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The Gotaways, the Hidden Border Crisis

No one knows who they are, where they’re from, or where they’re going. But there are millions of them in the United States. They are known as “gotaways”—illegal immigrants who evade U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement by any means necessary and end up all over the United States.
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The Gotaways, the Hidden Border Crisis
Kinney County Constable Steve Gallegos and Kinney County Sheriff’s deputies arrest a smuggler and seven illegal aliens from Guatemala near Brackettville, Texas, on May 25, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
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KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—No one knows who they are, where they’re from, or where they’re going. But there are millions of them in the United States.

They are known as “gotaways”—illegal immigrants who evade U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement by any means necessary and end up all over the United States.

Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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