to his 24-year-old girlfriend Yesenia Martinez, who had climbed under moments earlier, ready to cross onto American soil this past Friday. Joel didn’t make the risky journey. He stayed behind in Tijuana to work because he said he feared immediate deportation if he’d crossed.

Cradling Daniel, Martinez surrendered to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waiting for border crossers.

Like Martinez, many Central American migrants — who are frustrated by the asylum process or say they feel unsafe because Mexicans are becoming more hostile towards them — have been taking matters into their own hands. At times, the results have been deadly.

On Wednesday night, an unidentified migrant and two others from El Salvador were spotted illegally entering the country about two miles west of the Gran Plaza Outlets near Calexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

Border Patrol agents arrested two men after they swam across the All-American Canal, which runs parallel to the Mexico-California border. The third man was struggling to stay afloat; the two others left him behind. A search-and-rescue team was unable to get to him because a freak storm that night triggered heavy rain and low visibility. His body was recovered the next morning.

“This incident tragically illustrates how human smuggling organizations place migrants in perilous situations,” Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez said. “This man put his trust in human smugglers and it cost him his life.”