48 hours along San Diego’s remote Jacumba border region

Growing numbers of people desperate to get to the United States are crossing through gaps in the border wall that divides Mexico and California. US Customs and Border Patrol is overwhelmed. Several inewsource reporters spent 48 straight hours in and around the encampments near the Jacumba Hot Springs to watch how the journey unfolds. Cody Dulaney has their story.

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