Hello, I'm Luke Jones. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. This time in BBC OS

conversations, we'll hear from undocumented migrants sharing their experiences of living in the United

States as the government steps up its efforts against illegal immigration.

Great honor to be deep in Florida, the Florida Everglades, to open America's newest

migrant detention center. It's incredibly built and you're seeing that yourself. That's why I said,

let the press join us on our walk so they can see what's happening. President Trump during a tour of what's been called Alligator Alcatraz, the U.S.'s

newest migrant detention center, surrounded by wetlands.

The facility is designed to hold up to 3,000 detainees.

You might have seen some of the memes on social media about it posted by some of the

president's supporters, photos of

alligators in ice baseball caps, ICE being the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Donald Trump campaigned hard against illegal immigration ahead of the presidential election,

and he promised voters a major crackdown if they backed him.

And since he came to power, the president has issued

executive orders to fortify the country's borders and suspend the entry of undocumented migrants.

He's also vowed to oversee the largest deportation program in American history, with criminals

and gang members prioritized in raids. So what does it like to live in America throughout all of this

without legal status? Our guests this week all came to the US as children, as we'll discuss

later. It wasn't a choice they made. We've agreed to protect their identities, so we won't

reveal what states they're living in. So let me introduce you to Jane, Angela, and Juanita,

who came to the U.S. from El Salvador. I was 14 by the time that we, my parents decided to come

here due to circus tests in our country. There was a lot of like political violence towards

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