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 |
| Sound | Lee Holdridge | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Peter Macgregor-Scott | Producer |
| Production | Stan Coleman | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Cheech Marin | Writer |
| Editing | Don Brochu | Editor |
| Production | Junie Lowry-Johnson | Casting |
| Directing | Cheech Marin | Director |
| Art | J. Rae Fox | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabella B. Van Soest | Costume Designer |
| Production | Enrique De Pena | Extras Casting |
| Directing | David N. Schrager | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | William B. Kaplan | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Goldsmith | Costumer |
| Directing | Renate Schneuer | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Barbara Shannon | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Jesus G. Duran | Special Effects |
| Sound | Robert Gutknecht | Sound Editor |
| Production | Jim Cranston | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Jorge Gómez | Cableman |
| Camera | Jerry Deats | Key Grip |
| Production | Elisa Goodman | Casting Associate |
| Editing | Barbara Riley | Negative Cutter |
| Directing | Sebastián Silva | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Manuel Jiménez | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Jack English | Electrician |
| Production | Dow Griffith | Location Manager |
| Sound | Ray Alba | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enrique Villavicencio | Costumer |
| Production | Jacqueline George | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Hector Rodriguez | Art Direction |
| Sound | Dick Wahrman | Sound Editor |
| Art | Lynda Burbank | Art Direction |
| Camera | Alicia Craft | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Earl Sampson | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Robert Thirlwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Enrique Estévez | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Michael Becker | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Stephen Lovejoy | Editor |
| Editing | Clint Hutchison | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | William Hooper | Sound Editor |
| Production | Flavio Castillero | Extras Casting |
| Editing | Jerry Nelson | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Bill Young | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert W. Glass Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Salvador Vázquez | Key Grip |
| Camera | Carlos Montaño | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jef Simons | Makeup Supervisor |
| Editing | David Newhouse | Editor |
| Lighting | Donaciano De Anda | Gaffer |
| Art | Richard Joffray | Property Master |
| Editing | Michael J. Sheridan | Editor |
| Editing | Keith Jernquist | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Joe Divitale | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Steve Olson | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Dan Muscarella | Color Timer |
| Camera | Faustino Hernández | Dolly Grip |
| Directing | Javier Carreño | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ken S. Polk | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Laura Aguilar | Production Coordinator |
| Art | John Bruno | Title Designer |
| Production | Marco Aurelio Ortiz | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Dennis Rotta | Dolly Grip |
| Crew | Steve Klinghoffer | Cableman |
| Art | Steve Karatzas | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Michael O'Corrigan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Dick Hancock | Stunts |
| Sound | Don Sanders | Supervising Music Editor |
| Sound | Jim Siracusa | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cliff Bell Jr. | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Rick Riccio | Scoring Mixer |
| Art | Drew Struzan | Art Designer |
