The wording was "crossing from a country that hates us," so I guess it depends on how you interpret the word "crossing." To me "crossing from" as opposed to "jo

The wording was "crossing from a country that hates us," so I guess it depends on how you interpret the word "crossing." To me "crossing from" as opposed to "journeying/coming/emigrating from" seems to refer to the moment of actually crossing the border, in which case they are crossing from Mexico so that would be the country in the sentence.