Miguel Canales learns that his 3-year-old daughter has a brain tumor and needs surgery. Running out of options, he decides that his only choice to pay for her operation is to work in the United States. After paying a considerable fee, a smuggler agrees to guide him through the perilous Texas wilderness where they come across a disoriented 9-year old girl. The girl brings them to the sight of a grizzly car accident where her mother is pinned inside the vehicle. Miguel wants to help the girl and her mother, but is threatened at gunpoint by his companion. He must make a choice: continue his journey or stay with the girl and risk his and his daughter's life.