Original subtitles

[indistinct murmuring] - Shh.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[tattoo machine buzzing]

- [sobbing] No!

- [yells in Spanish] [crying and buzzing continue]

[boy yelps]

- [screams]

- [shrieking]

[screams echo and fade]

[children giggling, indistinct chatter]

- [sighs]

- Shh!

[scattered applause]

[laughter]

[glass shatters, children scream]

[alarm bell ringing]

[ringing and shouting continue]

[Oscar crying softly]

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

- [sniffles]

♪ ♪

- Mami, Mami.

- [smooches]

- [laughs]

- [growls playfully]

[both laughing]

[growling]

[all laughing]

[somber music]

- [crying]

♪ ♪

[door rattling and pounding]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[panicked whispering]

♪ ♪

[truck rattles]

[footsteps thud, door clatters open]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

[clapping]

[hopeful music]

- Out of the way!

♪ ♪

- [panting]

[bike rattling]

Okay?

[lighter flicking] Hey. Hey!

- Okay, okay.

- Okay. - Hey!

[tense music]

Oscar!

Oscar?

♪ ♪

[bikes rattling]

Hey!

[water sloshes]

- [panting]

[electronic device whirring distantly]

[electronic device whirring]

[whirring grows louder]

[tires squealing]

[engine roaring]

- Hey!

Hey, Will!

Cut him off! Hey, cut him off!

Okay, okay.

Calmate. Calmate.

Will, get over here and help me with this one.

Come on.

Ow! God damn it!

Para! Stop! Stop!

Down! Get down! On your knees!

- I got him. - Get down!

Down! - I got him.

- [groaning]

- Get down! Stop!

Stop it!

- [panting]

[vehicle rumbling]

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Any papers? - No.

- So he bit Marquez, huh?

- [laughing] Yeah. - [chuckles]

- Okay...

- Okay.

Okay, Oscar Fernández. 264-499-838.

Okay...

[dissonant ambient music]

♪ ♪

[clattering, indistinct chatter]

- Hey, leave it alone, okay? Calmate.

- No.

- Forget about it. Calmate.

- Mas tarde.

[indistinct chatter]

- Manuel Fernández... - Is not available.

At the tone, please record your message.

[beep]

[line trilling]

[line clicks]

[crying]

[sniffles]

- [sighs]

[laughs]

[gasping and chatter]

- [smooches]

[chuckles]

- [shuddering]

[both laughing]

[locks clink, lights buzz]

- No.

- [sighs]

[indistinct whispering]

[laughter]

[soft music]

- Hey! What the hell did I just say?

Line it up.

Andale.

- This is all of the holding cells

that we currently are filling,

and, uh, there's another set on the other side.

We keep them separated by age and by gender.

Everybody goes through a screening process

to determine who their consulate is.

As you can see, we're overpopulated and understaffed,

but we're kind of used to that at this point.

We do our best to take care of everybody

in the same way.

- He had a phone call yesterday.

Every new arrival is given a phone call.

- Miss, I told you it's illegal

for you to approach these kids for comment.

We need to move along.

- Okay.

Next, I'll show you where they eat

and where the phone room is.

[camera shutter clicking]

[indistinct chatter]

- Manuel Fernández... - Is not available.

[camera shutter clicking]

- Manuel Fernández... - Is not--

[camera shutter clicking]

- That's enough. - Sorry.

- That's it. That's it. Everybody out. Let's go.

I need you gone. Move it.

[dissonant ambient music]

♪ ♪

- [crying]

♪ ♪

- Hey.

- [sniffles]

- Mm.

[sniffles]

♪ ♪

Okay?

- Manuel Fernández... - Is not available.

At the tone, please record your message.

[line trilling]

- Perla speaking.

- Qué quieres?

- Oscar, estás ahí?

- [chuckles] Okay.

[gate slams]

[chuckles]

Andale. Chop-chop.

[unsettling music]

Hey--oh, no, hey. You.

Hey, no! No, no, no, no, no.

- Well...

Come on.

- Hey.

- Hey, hey.

- Hey, we're not done yet. We're not done yet.

Come on.

- No big deal.

- Come on, come on.

I don't have time for this shit.

- [grunts]

- Come on. [all struggling]

Come here, you-- - [grunts]

[tense music]

- Come on. It's not that big a deal.

- Hold--come on.

Take this thing off.

[boys gasp] - Shit.

♪ ♪

- Back in your showers. Shit.

- This is gonna be a problem.

[water running]

[indistinct whispering]

[blows landing]

- [groans loudly]

- Pendejo!

[gate clatters open] - Hey, stop!

Come here! Get over here!

- Come here!

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[woman humming]

♪ ♪

- [shuddering]

♪ ♪

[soft thud]

[boy crying quietly]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[alarms blaring]

- Which one of you little bastards lit a fire?

- Who did this? Who did it? Huh?

- In there? He's in there?

- No muevan. No muevan. - No se muevan.

- Get him! Get him! Get him!

- Let's go.

- [sighs]

[gate slams shut]

- [sobbing softly]

- [grunting]

[silence]

[soft music]

- [breathes deeply]

[shudders]

[grunting]

- Hmm.

- Okay.

- [laughs]

- Okay.

[lights buzzing]

- Oscar Fernández.

Oscar Fernández?

[tense music]

- [whispering] Let's go.

[somber piano music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Huh?

- Wait, what is this?

- This is his notice to appear in court,

and these--these are the forms to apply for asylum.

- Okay...

- Oscar's belongings.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Gracias.

- How is he su--

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Okay.

- [exhales deeply]

- He is now in the custody of Mr. Fernández and free to go.

- Oscar.

- No.

- Okay.

- [exhales] - [stammers]

- [chuckles]

- Hey. - Hey.

[both chuckle]

[Latin music playing on radio]

♪ ♪

[laughs] Whew.

[laughs]

[exhales]

♪ ♪

- [exhales]

- Hey.

- [grunts]

- [laughs]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Oscar.

- Mm-hmm.

[chuckles]

Bueno.

Okay.

[door clicks open]

Hmm?

[sighs]

- Ah, aha.

Okay.

Mm. [clicks tongue]

- [sighs]

[inhales sharply]

[exhales, stammers]

[breathing heavily]

Fuck me.

[chuckles]

Hey.

[chuckles]

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

[exhales]

- We got one of the relatives at the courthouse.

[indistinct radio chatter] - When?

- This morning. - Shit.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[officers speaking indistinctly]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[elevator dings]

[indistinct chatter]

- Your Honor, on behalf of my client,

I'd just like to thank you very much for your time today

and for seeing us in a timely manner.

- Case number 264-499-826, you are dismissed.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Gracias.

- File number 264-499-838.

Again, file number 264-499-838. Oscar Fernández.

- Oscar Fernández, correct?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

Let's proceed.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

File number 264-499-838,

is it true that your name is Oscar Fernández?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí, mi nombre es Oscar Fernández.

- Yes, my name is Oscar Fernández.

- [speaking Spanish]

- Just answer the questions with yes or no, please.

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Do you understand? [woman repeats in Spanish]

- [sighs] Sí. - Yes.

- Are you prepared and willing to proceed

with this hearing without counsel?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- The court notes that the respondent has chosen

to proceed, thereby waiving their right to counsel.

Oscar Fernández, you are now under oath.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

First, are there any documents that you wish to present

to the court here to support your case?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- Thank you.

Is there anything the government wishes to enter?

- No, Your Honor. [woman repeats in Spanish]

- Oscar, is it true that you were born in Honduras

and that you are not a citizen of the United States?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- Is it true that you illegally entered

the United States on May 10th of this year?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- You reported that you had an uncle,

Manuel Fernández.

You are currently in his custody.

Is that correct?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- Noted. Let's proceed, Oscar.

Why did you choose to enter the country illegally?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- Honduras is very dangerous. - Why is it dangerous?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish] - Bad people.

- When you say "bad people,"

am I to infer criminal gangs?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

Can we make a note that the defendant nods?

You have to answer the questions yes or no.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.

- So your fear of these gangs is the reason you think

you should be allowed to stay in the United States.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- Did they ever threaten you?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- They put a gun to my head

and they told me

that I had to join the gang or they would kill me.

- Noted. And did you join the gang?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Sí. - Yes.

- And did you subsequently take part

in any criminal activity?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish] - They forced me.

- What type of criminal activities

did you witness during your time with the gang, Oscar?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish] - Several things.

- What things specifically?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish] - They would steal things.

- Did you see or participate in any acts of violence?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Please answer the question. [woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- I saw how they shot a boy.

- You witnessed the gang murder a boy?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- They don't care.

- [speaking Spanish]

- They shot a boy from my school.

They left him there laying in the street.

- [speaking Spanish]

- His family couldn't even take him that day.

- [speaking Spanish]

- They just left him there in the street.

- And where were you when they shot this boy?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

Oscar, did you participate in any way

in the death of this boy?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Did they force you to do something, Oscar?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [breathing shakily]

- I will ask you one more time to answer the question.

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Answer the question! [woman repeats in Spanish]

Put your earphones back on immediately.

[woman repeats in Spanish] - [panting]

- Put your headphones back on now.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Oscar, answer the question, please.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Oscar?

Oscar, I understand why you're afraid to go back to Honduras

and why you came here.

But tragically, gang violence is very widespread

throughout your country.

- [repeats in Spanish]

- I cannot give you asylum in the United States.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- But since you're under the supervision

of Manuel Fernández,

you will receive notification by mail.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

[engine turns over]

- [grunts]

- Okay, okay.

[door opens, slams closed]

No, no, no, no.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Hey.

Fuck me.

- Fuck me.

- No, no.

[line trills]

[beep]

[both chuckle]

[line trilling]

- [chuckles]

[stirring music]

- Shh.

Ah.

[engine turns over]

♪ ♪

[children chattering indistinctly]

♪ ♪

[woman humming]

♪ ♪