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All Rights Reserved. They began their journey to America on foot, horseback, or train. They pass directly under a bridge with a Mexican immigration checkpoint.Undocumented people disembark after crossing into Mexico from Guatemala at the Suchiate River on August 1, 2013 in Talisman, Mexico.An indigenous family walks from Guatemala into Talisman, Mexico, after illegally crossing the border at the Suchiate River, on August 1, 2013.Lightning flashes across the sky as a freight train known as "la bestia," or the beast, prepares to depart Arriaga, Mexico, on August 3, 2013.

Thousands of undocumented Central Americans pass illegally through Mexico, many of them immigrants on the first leg of their long and perilous journey north to the United States.The mountains of Guatemala, viewed from the Mexican side of the border on August 1, 2013 in Talisman, Mexico.A group of undocumented Guatemalans is ferried across the Suchiate River into Mexico on August 1, 2013 in Talisman, Mexico. John Moore/Getty Images

John Moore/Getty Images He said he had been living with his family in Phoenix and previously Los Angeles for a total of 34 years. John Moore/Getty Images The U.S. Another major wave of immigration occurred from around 1815 to 1865. In spite of the miserable conditions, the immigrants had faith in the future. In 2012, 55 percent of deportees had criminal convictions for drug offenses or driving under the influence, according to U.S. immigration officials.An immigrant inmate exercises while another sits on his bunk at the Maricopa County Tent City jail on March 11, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. Beginning in the 1890s, the majority of arrivals were from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. In the 62 years it was open, the island facility processed more than 12 million immigrants. From 1900 to 1910, almost 95 percent of the immigrants arriving at Ellis Island were joining either family or friends. With admittance cards, railroad or ferry passes and box lunches in hand, the immigrants’ journey to and through Ellis Island was complete. By the 1890's immigration from prosperous western Europe was dropping from Germany and Britain, while it was rising from Italy, Russia and other parts of eastern Europe. In 1607, the English founded their first permanent settlement in present-day America at Jamestown in the Did you know? John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images Immigrants could wait in areas marked for each independent railroad line in the ferry terminal. There were many reasons motivating immigrants to journey to America. They have been staying at the Hermanos shelter for four months while awaiting Mexican immigration documents to allow them to safely travel to the U.S. border by bus.

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