Hidden under bonnets and sewn into car seats – these pics reveal the bizarre steps illegal immigrants take to get into America
Donald Trump is edging closer to the White House with his policy of building a wall on the US-Mexico border to stop illegal immigration
DESPERATE illegal immigrants are willing to hide in fake seat compartments and hot car trunks to get into the US.
But as images of the risky attempts to get into the US are revealed, billionaire Donald Trump edges closer to the White House with his policy of building a wall along the 1933 mile border between the US and Mexico.
The last ditch attempts of just some of the thousands of people trying to get into the US have been documented in images over the last decade.
One of the most creative attempts was that of a man who was found sewn into the upholstery of a van seat in an effort to go unnoticed across the Mexican/US border in 2006.
Other images show two men sewn into the compartments in the floor of a car, who were caught by US Customs and Border Protection in June 2010.
Attempts even include desperate immigrants using a Jeep Cherokee balanced on top of a border fence to get into the US while another saw a dozen people crammed into a fake Border Security car in an attempt to get over the border undetected.
Billionaire Donald Trump has called for a "great, great wall" on the US-Mexico border as part of his attempt to become the next American president.
In his presidential announcement this week, he told cheering crowds: "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
But in one crack against the presidential candidate, a small wall was built around his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star.
The wall, which included miniature US flags included "keep out" signs written in both Spanish and English.
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But Trump has not been swayed in his policies, saying in one of his campaign videos shared online: "We don't have a country if we don't have borders.
"We will build a wall, it will be a great wall and it will do what it's supposed to do - keep illegal immigrants out."
Trump this week said he "humbly and gratefully" accepted his nomination as the Republican candidate to become the United States' next President.
Renewing his commitment to cracking down on illegal immigration, he told a cheering crowd of thousands that "uncontrolled immigration" was responsible for "mass lawlessness".
He said: "Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens.
"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015. They are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources."
While his views are controversial, Trump has managed to attract dissatisfied US voters with his controversial comments and hate for political correctness.
