De immigratiepolitie overvalt een speelgoedfabriek en neemt 115 illegale buitenlanders mee. Onder hen is echter ook een man met een Mexicaans uiterlijk die geboren is in oost-Los Angèles en alleen maar zijn neef op kwam halen. Maar omdat hij er Mexicaans uitziet en geen papieren bij zich heeft wordt hij met de illegalen uit het land gezet. Hij doet alle mogelijke moeite om weer terug te komen, maar omdat hij geen papieren heeft zal hij zich moeten wenden tot mensensmokkelaars en daarvoor moet hij eerst geld zien te verdienen.
Nee, helaas is Born in East L.A. nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Álex Phillips Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Production | Peter Macgregor-Scott | Producer |
| Sound | Lee Holdridge | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Donaciano De Anda | Gaffer |
| Directing | Cheech Marin | Director |
| Editing | Don Brochu | Editor |
| Camera | Carlos Montaño | Camera Operator |
| Production | Stan Coleman | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Cheech Marin | Writer |
| Production | Junie Lowry-Johnson | Casting |
| Crew | Steve Klinghoffer | Cableman |
| Crew | Jesus G. Duran | Special Effects |
| Production | Dow Griffith | Location Manager |
| Sound | Joe Divitale | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Jerry Deats | Key Grip |
| Art | Steve Karatzas | Set Decoration |
| Production | Elisa Goodman | Casting Associate |
| Sound | Ray Alba | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Earl Sampson | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enrique Villavicencio | Costumer |
| Editing | Clint Hutchison | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | William Hooper | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Sebastián Silva | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | David N. Schrager | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Manuel Jiménez | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | William B. Kaplan | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Michael Becker | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jim Siracusa | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cliff Bell Jr. | ADR Editor |
| Art | John Bruno | Title Designer |
| Sound | Robert W. Glass Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | David Newhouse | Editor |
| Lighting | Jack English | Electrician |
| Camera | Salvador Vázquez | Key Grip |
| Directing | Renate Schneuer | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Dick Wahrman | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabella B. Van Soest | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Ken S. Polk | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Laura Aguilar | Production Coordinator |
| Editing | Barbara Riley | Negative Cutter |
| Directing | Javier Carreño | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Barbara Shannon | Extras Casting |
| Production | Flavio Castillero | Extras Casting |
| Sound | Michael O'Corrigan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Alicia Craft | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Robert Thirlwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Enrique Estévez | Set Decoration |
| Production | Jacqueline George | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Bill Young | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Jorge Gómez | Cableman |
| Editing | Jerry Nelson | Assistant Editor |
| Art | J. Rae Fox | Art Direction |
| Editing | Michael J. Sheridan | Editor |
| Sound | Robert Gutknecht | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Steve Olson | Sound Editor |
| Production | Jim Cranston | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Lynda Burbank | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jef Simons | Makeup Supervisor |
| Editing | Stephen Lovejoy | Editor |
| Editing | Keith Jernquist | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Marco Aurelio Ortiz | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Dennis Rotta | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Faustino Hernández | Dolly Grip |
| Art | Hector Rodriguez | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard Joffray | Property Master |
| Production | Enrique De Pena | Extras Casting |
| Editing | Dan Muscarella | Color Timer |
| Sound | Rick Riccio | Scoring Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Goldsmith | Costumer |
| Sound | Don Sanders | Supervising Music Editor |
| Crew | Dick Hancock | Stunts |
