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A Turkish migrant has revealed he paid a cartel $6,500 to drop him at the US border and plans to make his way to LA to work for DoorDash.
33-year-old Ugur, originally from Istanbul, told Fox News that he hopes to live in Santa Monica and work for the courier service.
Ugur was part of a group of six interviewed by the outlet in Jacumba Hot Springs along the southern border.
The group was made up of people who had traveled from Turkey or Uzbekistan, with Ugur explaining his home country had declined under President Erdogan.
He told the outlet: 'USA don't give us visa, and we come here illegally. If U.S. government let me work, I can work.'
33-year-old Ugur, originally from Istanbul, told Fox News that he hopes to live in Santa Monica and work for the courier service
Hundreds of migrants camp along with a campfire near the Rio Grande on the border between Mexico and the US on April 2
Groups of migrants arrive at the Rio Grande in search of crossing into the United States
Ugur added: 'Every year, life in Turkey very difficult. More difficult. Economy very bad, and we don't like Erdogan. He is [a] dictator, I hate him.
'If you pay Mexican people, the Mexican Cartel money they let you come here. I pay $6,500 for Mexico and I come here.
'One or two day I stay in immigration, after I will fly. I want to live in Los Angeles. If I do DoorDash I can earn $6,000.'
On the same day that Fox spoke to Ugur, around three dozen people were stopped along the southern border.
Kate Monroe with Border Vets, a group of veterans who look to patch holes along the border told the outlet: 'This is a massive problem.
