Why don't they just go to Mexico, then they can waltz over the American border. Oh that's right, Mexico doesn't tolerate illegals coming into the country.
Here's one man who finally did take that route.
They tried sailing a Chevy, then they gave the Buick a go
March 25, 2005
Luis Grass, 30, whose two previous attempts to make the voyage in propeller-driven vintage cars ended in glorious, headline-grabbing failure, has finally arrived in the United States with his family after his third try.This time he came overland — an epic, 24-day, 1,140-mile journey. "Trying to cross the Florida Straits on my floating cars was easier, I can tell you that," a beaming Señor Grass said in Miami at the end of a journey that took him, his wife and five-year-old son through snake- infested forests and out of sight of hostile border guards in six countries.
Señor Grass and his long- suffering wife, Isora, 27 — he thanked her for going along with his "crazy schemes" — carried their son Angel Luis from San José, Costa Rica, where their journey began on February 16, through Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, making their way on foot, by hitchhiking, and in taxis and buses, to the US.
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