Which Way Home

About an hour ago I woke up, made some coffee, and turned on the TV. I came across this documentary, called Which Way Home, on HBO about illegal Latin American children immigrants and their dangerous journeys to the United States. At first I started watching it because it was a Spanish document, and I like to watch Spanish television once in a while to test my translating abilities. However, I was drawn into the document itself quickly. I was really (and still am) touched by it.
The document follows children, from younger ones to adolescents, on their foot journeys (usually alone or at least without family) to the United States from all different parts of Latin America. They travel on top of trains, walk miles upon miles, and often hitch rides from willing people, often smugglers and traffickers. There were interviews with the children on their way, in detainment centers, interviews with parents whose children have died one way or another on their journey, and parents who do not know where their children are or if they are alive. There are also interviews with officers who speak of the horrors of some of the journeys; many kids have been found dead in the desert, murdered, raped, or otherwise abandoned by smugglers and traffickers. Some just get lost and are unable to make it. It's really sad because most of the children interviewed want to go to the United States for innocent reasons, such as seeing a parent who immigrated, or to make money for their families, and some want to study in the US. They don't want to traffick drugs or otherwise wreak havoc.
The point is, I was very touched by this documentary and it gave me another idea of what I might want to do sometime in the future. Perhaps work at a detainment center for juveniles who are trying to get into the US, or something similar. This would combine my wanting to somehow work with children, help out another country, and also speaking Spanish.
If you ever get a chance to watch this documentary, you should.

Just another item to put on my list of maybe's. :)