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Born in East L. Guadalupe Rudolfo "Rudy" Robles is told by his mother to pick up his cousin Javier at a factory in Downtown Los Angeles before she and his sister leave for Fresno. Robles arrives shortly before immigration officials raid the factory, and because he is carrying no identification and cannot confirm he is a U. In Tijuana , Rudy becomes friends with Jimmy and Dolores.

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Unable to contact his mother, Rudy makes repeated attempts to cross the border, all ending in failure. He cannot speak more than very simple Spanglish , though he is fluent in German from having served in West Germany in the United States Army. Jimmy offers to get him back home for a price. Having left home without his wallet, Rudy works for Jimmy as doorman at a strip club, earning extra money selling oranges and teaching five would-be immigrants to walk and talk like East Los Angeles natives.

Rudy falls in love with Dolores and finally raises the money needed to be smuggled across the border. He goes on a date with Dolores and the next day, Rudy bids farewell to Jimmy, receives a last kiss goodbye from Dolores, and climbs into the truck that will take him across the border. After seeing a woman pleading to join her husband on the truck despite lacking the money to pay, Rudy gives the woman his place.