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[operator]
This is a prepaid call from...
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[Miguel Jr]
Miguel Perez.
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[operator] An inmateat the Kenosha County
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Detention Center.
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[Miguel Jr] I didn't come homefrom Afghanistan.
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I never came home.
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The person that leftnever came home.
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Something else came home.
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And, uh...
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You know, how am I supposedto die, man?
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What am I--what is supposedto become of my life, you know?
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You live by the sword,you wanna die by the sword.
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I struggled everyday just to...
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just to feel human, man.
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[crickets chirping]
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[train engine chugging]
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[train horn honking]
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[thunder rumbling]
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[metal clanking]
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[metal creaks]
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[metal clanks]
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[door creaks opens]
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[car engine revving]
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[motorcycle engine revving]
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[dogs barking]
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[door opens]
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[woman speaking Spanish]
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[dogs barking]
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[gun clicks]
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[El Vet] I wouldn't say
that I hate the US.
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No, I don't. I don't.
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I served the US with pride
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and I would've given
my life for them.
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But now that I'm here,
this is a living hell.
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Cartel knows that soldiers
are valuable here.
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We got skills.
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[man] Who taught you
those skills?
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The army.
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[siren wailing]
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[El Vet] Well, we're basically
looking for people that are...
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selling men, you know,
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to find out where
they're getting them from.
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And then once we know that,
then we make a whole operation,
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we'd break that down.
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We take care of everyone
that's in there.
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They've come from Sinaloa.
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Men was supposed to come here
and then go across the border.
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Now they're selling them here.
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That's basically
why the war is going on.
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It's getting stronger.
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That's why there
are so many killings.
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[siren wailing]
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[woman speaks Spanish]
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[dogs barking]
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[El Vet] So last year,
we took care
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of about 200 men,
gunned down.
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If you don't havepermission to sell that,
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you can't be selling it.
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We just wipe them out.
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No mercy.
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[man laughs]
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[men speaking Spanish]
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[door closes]
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[man] Hey, what's up?
[speaking Spanish]
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[car door opens]
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[man speaking Spanish]
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[man speaking Spanish]
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[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
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[man]
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[Esperanza]
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[man]
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[man]
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[buzzing]
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[Stefanie] The deportedUS military veterans--
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it almost sounds like anoxymoron, but believe it or not
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a large number of formermilitary servicemen
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and women have been deported.
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A law dating back to PresidentBill Clinton's administration
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allows the federal governmentto deport any non-citizen
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who commits certain crimes,even some minor crimes.
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Now, this applies even ifthey've served in the military.
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Many vets we talkedwith told us
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they were promised citizenshipby their recruiters
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and others told usthat they thought
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they became citizens when theytook oath to join the military.
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The battle againstdeportation continues
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for an army veteranliving in Chicago.
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Private First ClassMiguel Perez Jr. entered the US
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as a legal permanent resident.
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He was later convictedof a nonviolent drug charge,
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which is groundsfor deportation.
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[woman] After servingalmost eight years in prison,
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ICE immediately took Perezinto custody.
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He is trulya wounded warrior,
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a young manwho served our country,
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who suffered from
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two traumatic brain injuries.
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Call on ICE,
on the US Government,
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on our elected officials,
our senators,
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and representatives
to release him.
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[Miguel Sr.]
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I'm the mother of a hero.
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My son is my hero.
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I'm very strong...
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like my son.
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-[speaks Spanish]
-[speaks Spanish]
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Thank you for your support.
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[Esperanza cries]
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[Miguel Jr speaking English]
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[Tammy] Well, Miguel Perezis a case where he ends up
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being given parole
for good conduct.
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I think he finishes a college
degree while he's in prison,
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you know,
turned his life around.
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He thought he was going
to walk out of prison
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and go home and start
his life all over,
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but instead, he ends up
spending another couple years
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in prison with ICE.
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I've been very proud
to serve the military
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and was wounded
in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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I ended up losing
both my legs and...
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a lot of the function
of my right arm
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and spent a year
recovering at Walter Reed.
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It was at Walter Reed that
I became a veteran's advocate.
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So, most Americans
would be surprised to know
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that we deport veterans
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because they'd be surprise
to know
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that we actually have people
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who served this nation
in uniform,
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who swear that they would
lay down their lives
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to protect our freedom,
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who are not yet citizens,
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who are green card holders,
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or are permanent
legal residents.
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These folks would not be
deported had they been granted
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their American citizenship
in the first place.
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So, we now have a populationin places like Tijuana
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of American veterans,
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who are still deservingveterans benefits
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but who can't get accessto them and who can't even
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come back in the countrythat they defended.
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[cars honking]
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[chattering in Spanish]
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Hello?
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-[girl] Hi, Daddy.
-Hi. What are you doing?
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Well, today wasmy first day of school.
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I saw those pictures.
Yeah, that's beautiful.
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How do you like school today?
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Good.
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Are you playing your games?
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-Yeah.
-What are you playing?
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I'm doing good in school.I finished my homework already
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at the afterschool program.
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That's good. I miss you.
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I miss you, too.
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I'm glad you had fun
this weekend.
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Pretty soon, I'll be out there
eventually, right?
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Dear Hector,
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it's been a long road.
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You're 40 years old.
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You were born in Mexicoand came
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from a farming communityin Zacatecas.
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You came to the USat the age of seven.
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You had the opportunityto live the American dream.
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As you got older and yourparents made the decision
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to move to Compton, California,things changed.
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You were sometimes bullied andyour family was discriminated.
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You eventually decidedto get away
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and made one of the bestdecisions in your life.
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You joined the US militaryfor many reasons.
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You wanted to get awayfrom the neighborhood
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that you were growing up in,
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promise of citizenship,
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promise of an educationand a career,
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most important, servingyour country being a GI Joe.
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The first jump was scary.
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I clearly remember the openingof the canopy
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and looking upat the beautiful sky.
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You hit the groundlike a sack of potatoes.
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The night jump was beautiful.
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Eventually, you were chapteredwith an honorable discharge.
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You started having issueswith drugs and alcohol.
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You put yourselfin a position where
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somebody fired a weapon and you
ended up going to prison.
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You're supposed to paroletill Immigration picks you up.
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This can't be.You served in the military.
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How could they deport you?
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You have a beautiful daughter
that you can't be with.
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She is the most important thing
in your life.
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I can't blame anybodybut myself.
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I put myself in the situation.
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I put myself
in the circumstances.
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I don't blame God.
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I made bad decisions,
but at the end of the day,
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I still consider myself
an American, a patriot.
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I will keep fightingto go home.
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I'm proud of my service.I wouldn't take it back.
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And if I had to do itall over again,
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I would serve my countryand put my life on the line.
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You've been doing good.
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It's been 13 years since
you've been in prison,
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hoping one day you would live
the American dream.
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[sighs]
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[exhales]
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♪ dramatic music ♪
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[Hector]
It's an upside-down flag,
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which if you're in themilitary, it's distress
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or we're being overrunor we need help.
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[reporter] Deported in 2004,
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Hector Barajas runs a shelterhere in Tijuana
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nicknamed The Bunkerwhere deported veterans
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can get helpwith job prospects,
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immigration advice,and legal service.
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You know, the support house
is another animal in itself.
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It's very difficult to work
with some of the guys.
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It's a big responsibility--
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getting the bills paid,
getting the guys going.
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It's very difficult.
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Very difficult.
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I've had some very difficult
people to work with.
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We are--we are very difficult
people to work with.
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Today, we havesome special visitors.
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One of our deported veteranswho's a Navy veteran,
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Juan Llamas,
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actually knowshow to work with prosthetics.
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And today, they're gonna getan impression on his foot.
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So we're gonna seewhat they can do for Jaime.
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Like we said,we're gonna make him walk.
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You know, I do enjoy it,
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especially when I see guys
doing good.
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Like, they get their jobs.
They get their own place.
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And that's when you're like,
you know, it's worth it.
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Everything that you go through.
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So, Fernando Orozco,
who's a deported veteran,
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is also a barber,
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and he's gonna be doing
free haircuts, and today--
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so we squared him away
with some clippers
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and some scissors
and all the equipment
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that he's gonna need for--
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to do some haircuts.
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And his first guinea pig
is his brother,
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who is also a deported veteran,
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and both of them served
in South Korea,
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so we're gonna--
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Let's see how it's going down.
There we go.
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He's getting a mushroom look
over here.
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My commitment
is to help these guys out,
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and that's what I've been
trying to do.
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You know, at end of the day,
at least they could say,
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"I had a place to stay,"
you know. That's--
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And that's better than
anything, you know?
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[chattering]
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[man] Hector is the...
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quintessential storyof America.
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This is someonewho came to this country,
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who wanted a better life.
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This is someone who is willingto die for this country,
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who served this country.
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This is someonewho made mistakes,
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who admits his mistakes,who owns
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and takes accountabilityfor his mistakes.
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I don't thinkthere is a better tale
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of what makes America great
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than the taleof Hector Barajas.
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[Nathan] We know how to makea difference.
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We know how to drive change.
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You know, yesterday
was a perfect reflection
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when we talked about two years
ago I was approached by a group,
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and they said, "We have this
issue of deported vets."
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And I said, "No, no.
You got bad information.
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You can't deport a veteran."
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Because I was
in the Marine Corps,
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and I remember
the naturalization services.
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I said, "You do one day
of military service,
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you get citizenship."
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I didn't know that
we had systematically failed
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to fulfill that commitment.
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Think about the psychological
impact of being--
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You were willing to--
you loved this country enough,
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you were willing to die
for this country,
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and you come home,
and you're struggling,
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and that country kicks you out.
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And we said,
"That's not enough.
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We've got to do better.
We can do better."
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One category of veterans
who are primarily white
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and happen to have been
born here,
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when they lose their way
and commit an offense,
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we have a veterans' court,
and we have treatment,
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and we have diversion programs.
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But for that other category
of veterans
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who wore the same uniforms,
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who slept in the same mud,
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who fought in the same battles,
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for that category of veterans,
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we have diversion treatment
as well.
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We divert you back to a country
that you may or may not know.
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You know, there are
so many different reasons
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why this situation is horrific
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and is intolerable,
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but another one
is as simple as the fact
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that we can't export those
who we've trained
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at the highest levels
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to be effective
in combat situations
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to environments where they're
prone to be recruited into
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things that would be detrimental
to the--to the United States.
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They're the first onesthat the drug lords
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and the cartels will prey on.
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[man chattering]
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I grew up...
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as an American
in my youngster years.
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I was raised in El Paso.
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Got there whenI was 10 years old.
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I joined the services because
I wanted respect for myself,
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for my family. I wanted
something to be proud of.
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I needed some disciplinein my life,
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and so I joined the Army.
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We were proud, you know.We were helping people.
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We were good soldiers,
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and all of a sudden,
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things just changed for medramatically.
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I got into some trouble.
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I committed an assault on
another dude for shitty stuff,
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which it was--
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it was a necklace.
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And the government
just threw me out.
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Being here in Juárez,
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I wasn't used to the life here.
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I missed the US.
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When I got here back in 2010,
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it was--
it was like a horror movie.
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I was alone.
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And--because of all thatI left in the US,
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it hit me.It hit me hard.
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[car engine revving]
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[man speaking Spanish]
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[man speaking Spanish]
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Part of the cartels,
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they have their own lieutenants.
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We can say it's a type
of like a lieutenant.
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Now these people,
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they're ruthless.
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They're cold.
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They don't care.
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They have no respect for life,women, kids.
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It don't matter.
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And they said
not only you will be killed.
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Your family,
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your mother, your father,
your brothers,
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everyone will be killed.
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I felt it was necessaryfor me to do this,
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to stay alive.
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So now I have to facemy reality.
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I'm on the other side now.
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[El Vet] Well, usuallyevery two or three weeks,
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they gather a group of people
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and I train them.We're out in the desert.
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I'm training people to kill.
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♪ suspenseful music ♪
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[Daniel] Violence
is a very precious resource
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for criminal organizations.
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It's a valuable resource.
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It's a resource
that can be exploited.
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If you don't want...
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drug cartels to have
military training,
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but you are creating a scenario
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where they could.
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[man] Well, Mexico is nowthe second deadliest country
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in the worldafter only Syria, Shannon.
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While they're in a civil war,
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Mexico's violence is attributedto only one thing-- drugs.
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My name is Michael Vigil.
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I was with the Drug Enforcement
Administration for 31 years.
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Worked undercover
extensively in Mexico.
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I was the chief
of international operations
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and, therefore, responsible
for all DEA operations
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outside the continental
United States.
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The war between Juárez
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and the Sinaloa Cartelrages on.
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And Juárez has becomeone of the most violent
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and deadly cities in the world.
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♪ dramatic music ♪
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[siren wailing]
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[reporter] Mexico saw a record2,186 murders in May,
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30% more than last year
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and the most in two decades.
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The capture of former SinaloaCartel leader, El Chapo,
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and others, returned,
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fueled largely by the USmeth and heroin epidemic.
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Juárez is a primary
drug trafficking route
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for the Sinaloa Cartel,for the Juárez Cartel,
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because probably about60% to 70% of the drugs
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that are smuggled acrossinto the United States
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go throughthe Juárez-El Paso corridor.
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The Juárez Cartel
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has proclaimedtheir prohibition
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against the use or distributionof methamphetamine
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because that is a marketthat is basically cornered
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by the Sinaloa Cartel.
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[siren wailing]
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Well, the veteransthat are deported into Mexico
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are gonna be put in the hands
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of a very deadly, deadly enemy.
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It's the old saying
of plata o plomo.
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You either take our money
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or you take our leador our bullets.
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They are reluctant individuals
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that are put
into a precarious situation
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not of their choice.
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And I think that
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that is a very
deplorable standard
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that we have used for people
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that really have done
a great job
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as soldiers for this country.
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[door closes]
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[man] So, I want to hear
a little bit
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about your childhood.
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Did you grow up
as an American?
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[Miguel Jr speaking English]
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[Chris] There's no precedentthat I have seen for them
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granting citizenshipback in time,
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but we're gonna make it
a precedent. [laughs]
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This will be the first one,
I really believe that,
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because it makes sense,
you know.
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Let's give him citizenship
like we should have
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when he was in basic training,
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when he was in jump school,
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when he was being trained
as a mechanic,
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when he went the first time
to the war
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and put his life on the line
for the country,
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when he went the second time.
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And if he is a citizen
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back to the timehe went to war,
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his subsequent crimeafter he got back
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would have no effect on him.
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He'd be allowed to be here.He'd get out of the jail.
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[reporter] Today, IllinoisUS Senator Tammy Duckworth
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sent an urgent letter
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to the secretaryof Homeland Security
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asking the Trump Administrationto stay Perez's deportation
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and review his case.
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Perez's lawyer says,"If there's any case to review,
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it's that of a veteranwho served two tours of war."
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I just don't see
any argument about--
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well, you come back
damaged from a war
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and then there's something bad
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and you get no breaks,
you get no mercy,
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you never can redeem yourself.
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That makes no sense.
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[man shouting in Spanish]
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God bless you. Take care.
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This is [indistinct].
This is where a lot
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of the people
that deported they end up at,
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and basically people end up
being homeless.
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A couple of thousand people,
like, live in this area,
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shooting up, and, you know.
If you get depressed,
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if you go through
all these different issues,
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you could end up down here.
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So part of our work
is to make sure that these guys
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don't end up homeless,
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that they don't end up
addicted.
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Yeah, you don't want
to end up here.
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This is a no-man's-land.
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♪♪♪♪♪
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[Hector] The militarywas very structured for me.
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I got out of the military,
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and then transitioningis very difficult.
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Addiction has been oneof the issues
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that I've had all my life,
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and that's what end upgetting me deported.
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Good evening, everybody.
This is Specialist Barajas
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down here at the Deported
Veterans Support House.
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And I wanna get home
to my daughter hopefully soon.
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And hopefully, I'll be
the first deported veteran
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to come home as a US citizen.
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So, right now, we're
in the process of citizenship,
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so hopefully
we should find out
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whether I become an American
citizen or not.
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I have no expectations,
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but I also hope
for the best, you know,
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just to, you know, kind of wait
and see what happens.
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I have some really,
really, good news.
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I--
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I'm going to be issued
a interview
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for citizenship
within 60 to 90 days,
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and I should be back
in the United States pretty soon
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to get my interview.
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00:36:02,611 --> 00:36:04,834
So this is fucking good news.
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00:36:04,934 --> 00:36:07,917
Oh, yeah. [laughs]
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I don't want to be here
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for another ten years
or five years
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and see my daughter
grow up without me.
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So I'm hoping
that we get a decision.
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I can take her to school
and help her with her homework
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and be there for her
when she needs me.
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To be honest with you,I know that I needed her
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probably morethan that she needs Dad,
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so that's, you know,
it's important for me
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to hopefully, you know,
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get that chance to be a father
for the second time.
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[man speaking Spanish]
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We see the skyas so much greater
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than any wall.
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We ask your blessing nowon these families.
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[speaking Spanish]
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We ask your blessingon all who are separated
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from their loved ones.
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And we ask, O God,that you would change hearts,
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and change mindsand change laws
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that someday the familiesof the earth would be reunited.
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[Jennie] Hector is the best
possible example
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of somebody who has completely
turned his life around--
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from a placewhere he was really struggling
524
00:37:18,208 --> 00:37:21,312
reintegrating into societyafter leaving the military
525
00:37:21,412 --> 00:37:24,875
to a placewhere he is singlehandedly
526
00:37:24,975 --> 00:37:28,479
running a shelterfor deported veterans,
527
00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:31,922
leading really what has becomeinternational advocacy
528
00:37:32,022 --> 00:37:35,206
on this issue, and givingeverything of himself.
529
00:37:35,306 --> 00:37:37,048
But it doesn'trequire that either.
530
00:37:37,148 --> 00:37:38,769
We're not requiring sainthood,
you know.
531
00:37:38,869 --> 00:37:41,612
People are able to learn
from their mistakes
532
00:37:41,712 --> 00:37:43,815
and improve their lives.
533
00:37:43,915 --> 00:37:47,218
And we shouldn't be separating
534
00:37:47,318 --> 00:37:50,581
fathers and mothers
from their children
535
00:37:50,681 --> 00:37:52,784
who have lived their wholelives in the United States,
536
00:37:52,884 --> 00:37:55,566
have fully committedand invested in this country.
537
00:37:58,770 --> 00:38:02,133
[speaking Spanish]
538
00:38:31,403 --> 00:38:33,405
[explosion]
539
00:38:33,926 --> 00:38:36,048
[gunfire]
540
00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:16,449
♪♪♪♪♪
541
00:39:18,211 --> 00:39:22,735
[Miguel Jr speaking English]
542
00:39:43,396 --> 00:39:45,258
[reporter]
During his next hearing,
543
00:39:45,358 --> 00:39:47,581
his attorney will arguethat the cartels in Mexico
544
00:39:47,681 --> 00:39:48,622
could threaten Perez.
545
00:39:48,722 --> 00:39:50,383
[Chris] They know, you know,
546
00:39:50,483 --> 00:39:52,586
you've got weapons training,military training,
547
00:39:52,686 --> 00:39:54,948
you have ins with people
in the United States,
548
00:39:55,048 --> 00:39:56,149
and you're gonna work for us.
549
00:39:56,249 --> 00:39:58,752
[gunfire]
550
00:39:58,852 --> 00:40:01,835
[man] In the most perverse wayI've ever seen,
551
00:40:01,935 --> 00:40:04,798
we're actually training people
552
00:40:04,898 --> 00:40:06,480
to then come backand fight against us.
553
00:40:06,580 --> 00:40:09,002
[gunfire]
554
00:40:09,102 --> 00:40:10,844
These folks
are especially vulnerable
555
00:40:10,944 --> 00:40:13,127
to being, um, uh, recruited,
556
00:40:13,227 --> 00:40:15,649
and then by recruited,I mean, forcibly given a choice
557
00:40:15,749 --> 00:40:18,973
between deathand joining the gangs.
558
00:40:19,073 --> 00:40:21,896
[Michael] I've looked at a lotof the deported veterans
559
00:40:21,996 --> 00:40:24,979
that have military skills
560
00:40:25,079 --> 00:40:28,903
that have basically created
561
00:40:29,003 --> 00:40:32,346
a national security threat,
not only for Mexico,
562
00:40:32,446 --> 00:40:34,949
but, you know,
that violence has spilled over
563
00:40:35,049 --> 00:40:37,091
into the United States.
564
00:40:38,853 --> 00:40:40,314
[Daniel] Five, six years ago,
565
00:40:40,414 --> 00:40:42,877
you would look at pictures
of, uh,
566
00:40:42,977 --> 00:40:44,399
drug cartel shootouts,
567
00:40:44,499 --> 00:40:47,121
and you would see a dead body
in a wall
568
00:40:47,221 --> 00:40:49,223
with a hundred bulletsbehind that.
569
00:40:51,065 --> 00:40:54,048
Nowadays, you see a dead body
570
00:40:54,148 --> 00:40:58,092
with two shots to the chestand one in the groin.
571
00:40:58,192 --> 00:41:01,015
That's how military
members shoot.
572
00:41:01,115 --> 00:41:02,937
So you have to ask yourself,
573
00:41:03,037 --> 00:41:05,220
who's teaching them to shoot,
574
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,023
or who is doing the shooting?
575
00:41:08,123 --> 00:41:11,326
♪♪♪♪♪
576
00:41:22,177 --> 00:41:24,780
♪♪♪♪♪
577
00:41:34,149 --> 00:41:37,172
[car door opens]
578
00:41:37,272 --> 00:41:39,775
[El Vet] If someone sends you,you just have to do it.
579
00:41:39,875 --> 00:41:41,737
If you don't do it,they're gonna kill you.
580
00:41:41,837 --> 00:41:44,980
So it's either you or him.
581
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,082
-[man] No filming.
-[man] All right, stop.
582
00:41:49,685 --> 00:41:53,068
[man speaking Spanish]
583
00:41:53,168 --> 00:41:57,213
[El Vet speaking Spanish]
584
00:42:02,058 --> 00:42:04,820
[Mexican music plays on radio]
585
00:42:18,274 --> 00:42:21,157
♪♪♪♪♪
586
00:43:06,163 --> 00:43:09,046
♪♪♪♪♪
587
00:43:10,808 --> 00:43:12,890
-[man speaking Spanish]
-[inmate] Uh-huh.
588
00:44:12,310 --> 00:44:15,874
[speaking Spanish]
589
00:44:41,180 --> 00:44:44,463
[speaking Spanish]
590
00:46:37,258 --> 00:46:38,559
[Miguel Jr]
591
00:46:38,659 --> 00:46:42,603
[operator]
592
00:46:42,703 --> 00:46:44,705
[Miguel Jr]
593
00:47:08,970 --> 00:47:11,453
♪♪♪♪♪
594
00:47:13,695 --> 00:47:16,498
[man]
595
00:47:22,624 --> 00:47:26,248
I was anxious. I was nervous.
596
00:47:26,348 --> 00:47:28,130
It's hard
to becoming used to it,
597
00:47:28,230 --> 00:47:31,573
but then,
you also get hooked on it.
598
00:47:31,673 --> 00:47:34,336
Even when you're not
killing anyone,
599
00:47:34,436 --> 00:47:37,820
you feel the need
to see that blood, you know?
600
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,502
You feel the need
to kill someone.
601
00:47:40,602 --> 00:47:42,104
Once you get used to it,
602
00:47:42,204 --> 00:47:45,147
you get cold, you can't stop.
603
00:47:45,247 --> 00:47:47,249
[man]
604
00:47:50,292 --> 00:47:52,314
Well, it was,
like-like, five or six,
605
00:47:52,414 --> 00:47:55,598
after five or six victims,
it's-it's-
606
00:47:55,698 --> 00:47:57,980
it's-it's tough, it's tough.
607
00:47:59,782 --> 00:48:02,925
So I would like
to get out of this, but I can't.
608
00:48:03,025 --> 00:48:04,407
The only way I get out of this
609
00:48:04,507 --> 00:48:06,569
is if I moveto another country.
610
00:48:06,669 --> 00:48:10,173
Even if I stay here in Mexico,they will find me.
611
00:48:10,273 --> 00:48:13,396
♪♪♪♪♪
612
00:48:16,639 --> 00:48:18,501
[Hector] Most of my vets,you know,
613
00:48:18,601 --> 00:48:21,384
they have psychological issuesand, you know,
614
00:48:21,484 --> 00:48:22,986
they could easily fall backinto addiction
615
00:48:23,086 --> 00:48:25,668
or criminal organizationcartels could target 'em.
616
00:48:25,768 --> 00:48:27,911
I'm trying my best to, uh,
617
00:48:28,011 --> 00:48:31,755
to keep them out of thatand keep them structured.
618
00:48:31,855 --> 00:48:33,596
The Support Housefor the last couple of years
619
00:48:33,696 --> 00:48:36,640
has really helped me,uh, stay focused.
620
00:48:36,740 --> 00:48:39,322
No deported veteran has evergone home as a US citizen,
621
00:48:39,422 --> 00:48:41,424
and I wanna be the first one.
622
00:48:42,866 --> 00:48:44,528
I'll tell you right now,
623
00:48:44,628 --> 00:48:46,850
if we're successful
in bringing Hector back,
624
00:48:46,950 --> 00:48:50,574
it is a-a light
in a sea of darkness.
625
00:48:50,674 --> 00:48:51,935
I'm not saying
that the-these vets
626
00:48:52,035 --> 00:48:54,378
didn't-didn't do
what they did.
627
00:48:54,478 --> 00:48:56,380
Uh, and I'm not
even saying the penalty,
628
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,942
which they all already paid--
629
00:48:59,042 --> 00:49:01,465
They already completed
their penalty
630
00:49:01,565 --> 00:49:04,748
for the offense of which
they committed was too great.
631
00:49:04,848 --> 00:49:06,990
What I'm saying
is because of that conviction,
632
00:49:07,090 --> 00:49:09,793
what the federal government did
is the injustice.
633
00:49:09,893 --> 00:49:12,917
And the only way
that we can right that wrong
634
00:49:13,017 --> 00:49:14,879
is by pardoning
the original offense,
635
00:49:14,979 --> 00:49:17,721
because if that original offense
is pardoned,
636
00:49:17,821 --> 00:49:20,244
then their legal status
is restored
637
00:49:20,344 --> 00:49:22,486
and they're eligible
for citizenship.
638
00:49:22,586 --> 00:49:25,529
[sniffles] Um, I'm over here
with Nathan Fletcher,
639
00:49:25,629 --> 00:49:28,572
and, uh, I got a pardon
from the--
640
00:49:28,672 --> 00:49:30,454
from the governor
of California.
641
00:49:30,554 --> 00:49:31,976
Uh, awesome.
642
00:49:32,076 --> 00:49:33,978
-I-I can't talk over here.
-[chuckles]
643
00:49:34,078 --> 00:49:36,461
So I'm very happy to tell
everybody that I got a pardon
644
00:49:36,561 --> 00:49:38,823
from the State of California,
from the governor.
645
00:49:38,923 --> 00:49:41,386
Oh, my God, this is huge.
646
00:49:41,486 --> 00:49:43,067
-[laughs]
-[sniffles] I can, uh--
647
00:49:43,167 --> 00:49:45,310
I can--it--it'll be--
uh, the process will be easier
648
00:49:45,410 --> 00:49:47,472
for me to go home
to my family, so, uh,
649
00:49:47,572 --> 00:49:48,993
I'm just very thankful
and I've been--
650
00:49:49,093 --> 00:49:51,356
uh, uh, uh, I'm just still,
like, uh,
651
00:49:51,456 --> 00:49:52,637
at a loss for words.
652
00:49:52,737 --> 00:49:54,739
[tattoo gun buzzing]
653
00:49:56,741 --> 00:49:58,643
[man] You never--
when you were out there
654
00:49:58,743 --> 00:50:00,525
in the States, you never thought
about getting it, or--
655
00:50:00,625 --> 00:50:02,327
[Hector] Oh, no. yeah, yeah.
656
00:50:02,427 --> 00:50:04,970
Like, I got the Airborne tattoo
in the back,
657
00:50:05,070 --> 00:50:07,292
and the guys keep--
uh, most of the guys I run into
658
00:50:07,392 --> 00:50:09,134
keep thinking
it's Alcoholic Anonymous.
659
00:50:09,234 --> 00:50:11,876
[chuckles]
660
00:50:16,241 --> 00:50:18,243
[speaking Spanish]
661
00:50:35,461 --> 00:50:38,303
[tattoo gun buzzing]
662
00:50:42,027 --> 00:50:44,410
[Jennie] So, we have, um,
663
00:50:44,510 --> 00:50:47,293
received the pardon
from the governor for Hector.
664
00:50:47,393 --> 00:50:50,616
And that should enable him
665
00:50:50,716 --> 00:50:52,738
to naturalize immediately.
666
00:50:52,838 --> 00:50:55,261
There should be no question
about his eligibility
667
00:50:55,361 --> 00:50:56,902
to naturalize.
668
00:50:57,002 --> 00:50:58,904
However, we're seeingthat the government
669
00:50:59,004 --> 00:51:01,948
is just continuing to sit on itand we're not seeing progress,
670
00:51:02,048 --> 00:51:03,509
and so we're not sure,
671
00:51:03,609 --> 00:51:05,271
you know,which way it's gonna go,
672
00:51:05,371 --> 00:51:07,513
whether we're gonna haveto take his case
673
00:51:07,613 --> 00:51:10,116
to federal court, um,
674
00:51:10,216 --> 00:51:12,799
or whether the government willfinally move his case along
675
00:51:12,899 --> 00:51:14,901
and issue a decision.
676
00:51:26,713 --> 00:51:28,975
[reporter] A Chicago war veteranwho served two tours
677
00:51:29,075 --> 00:51:32,459
at Afghanistanis now facing deportation.
678
00:51:32,559 --> 00:51:35,362
Tomorrow, a judgewill decide his fate.
679
00:51:38,325 --> 00:51:41,207
[chattering]
680
00:51:52,739 --> 00:51:54,561
[Chris] Good?
Everybody good? All right.
681
00:51:54,661 --> 00:51:56,083
-[woman] Yeah.
-[Chris] All right.
682
00:51:56,183 --> 00:51:59,006
So, I was in an interview
this morning with Miguel
683
00:51:59,106 --> 00:52:04,651
and two officers
from Immigration, USCIS.
684
00:52:04,751 --> 00:52:08,415
Um, they basically did
all the regular things
685
00:52:08,515 --> 00:52:11,058
that would happen.
They interviewed him.
686
00:52:11,158 --> 00:52:13,781
Did the citizenship test.
He got every question correct.
687
00:52:13,881 --> 00:52:16,023
[crowd cheering]
688
00:52:16,123 --> 00:52:17,945
-[woman] We knew it.
-[Chris] Yeah.
689
00:52:18,045 --> 00:52:20,227
Uh, and then at the end,
particularly,
690
00:52:20,327 --> 00:52:23,511
Miguel, uh, talked about how--
691
00:52:23,611 --> 00:52:26,514
I thought this was really
poignant. He said, um,
692
00:52:26,614 --> 00:52:29,597
"There's houses
and then there's homes.
693
00:52:29,697 --> 00:52:32,600
There's jobs
and there's careers."
694
00:52:32,700 --> 00:52:35,002
He goes, "I might've
been born in Mexico,
695
00:52:35,102 --> 00:52:37,365
but I'm an American
in my heart."
696
00:52:37,465 --> 00:52:38,966
And he said,
"That's why I served,
697
00:52:39,066 --> 00:52:41,489
that's why
my grandfather served."
698
00:52:41,589 --> 00:52:44,372
And his uncles
served in the military.
699
00:52:44,472 --> 00:52:47,615
It's nice and warm in this
little huddle
700
00:52:47,715 --> 00:52:49,297
because it's
really cold outside.
701
00:52:49,397 --> 00:52:50,818
But now we're all huddled
in a little corner.
702
00:52:50,918 --> 00:52:52,300
And the first time
703
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:53,942
I felt this warm
in a little while.
704
00:52:54,042 --> 00:52:55,663
-[woman] Right.
-[Emma] But, Miguel,
705
00:52:55,763 --> 00:52:57,625
we're all praying for you
and we're--
706
00:52:57,725 --> 00:52:59,908
we-we really believe
that it's time
707
00:53:00,008 --> 00:53:02,390
and that they're gonna come up
with a positive decision.
708
00:53:02,490 --> 00:53:03,912
That's how we all feel.
709
00:53:04,012 --> 00:53:05,754
The veterans are all here
for you
710
00:53:05,854 --> 00:53:08,997
and tons of people and press.
711
00:53:09,097 --> 00:53:11,199
You know, we're all waiting
to hear the good news.
712
00:53:11,299 --> 00:53:13,041
[woman] Yes.
713
00:53:13,141 --> 00:53:15,924
[Chris] So I just receiveda call from USCIS.
714
00:53:16,024 --> 00:53:18,687
They have a decision to render
715
00:53:18,787 --> 00:53:22,891
to Miguel and myself
in person only.
716
00:53:22,991 --> 00:53:26,295
So they asked me to come down
as soon as possible
717
00:53:26,395 --> 00:53:29,898
and I'm gonna go inside now,
into the lockup,
718
00:53:29,998 --> 00:53:32,221
and we're gonna get
the decision.
719
00:53:32,321 --> 00:53:34,823
[Emma] God is in charge.
720
00:53:34,923 --> 00:53:37,186
Go in there
and get the job done.
721
00:53:37,286 --> 00:53:38,707
God is in charge.
722
00:53:38,807 --> 00:53:41,470
[crowd cheering]
723
00:53:41,570 --> 00:53:43,852
[Emma] Miguel Perez, Jr.
724
00:53:45,895 --> 00:53:48,717
[woman] Amen, amen, amen.
725
00:53:48,817 --> 00:53:51,700
♪♪♪♪♪
726
00:54:09,358 --> 00:54:12,161
[chattering]
727
00:54:13,403 --> 00:54:15,224
Whenever you're ready,
let me know.
728
00:54:15,324 --> 00:54:18,207
[chattering]
729
00:54:20,129 --> 00:54:23,673
[Chris] Um, okay.
So, I was handed, uh,
730
00:54:23,773 --> 00:54:25,515
a decision by the two officers
731
00:54:25,615 --> 00:54:27,477
who interviewed Miguel today.
732
00:54:27,577 --> 00:54:30,360
Um, and it's said
733
00:54:30,460 --> 00:54:32,882
they were denying
his citizenship
734
00:54:32,982 --> 00:54:36,927
based on a lack
of good moral character.
735
00:54:37,027 --> 00:54:40,730
Uh, once again,
the drug conviction.
736
00:54:40,830 --> 00:54:43,854
Uh, so I-I went
and talked to Miguel
737
00:54:43,954 --> 00:54:46,576
and I gave him the bad news.
738
00:54:46,676 --> 00:54:50,580
Um, you know,
he was disappointed, obviously.
739
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:52,663
But he said,
"I'm not giving up"
740
00:54:52,763 --> 00:54:54,184
or "We're gonna keep fighting."
741
00:54:54,284 --> 00:54:56,066
[Emma] Just because you're born
in Mexico
742
00:54:56,166 --> 00:54:58,789
doesn't make you
a different kind of soldier.
743
00:54:58,889 --> 00:55:01,872
Your blood is shed
for this country.
744
00:55:01,972 --> 00:55:04,395
This Constitution and this flag.
745
00:55:04,495 --> 00:55:07,358
And we're tired
of the injustice.
746
00:55:07,458 --> 00:55:09,460
And we're gonna continue
to fight.
747
00:55:11,181 --> 00:55:13,183
[shouting in Spanish]
748
00:55:27,038 --> 00:55:29,100
[Chris] All they didwas handed me an envelope
749
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,423
with the decision and shookmy hand and walked away.
750
00:55:32,523 --> 00:55:34,946
Maybe, this is
their statement, like,
751
00:55:35,046 --> 00:55:37,428
"Hey, if we can do this
to this guy,
752
00:55:37,528 --> 00:55:39,871
two-time military vet, you know,
753
00:55:39,971 --> 00:55:43,755
went to war,
then nobody's safe, right?"
754
00:55:43,855 --> 00:55:48,059
So it's putting fear into
the whole immigrant community.
755
00:55:49,781 --> 00:55:51,923
All right. Good afternoon,
everybody.
756
00:55:52,023 --> 00:55:55,046
So, uh, I just got a, uh, email
757
00:55:55,146 --> 00:55:58,650
from-from the attorneys.
758
00:55:58,750 --> 00:56:03,335
USCIS has issued me
an official, uh,
759
00:56:03,435 --> 00:56:06,097
appointment for, uh,
citizenship.
760
00:56:06,197 --> 00:56:08,140
But Homeland Security
would not let me cross
761
00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:10,982
to make it happen, so it's a--
it's a bunch of bullshit.
762
00:56:11,082 --> 00:56:14,106
So, uh, I think it's bullshit
that our-our other veterans
763
00:56:14,206 --> 00:56:15,667
recently got denied.
764
00:56:15,767 --> 00:56:17,189
Um,
765
00:56:17,289 --> 00:56:19,071
most of these guys
suffer from PTSD.
766
00:56:19,171 --> 00:56:20,312
They need to be treated
over there.
767
00:56:20,412 --> 00:56:21,994
They need to see doctors.
768
00:56:22,094 --> 00:56:24,476
So, uh, we're not gonna give up.
769
00:56:24,576 --> 00:56:27,920
I'm a little-little pissed off
but... [chuckles] It's all good.
770
00:56:28,020 --> 00:56:30,442
Uh, like we say,
we may have lost the battle,
771
00:56:30,542 --> 00:56:33,045
uh, but we have--
but we haven't lost the war.
772
00:56:33,145 --> 00:56:35,447
Uh, you know, as it stands,
the only way
773
00:56:35,547 --> 00:56:38,410
deported veterans can
return home is when they die.
774
00:56:38,510 --> 00:56:41,373
And then Uncle Sam,
uh, the US government,
775
00:56:41,473 --> 00:56:45,057
buries them, pays for their plot
and their VA headstone.
776
00:56:45,157 --> 00:56:46,739
Nobody should have to burya loved one
777
00:56:46,839 --> 00:56:49,842
or take them back in a boxlike we've had in the past.
778
00:56:54,086 --> 00:56:56,969
♪♪♪♪♪
779
00:57:18,391 --> 00:57:20,653
[voice cracking] I'm very proud
of-of everybody that's here.
780
00:57:20,753 --> 00:57:23,056
All the--all the people
that's supporting our cause,
781
00:57:23,156 --> 00:57:25,458
our families... [sniffles]
782
00:57:25,558 --> 00:57:27,460
And we just wanna make it
home to our families,
783
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:29,302
that's all.
And I get emotional
784
00:57:29,402 --> 00:57:31,825
because I-I have
a ten-year-old daughter.
785
00:57:31,925 --> 00:57:33,226
I just wanna be back with her.
786
00:57:33,326 --> 00:57:34,868
And I knowthat all of you guys,
787
00:57:34,968 --> 00:57:38,271
all the guys have kids,have mothers, fathers.
788
00:57:38,371 --> 00:57:40,233
Thank you guysfor standing with us.
789
00:57:40,333 --> 00:57:43,216
[chattering]
790
00:57:48,261 --> 00:57:51,064
[car engine rumbling]
791
00:58:16,050 --> 00:58:18,793
[man speaking indistinct]
792
00:58:18,893 --> 00:58:21,055
-[man] Copy.
-[man] Stay here.
793
00:58:23,257 --> 00:58:25,619
[men speaking Spanish]
794
00:58:33,067 --> 00:58:36,030
[ man screaming in pain]
795
00:58:44,359 --> 00:58:47,362
♪♪♪♪♪
796
00:58:55,210 --> 00:58:56,871
[man]
I kind of wanna, like, talk
797
00:58:56,971 --> 00:58:58,833
a little bit about this.
Why are you...
798
00:58:58,933 --> 00:59:00,935
[crew member] Yeah, what's up?
799
00:59:11,626 --> 00:59:12,968
[crew member] All right.
I'm ready.
800
00:59:13,068 --> 00:59:14,489
[man] Thanks, man.
801
00:59:14,589 --> 00:59:16,411
[man] Why are you cool,
like, doing this?
802
00:59:16,511 --> 00:59:18,013
And, like, why-why are you cool
with us?
803
00:59:18,113 --> 00:59:19,254
I mean, this must be tough.
804
00:59:19,354 --> 00:59:20,576
[El Vet] Well,
the-the main reason
805
00:59:20,676 --> 00:59:22,858
is because some people
might judge me
806
00:59:22,958 --> 00:59:25,060
because of what I've done.
807
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:28,023
But they don't really know
my life.
808
00:59:28,123 --> 00:59:30,105
You know, people don't know
what I've been through.
809
00:59:30,205 --> 00:59:32,588
And I'm not saying I'm a victim.
810
00:59:32,688 --> 00:59:36,031
I'm not saying that,
but at least I have the guts
811
00:59:36,131 --> 00:59:39,395
to stand up and say what I am.
And--
812
00:59:39,495 --> 00:59:42,077
-And what are you?
-Well,
813
00:59:42,177 --> 00:59:44,520
I'm just like a cleanup guy,
you know.
814
00:59:44,620 --> 00:59:47,123
I clean up the garbage.
815
00:59:47,223 --> 00:59:50,046
And if I'm given
the opportunity here
816
00:59:50,146 --> 00:59:52,128
to provide what I've known,
817
00:59:52,228 --> 00:59:55,011
what I've seen,
what I've been through,
818
00:59:55,111 --> 00:59:56,412
because this is sick.
819
00:59:56,512 --> 00:59:58,374
What goes on here, it's sick.
820
00:59:58,474 --> 01:00:02,098
And there's no other word
for it.
821
01:00:02,198 --> 01:00:04,180
[man] You said
that you were thinking
822
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:07,423
that you would like to send
your kid to the United States.
823
01:00:07,523 --> 01:00:11,027
Yes, I've been preparing my son
for all this.
824
01:00:11,127 --> 01:00:13,910
You know, I-I have told him that
825
01:00:14,010 --> 01:00:15,632
maybe somebody I won't come back
826
01:00:15,732 --> 01:00:18,354
because it's-
it's risky out there.
827
01:00:18,454 --> 01:00:21,878
It's...[sighs]
828
01:00:21,978 --> 01:00:23,880
[sobs]
829
01:00:23,980 --> 01:00:25,081
[man] What could you say--
830
01:00:25,181 --> 01:00:26,603
what would you say to your son
831
01:00:26,703 --> 01:00:28,485
if this was your opportunity
to say something?
832
01:00:28,585 --> 01:00:30,887
I'll definitely tell him
to take care of himself,
833
01:00:30,987 --> 01:00:32,329
love his family,
834
01:00:32,429 --> 01:00:35,572
and be good.
835
01:00:35,672 --> 01:00:38,054
To be good,
not to follow my steps,
836
01:00:38,154 --> 01:00:39,496
'cause, uh,
837
01:00:39,596 --> 01:00:44,261
everything around here,
it's drugs and death.
838
01:00:44,361 --> 01:00:46,263
There's nothing else,
839
01:00:46,363 --> 01:00:50,988
and I don't want him
to be in my place.
840
01:00:51,088 --> 01:00:53,991
He should be
way better than me,
841
01:00:54,091 --> 01:00:56,633
[sighs] because I don't feel
like a winner.
842
01:00:56,733 --> 01:00:59,356
Actually, this is more
like a loser.
843
01:00:59,456 --> 01:01:02,279
Being around here,
even though I stand--
844
01:01:02,379 --> 01:01:04,321
I still stand to this day
845
01:01:04,421 --> 01:01:08,205
after five or six years
working for these guys,
846
01:01:08,305 --> 01:01:12,169
and...that doesn't give me
any guarantees
847
01:01:12,269 --> 01:01:15,413
that I'm gonna be alive
in the next couple of years,
848
01:01:15,513 --> 01:01:17,334
maybe, months or even days.
849
01:01:17,434 --> 01:01:20,077
[wind blowing]
850
01:01:23,721 --> 01:01:25,903
[operator]
You have a collect call from...
851
01:01:26,003 --> 01:01:27,705
[Miguel Jr] Miguel Perez.
852
01:01:27,805 --> 01:01:30,968
[speaking English]
853
01:01:51,429 --> 01:01:53,451
For now, it's too late for Perez
854
01:01:53,551 --> 01:01:56,214
as his deportation is underway.
855
01:01:56,314 --> 01:01:59,978
And he has no family in Mexico,
no money, no clothes,
856
01:02:00,078 --> 01:02:02,741
and his family, and his fear
is when he gets there
857
01:02:02,841 --> 01:02:04,623
that he, uh, will be killed
by the cartels.
858
01:02:04,723 --> 01:02:06,505
-[reporter] Uh-hmm.
-[reporter] Army veteran
859
01:02:06,605 --> 01:02:07,686
who served two toursin Afghanistan
860
01:02:07,766 --> 01:02:09,107
has been deported to Mexico.
861
01:02:09,207 --> 01:02:10,709
Miguel Perez was escorted
862
01:02:10,809 --> 01:02:12,751
across the border from Texas
863
01:02:12,851 --> 01:02:15,634
after his application for UScitizenship was denied
864
01:02:15,734 --> 01:02:17,316
because of a drug conviction.
865
01:02:17,416 --> 01:02:18,597
Perez had been living
in the U.S.
866
01:02:18,697 --> 01:02:20,199
since he was eight years old
867
01:02:20,299 --> 01:02:22,040
and has two American-born
children.
868
01:02:22,140 --> 01:02:25,023
♪♪♪♪♪
869
01:02:40,639 --> 01:02:43,522
♪♪♪♪♪
870
01:02:49,208 --> 01:02:50,990
They say a home
is where the heart is.
871
01:02:51,090 --> 01:02:53,993
And I used to--uh, what?
872
01:02:54,093 --> 01:02:55,755
That doesn't even make sense.
It makes perfect sense
873
01:02:55,855 --> 01:02:56,836
right now.
874
01:02:56,936 --> 01:02:58,437
Home is where the heart is.
875
01:02:58,537 --> 01:03:01,801
My-my heart is not here.
My safety is not here.
876
01:03:01,901 --> 01:03:05,445
My heart, my son and daughter,
877
01:03:05,545 --> 01:03:08,568
a big part of my heart
are in Chicago.
878
01:03:08,668 --> 01:03:12,732
Uh, the Cubs, the Bears,
879
01:03:12,832 --> 01:03:15,755
big part of my heart in Chicago.
880
01:03:19,479 --> 01:03:22,222
New England, Tom Brady,
and the Patriots, well,
881
01:03:22,322 --> 01:03:24,324
back home.
882
01:03:25,565 --> 01:03:27,567
My father.
883
01:03:29,729 --> 01:03:31,791
Not-not in any particular order
but, uh, you know, then--
884
01:03:31,891 --> 01:03:34,354
they'll be, like, wait a minute,
don't put your--
885
01:03:34,454 --> 01:03:37,517
Tom Brady above your father.
886
01:03:37,617 --> 01:03:39,619
No. It's not--it's just...
887
01:03:40,901 --> 01:03:42,903
No, this could never be home.
888
01:03:43,583 --> 01:03:47,267
[chattering]
889
01:04:08,449 --> 01:04:10,451
-[boy] Oh, little cute mousey.
-[woman] Uh-huh.
890
01:04:17,258 --> 01:04:20,421
♪♪♪♪♪
891
01:04:22,543 --> 01:04:25,386
[fireworks exploding]
892
01:04:34,796 --> 01:04:37,678
♪♪♪♪♪
893
01:05:12,274 --> 01:05:14,656
As you guys know,
recently I was denied a visa
894
01:05:14,756 --> 01:05:16,418
and a parole
895
01:05:16,518 --> 01:05:18,780
to go into the United States,
but I've, uh,
896
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,583
been granted the opportunity
to have it at the border.
897
01:05:21,683 --> 01:05:22,785
We're gonna head over
to the border
898
01:05:22,885 --> 01:05:24,666
in about five minutes,
899
01:05:24,766 --> 01:05:27,549
and we're very excited.
We're gonna do what we can.
900
01:05:27,649 --> 01:05:28,911
-Semper fi.
-Get you home, man.
901
01:05:29,011 --> 01:05:31,754
Thanks everybody for being here.
I love you guys,
902
01:05:31,854 --> 01:05:34,276
and nothing is gonna change
what's in my heart,
903
01:05:34,376 --> 01:05:35,758
who I feel, who I am.
904
01:05:35,858 --> 01:05:37,920
I love my country.
I love you guys.
905
01:05:38,020 --> 01:05:39,722
I love my family,
906
01:05:39,822 --> 01:05:42,224
and [sniffles]
we're gonna make it.
907
01:05:43,866 --> 01:05:45,488
All right, everybody,
good afternoon.
908
01:05:45,588 --> 01:05:47,330
So, we're at the Deported
Veteran Support House.
909
01:05:47,430 --> 01:05:48,771
I just came out
from the interview
910
01:05:48,871 --> 01:05:50,893
and I hate to do
the selfie stick, but [chuckles]
911
01:05:50,993 --> 01:05:52,735
I went for my citizenship
interview.
912
01:05:52,835 --> 01:05:55,418
Unfortunately, uh,
because my case
913
01:05:55,518 --> 01:05:59,902
is not the regular textbook
citizenship application,
914
01:06:00,002 --> 01:06:02,825
basically, I'm gonna get
a decision
915
01:06:02,925 --> 01:06:04,747
within a hundred--a hundred
and 20 days.
916
01:06:04,847 --> 01:06:07,710
When I, uh, finished
my interview,
917
01:06:07,810 --> 01:06:11,794
I actually--uh,
918
01:06:11,894 --> 01:06:14,397
I had to go through
the regular lanes
919
01:06:14,497 --> 01:06:16,639
as they come back into Mexico.
920
01:06:16,739 --> 01:06:20,003
So I was, uh, in the United
States territory on the--
921
01:06:20,103 --> 01:06:21,725
[chuckles]
on the outside offices
922
01:06:21,825 --> 01:06:23,246
for a couple of seconds.
923
01:06:23,346 --> 01:06:24,688
That was awesome.
It felt good.
924
01:06:24,788 --> 01:06:27,530
It felt good to be on-on-on-
on soil,
925
01:06:27,630 --> 01:06:29,412
US soil, for even
three freaking seconds.
926
01:06:29,512 --> 01:06:31,514
[laughs] So...
927
01:06:32,956 --> 01:06:34,818
[Miguel Jr] I'm excited.I'm excited to see my mother.
928
01:06:34,918 --> 01:06:36,660
I'm happy to see Pastor Emma.
929
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:41,545
And it's just kind of,
930
01:06:41,645 --> 01:06:44,508
just the thoughts
about how I have to go
931
01:06:44,608 --> 01:06:45,909
get deported
to a different country
932
01:06:46,009 --> 01:06:47,391
to be able to hug my mother.
933
01:06:47,491 --> 01:06:50,634
A--a US citizen
934
01:06:50,734 --> 01:06:53,237
that her son fought...
935
01:06:53,337 --> 01:06:56,400
for the US
936
01:06:56,500 --> 01:06:58,682
got to come all the way
to Mexico
937
01:06:58,782 --> 01:07:00,764
to hug her son.
938
01:07:00,864 --> 01:07:04,528
I'm-I'm very happy,
but it's, uh, bittersweet.
939
01:07:04,628 --> 01:07:07,511
♪♪♪♪♪
940
01:09:15,562 --> 01:09:18,304
I still have
panic attacks, anxiety.
941
01:09:18,404 --> 01:09:20,947
I scream at night
942
01:09:21,047 --> 01:09:23,470
and I got about a week
and a half,
943
01:09:23,570 --> 01:09:26,593
uh, worth of medicine just--
944
01:09:26,693 --> 01:09:27,834
-That's it?
-That's it.
945
01:09:27,934 --> 01:09:29,115
You only have a week
and a half?
946
01:09:29,215 --> 01:09:30,237
Yes.
947
01:09:30,337 --> 01:09:32,399
What is gonna happen after?
948
01:09:32,499 --> 01:09:35,642
I don't know. That's what--
the first priority right now
949
01:09:35,742 --> 01:09:38,405
was just to see my mother.
-Your mom is here.
950
01:09:38,505 --> 01:09:41,528
But they're not-- they're
leaving in a couple of days.
951
01:09:41,628 --> 01:09:42,849
They have to.
They have to go back--
952
01:09:42,949 --> 01:09:43,971
Right.
953
01:09:44,071 --> 01:09:44,892
-So--
-Uh, and this--
954
01:09:44,992 --> 01:09:46,573
So you're gonna be here
955
01:09:46,673 --> 01:09:49,176
without family,
without your medicine?
956
01:09:49,276 --> 01:09:51,278
Correct.
957
01:09:57,164 --> 01:09:58,866
[reporter] For how longhave you been in this--
958
01:09:58,966 --> 01:10:00,748
uh, have you been,uh, deported?
959
01:10:00,848 --> 01:10:02,670
[Hector]
Uh, deported since 2004,
960
01:10:02,770 --> 01:10:04,872
so we're going on 14, uh,
14 years.
961
01:10:04,972 --> 01:10:06,834
-Wow.
-Yeah.
962
01:10:06,934 --> 01:10:09,837
And there are guys that have
been deported for 20 years.
963
01:10:09,937 --> 01:10:11,639
It's-it's been a long time.
964
01:10:11,739 --> 01:10:13,721
[woman] Some people
they never go back home, right?
965
01:10:13,821 --> 01:10:15,483
Yeah, we have got--
we just buried a guy
966
01:10:15,583 --> 01:10:16,924
over in Tijuana
just a couple of days ago.
967
01:10:17,024 --> 01:10:18,366
We buried a brother.
968
01:10:18,466 --> 01:10:19,967
And, uh, he--
969
01:10:20,067 --> 01:10:22,250
and they see--
they cremated him,
970
01:10:22,350 --> 01:10:23,771
uh, a couple of days ago.
971
01:10:23,871 --> 01:10:26,374
And, uh, it's the only way
he's going home.
972
01:10:26,474 --> 01:10:28,576
-[Miguel Jr] Wow.
-[Hector] Right now,
973
01:10:28,676 --> 01:10:30,058
are you planning
on staying in Tijuana
974
01:10:30,158 --> 01:10:32,140
or you're going down south?
Or what are your--
975
01:10:32,240 --> 01:10:34,302
What are your plans right now?
Just kind of up in the air?
976
01:10:34,402 --> 01:10:35,863
Yeah, but yeah, that's--
977
01:10:35,963 --> 01:10:37,545
and there's--
and there's a housing.
978
01:10:37,645 --> 01:10:38,907
It's the biggest one
that we have,
979
01:10:39,007 --> 01:10:40,788
so they get to stay here
for dur-certain time,
980
01:10:40,888 --> 01:10:43,471
three weeks minimum,
and then, you know,
981
01:10:43,571 --> 01:10:45,393
depending on the guy,
if they're doing well.
982
01:10:45,493 --> 01:10:46,995
But we try to get
the guys to find work
983
01:10:47,095 --> 01:10:48,917
and then just move out
and get their own place.
984
01:10:49,017 --> 01:10:52,080
What type of--um,
what type of work is available?
985
01:10:52,180 --> 01:10:54,002
Call centers.
You can work in call centers.
986
01:10:54,102 --> 01:10:55,964
In--with his English,
he can work at call centers.
987
01:10:56,064 --> 01:11:00,168
That's--they're the best paying
jobs in Tijuana.
988
01:11:00,268 --> 01:11:02,651
Uh, with Miguel's case,
it's difficult to see somebody
989
01:11:02,751 --> 01:11:04,332
just starting out,
their sense.
990
01:11:04,432 --> 01:11:05,814
Right now, he's-he's--
he's, like,
991
01:11:05,914 --> 01:11:07,736
in a little bubble right now
992
01:11:07,836 --> 01:11:09,538
with what--you know,
his family being here
993
01:11:09,638 --> 01:11:11,660
and-and everybody.
994
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:14,663
But as soon as you guys are--
you know, or everybody's gone,
995
01:11:14,763 --> 01:11:16,425
then you're in reality.
996
01:11:16,525 --> 01:11:18,627
You know, you--
you're down here by yourself.
997
01:11:18,727 --> 01:11:21,029
The good thing is, you got--
you know, you got the vets here.
998
01:11:21,129 --> 01:11:22,511
You got all of the supporters.
999
01:11:22,611 --> 01:11:23,752
But you're gonna have
to face that
1000
01:11:23,852 --> 01:11:26,395
"I may be here
for the rest of my life."
1001
01:11:26,495 --> 01:11:28,917
Just 20. Uh, you're 20?
Yup.
1002
01:11:29,017 --> 01:11:30,399
-[woman] Yeah.
-And you're still--
1003
01:11:30,499 --> 01:11:32,501
you're still my little girl.
1004
01:11:35,784 --> 01:11:37,786
Uh-hmm. Uh-hmm.
1005
01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:42,451
Stop being potty mouth.
1006
01:11:42,551 --> 01:11:44,673
You got--you got braces?
1007
01:11:46,916 --> 01:11:50,339
Ooh. Did you brush your teeth?
1008
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:52,441
Okay. Okay.
1009
01:11:55,565 --> 01:11:57,927
Yeah, I could tell. There's
no bumper. It's so ghetto.
1010
01:12:04,654 --> 01:12:06,656
Let me see your ears.
1011
01:12:13,903 --> 01:12:15,905
Oh, nice.
1012
01:12:22,872 --> 01:12:24,874
Oh, she misses everybody.
1013
01:12:42,773 --> 01:12:44,775
[scoffs]
1014
01:12:58,228 --> 01:13:00,871
♪♪♪♪♪
1015
01:13:02,793 --> 01:13:05,636
♪♪♪♪♪
1016
01:13:07,878 --> 01:13:10,861
Tomorrow, I will find out
about my citizenship.
1017
01:13:10,961 --> 01:13:14,425
Regardless of the decision,
we're gonna continue to do,
1018
01:13:14,525 --> 01:13:17,188
uh, the advocacy
and the work that we're doing.
1019
01:13:17,288 --> 01:13:18,829
My name is Liliana Morales.
1020
01:13:18,929 --> 01:13:22,393
My daddy is a deported veteran.
1021
01:13:22,493 --> 01:13:24,275
My daddy is currently
doing applications
1022
01:13:24,375 --> 01:13:25,516
to come home right now.
1023
01:13:25,616 --> 01:13:28,439
If maybe you guys could
please help-
1024
01:13:28,539 --> 01:13:32,844
help out my dad come back home,
that would be great.
1025
01:13:32,944 --> 01:13:34,085
[Hector]
And why do you want us--
1026
01:13:34,185 --> 01:13:36,087
why do you want me
to get home, mama?
1027
01:13:36,187 --> 01:13:39,490
Because you've been away
for years and I don't want--
1028
01:13:39,590 --> 01:13:41,332
I don't just want us
to just Skype.
1029
01:13:41,432 --> 01:13:43,555
I want us to be together.
1030
01:13:45,557 --> 01:13:47,018
[Nathan] One wayor the other, ultimately,
1031
01:13:47,118 --> 01:13:49,661
justice will prevail,
1032
01:13:49,761 --> 01:13:51,503
and these veterans
will come home.
1033
01:13:51,603 --> 01:13:53,985
Uh, and the conversation about
immigration in our country,
1034
01:13:54,085 --> 01:13:56,087
uh, will change.
1035
01:13:57,569 --> 01:13:58,950
[Tammy] This should not bea partisan issue.
1036
01:13:59,050 --> 01:14:00,712
This should be an issue about
1037
01:14:00,812 --> 01:14:02,874
doing right by those
who have served this nation,
1038
01:14:02,974 --> 01:14:04,556
by those who have defended us.
1039
01:14:04,656 --> 01:14:06,598
We need to fix the system.
1040
01:14:06,698 --> 01:14:09,761
We need to allow peoplewho served this country,
1041
01:14:09,861 --> 01:14:11,163
who put on her uniformand will say,
1042
01:14:11,263 --> 01:14:12,444
"I'm willing to defendthe Constitution
1043
01:14:12,544 --> 01:14:14,206
of the United Statesfrom all enemies,
1044
01:14:14,306 --> 01:14:15,627
foreign and domestic."
And if they serve honorably,
1045
01:14:15,707 --> 01:14:17,409
they do their tour,
give them the citizenship,
1046
01:14:17,509 --> 01:14:19,751
and then we wouldn't have
this problem.
1047
01:14:21,153 --> 01:14:23,736
[Miguel Jr] The United Statesis a beautiful experiment.
1048
01:14:23,836 --> 01:14:27,740
But it's not an experiment
that is going to sustain itself.
1049
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:30,342
It's an experiment that it takes
1050
01:14:30,442 --> 01:14:34,146
every single individual
to protect,
1051
01:14:34,246 --> 01:14:37,430
and no one knows better
than veterans.
1052
01:14:37,530 --> 01:14:39,752
Veterans understand this.
1053
01:14:39,852 --> 01:14:42,314
And you're deportingUnited States veterans,
1054
01:14:42,414 --> 01:14:43,916
honorable discharged veterans.
1055
01:14:44,016 --> 01:14:45,558
You're deporting,you're kicking them out,
1056
01:14:45,658 --> 01:14:48,761
your most loyal men and women,
1057
01:14:48,861 --> 01:14:51,604
those who stood up for you,
1058
01:14:51,704 --> 01:14:56,209
those who are broken inside
1059
01:14:56,309 --> 01:14:59,092
because of their service?
1060
01:14:59,192 --> 01:15:00,213
It ain't right.
1061
01:15:00,313 --> 01:15:01,414
It might be lawful.
1062
01:15:01,514 --> 01:15:03,336
Yeah, definitely, it's lawful.
1063
01:15:03,436 --> 01:15:06,299
It's lawful to deport
a United States veteran,
1064
01:15:06,399 --> 01:15:10,383
but it's not just, and
it's definitely not American.
1065
01:15:10,483 --> 01:15:12,265
Hello, everybody.
It's Hector Barajas here,
1066
01:15:12,365 --> 01:15:15,829
and, uh, we have, uh,
some really good news.
1067
01:15:15,929 --> 01:15:18,551
[chuckles] Uh, I just missed,
uh, a visit
1068
01:15:18,651 --> 01:15:20,233
from one of my brothers
that I served with.
1069
01:15:20,333 --> 01:15:22,676
Uh, he was at Fort Bragg
when I was in--
1070
01:15:22,776 --> 01:15:24,558
uh, stationed
with the 82nd Airborne.
1071
01:15:24,658 --> 01:15:27,561
Anyway, he-he did bring me
something unique
1072
01:15:27,661 --> 01:15:30,203
that we normally don't get,
which is, uh, as you can see.
1073
01:15:30,303 --> 01:15:32,165
You know, I actually was--
used to work at Taco Bell,
1074
01:15:32,265 --> 01:15:34,608
so, Mexican pizza,
uh, some chalupas
1075
01:15:34,708 --> 01:15:36,450
and some quesadillas.
1076
01:15:36,550 --> 01:15:39,893
Normally, we eat the, you know,
the stuff that's out here.
1077
01:15:39,993 --> 01:15:41,655
[Nathan] You know, there wasnever a single day
1078
01:15:41,755 --> 01:15:43,577
in the Marine Corps
if-if-if I had a mission
1079
01:15:43,677 --> 01:15:45,339
that I would go back and say,
"Hey, you know what?
1080
01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:46,980
It was hard.
I just decided to say,
1081
01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:50,184
What the hell? I'm not gonna
do it?" That's not what we do.
1082
01:15:50,284 --> 01:15:51,625
Right? I mean,
when you hit that wall
1083
01:15:51,725 --> 01:15:53,587
and you're the first one
to hit that wall
1084
01:15:53,687 --> 01:15:55,669
and you crack it a little bit,
but you don't get through,
1085
01:15:55,769 --> 01:15:57,271
you know what you do?
You come back
1086
01:15:57,371 --> 01:15:59,313
and you-you-you-you reset,
1087
01:15:59,413 --> 01:16:00,834
and you charge it harder.
1088
01:16:00,934 --> 01:16:02,716
And so we've hitthat wall for Hector
1089
01:16:02,816 --> 01:16:04,518
and we broke through,and we got him a pardon.
1090
01:16:04,618 --> 01:16:06,080
And we're gonna hit it
to get him home
1091
01:16:06,180 --> 01:16:07,481
and get him a citizenship,
and I don't care
1092
01:16:07,581 --> 01:16:08,682
how many times
we've gotta hit it.
1093
01:16:08,782 --> 01:16:10,364
We will keep hitting
that damn wall
1094
01:16:10,464 --> 01:16:11,445
until we get him home.
1095
01:16:11,545 --> 01:16:14,528
And if he isn't successful in-
1096
01:16:14,628 --> 01:16:16,090
in the initial court case,
I wanna be there
1097
01:16:16,190 --> 01:16:17,091
to tell him that.
1098
01:16:17,191 --> 01:16:20,074
♪♪♪♪♪
1099
01:16:22,356 --> 01:16:25,199
[phone ringing]
1100
01:16:27,321 --> 01:16:29,323
Oh.
1101
01:16:30,485 --> 01:16:32,487
Deported Veterans Support House.
1102
01:16:42,537 --> 01:16:45,260
Okay. All right.
Well, that's--that sounds good.
1103
01:16:51,546 --> 01:16:52,607
Whoo!
1104
01:16:52,707 --> 01:16:54,209
God. It's killing me.
1105
01:16:54,309 --> 01:16:57,192
♪♪♪♪♪
1106
01:17:14,770 --> 01:17:16,151
[Nathan]
So we got a decision.
1107
01:17:16,251 --> 01:17:17,132
-[Hector] Okay.
-[Nathan] And we brought
1108
01:17:17,212 --> 01:17:18,674
-you news.
-Uh-hmm.
1109
01:17:18,774 --> 01:17:20,115
[Nathan] And we've always said
from the beginning
1110
01:17:20,215 --> 01:17:21,677
-we never stop fighting--
-Exactly.
1111
01:17:21,777 --> 01:17:24,119
regardless of what we got.
And so, um,
1112
01:17:24,219 --> 01:17:25,401
as you look at it and read it,
1113
01:17:25,501 --> 01:17:27,323
um, and you just got
to know we--
1114
01:17:27,423 --> 01:17:29,285
-we're never gonna stop.
-Sure. Definitely.
1115
01:17:29,385 --> 01:17:31,567
So, uh, we're just gonna do
a quick prayer.
1116
01:17:31,667 --> 01:17:35,371
-Yes.
-[sighs]
1117
01:17:35,471 --> 01:17:37,493
Thank you for this opportunity
that I have today.
1118
01:17:37,593 --> 01:17:39,615
Uh, the pardon was one
of the biggest hurdles.
1119
01:17:39,715 --> 01:17:42,618
Uh, just being able to go
through this process,
1120
01:17:42,718 --> 01:17:44,380
and re-regardless
of what happens,
1121
01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:46,342
we're gonna continue this fight.
1122
01:17:46,442 --> 01:17:49,105
I ask you to please continue
to take care of our families,
1123
01:17:49,205 --> 01:17:51,507
our loved ones, and, uh, just--
1124
01:17:51,607 --> 01:17:54,670
I'm glad these people are here
to-to be here for this decision.
1125
01:17:54,770 --> 01:17:57,193
Um, again, thank you
for this day, Lord.
1126
01:17:57,293 --> 01:17:58,795
[Nathan] And I'll say, as a--
as a Marine,
1127
01:17:58,895 --> 01:18:01,397
I've never seen an Army guy
who fights like you, man.
1128
01:18:01,497 --> 01:18:03,399
Right? We love you, brother.
1129
01:18:03,499 --> 01:18:05,722
Yeah. And-and that is true.
And without your leadership,
1130
01:18:05,822 --> 01:18:07,804
uh, none of the progress
would've been made.
1131
01:18:07,904 --> 01:18:09,445
The legislation
wouldn't have happened,
1132
01:18:09,545 --> 01:18:10,727
pardons wouldn't have happened,
1133
01:18:10,827 --> 01:18:12,088
and, uh,
we wouldn't be here today.
1134
01:18:12,188 --> 01:18:13,650
-So, um--
-Okay.
1135
01:18:13,750 --> 01:18:15,331
let's go ahead
and let's get this over with.
1136
01:18:15,431 --> 01:18:16,813
All right.
So let's see what happens.
1137
01:18:16,913 --> 01:18:18,455
Uh, hope for the best
and expect the worst.
1138
01:18:18,555 --> 01:18:19,576
Read it out loud.
1139
01:18:19,676 --> 01:18:21,618
[Hector] Uh, da-da-da-da-da.
1140
01:18:21,718 --> 01:18:23,700
"Application copy,
United States citizen--
1141
01:18:23,800 --> 01:18:26,183
Immigration Services
thanks you for your interest
1142
01:18:26,283 --> 01:18:27,464
in becoming
a United States citizen.
1143
01:18:27,564 --> 01:18:30,066
You must now appear--"
1144
01:18:30,166 --> 01:18:31,068
Whoo! [laughs]
1145
01:18:31,168 --> 01:18:32,749
[applause]
1146
01:18:32,849 --> 01:18:34,311
-You got it.
-[man] Woo-hoo-hoo.
1147
01:18:34,411 --> 01:18:36,233
[Nathan]
Congratulations, brother.
1148
01:18:36,333 --> 01:18:39,196
April 13. April 13.
You're coming home.
1149
01:18:39,296 --> 01:18:42,239
[sniffs] My God.
1150
01:18:42,339 --> 01:18:45,042
Oh, my God.
1151
01:18:45,142 --> 01:18:47,364
Oh, wow.
1152
01:18:47,464 --> 01:18:48,725
[sniffles]
1153
01:18:48,825 --> 01:18:50,287
[man] Okay, Hector.
Congratulations.
1154
01:18:50,387 --> 01:18:51,689
Fourteen years, man.
1155
01:18:51,789 --> 01:18:53,570
Woo-hoo.
1156
01:18:53,670 --> 01:18:57,655
[sniffles, sobs]
1157
01:18:57,755 --> 01:19:00,597
[sniffles] Whew.
1158
01:19:04,201 --> 01:19:05,342
[man] Oh, my God.
1159
01:19:05,442 --> 01:19:07,745
Oh, my God. [laughs]
1160
01:19:07,845 --> 01:19:09,627
And we'll keep fighting
for your brothers.
1161
01:19:09,727 --> 01:19:11,669
And I'm not stopping
for any of you guys,
1162
01:19:11,769 --> 01:19:13,110
because you're my commitment.
1163
01:19:13,210 --> 01:19:15,273
[sniffles] Oh.
1164
01:19:15,373 --> 01:19:19,197
[laughs] Mom.
I'm coming home, Mom.
1165
01:19:19,297 --> 01:19:21,299
[woman] Bravo, bravo.
1166
01:19:24,742 --> 01:19:26,604
Wow. This is great, man.
1167
01:19:26,704 --> 01:19:29,127
Thank you.
1168
01:19:29,227 --> 01:19:31,449
Oh, wow.
1169
01:19:31,549 --> 01:19:33,551
Got a relative.
1170
01:19:36,274 --> 01:19:37,455
-You deserve it.
-[woman] I love you.
1171
01:19:37,555 --> 01:19:39,257
I love you, Mom.
1172
01:19:39,357 --> 01:19:40,779
All right.
1173
01:19:40,879 --> 01:19:42,821
This is insane.
It's never happened.
1174
01:19:42,921 --> 01:19:45,183
They never had
a Mexican deported--
1175
01:19:45,283 --> 01:19:47,706
who got deported back,
to go home as a citizen.
1176
01:19:47,806 --> 01:19:49,587
-It's the first.
-[woman] Yes.
1177
01:19:49,687 --> 01:19:51,710
-[Hector] First of many.
-[woman] Yeah.
1178
01:19:51,810 --> 01:19:53,111
[Hector] First of many.
1179
01:19:53,211 --> 01:19:56,094
♪♪♪♪♪
1180
01:20:31,530 --> 01:20:34,413
[waves crashing]
1181
01:20:45,464 --> 01:20:48,307
[seabirds squawking]
1182
01:20:52,431 --> 01:20:55,715
[Miguel Jr speaking Spanish]
1183
01:21:18,778 --> 01:21:22,342
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
1184
01:21:25,825 --> 01:21:28,748
[Miguel Jr]
1185
01:22:04,064 --> 01:22:06,066
[Esperanza]
1186
01:22:13,394 --> 01:22:14,735
[Miguel Jr] I'm like a shape.
1187
01:22:14,835 --> 01:22:17,058
You know,nobody can know about me.
1188
01:22:17,158 --> 01:22:20,021
I'm just a rumor.
1189
01:22:20,121 --> 01:22:23,064
But I have to stay strong.
1190
01:22:23,164 --> 01:22:24,545
[man] And, you know,
I'm gonna ask you
1191
01:22:24,645 --> 01:22:26,387
this question, like--
and, like,
1192
01:22:26,487 --> 01:22:28,309
just know that I don't--
I'm not coming from a place
1193
01:22:28,409 --> 01:22:29,951
of judgment at all.
I'm actually just curious
1194
01:22:30,051 --> 01:22:32,313
to hear, like, what your--
what your thoughts on this are.
1195
01:22:32,413 --> 01:22:34,516
So, there's a lot of veterans,
a lot of deported veterans that,
1196
01:22:34,616 --> 01:22:36,518
you know, don't end up
joining the cartel.
1197
01:22:36,618 --> 01:22:38,520
And they're trying to go back.
1198
01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:40,321
They're trying to get home.
1199
01:22:40,421 --> 01:22:44,366
Do you feel as though your work
can give them a bad name?
1200
01:22:44,466 --> 01:22:47,549
Well, no. I just feel sorry
for them, you know, because...
1201
01:22:50,392 --> 01:22:51,533
I don't think
there's gonna be a way
1202
01:22:51,633 --> 01:22:54,576
for any veteran to go back
1203
01:22:54,676 --> 01:22:57,939
if they're--
if they already been deported.
1204
01:22:58,039 --> 01:23:00,462
If I told you that
there are veterans that are--
1205
01:23:00,562 --> 01:23:02,504
that are now--
just now being accepted
1206
01:23:02,604 --> 01:23:06,308
to go back,
what would your reaction be?
1207
01:23:06,408 --> 01:23:07,829
Well, I don't know.
You have to show me.
1208
01:23:07,929 --> 01:23:09,711
Yeah, there are.
There's the--there's--
1209
01:23:09,811 --> 01:23:11,473
We filmed with a guy.
We actually filmed
1210
01:23:11,573 --> 01:23:13,395
him getting, uh, getting the--
getting the response
1211
01:23:13,495 --> 01:23:14,676
from the US government
1212
01:23:14,776 --> 01:23:17,559
to get let back in
as a citizen.
1213
01:23:17,659 --> 01:23:20,282
And they give him-- uh, they
give him, uh, the chance?
1214
01:23:20,382 --> 01:23:22,925
Yeah. They giving him
another chance.
1215
01:23:23,025 --> 01:23:25,808
But if you think about-
about knowing about this,
1216
01:23:25,908 --> 01:23:28,290
you think they're gonna
give me a chance?
1217
01:23:28,390 --> 01:23:30,372
I don't know.
That's not really for me
1218
01:23:30,472 --> 01:23:32,134
to decide but, uh, I guess
it's more about, like,
1219
01:23:32,234 --> 01:23:34,096
do you feel as though
the decisions
1220
01:23:34,196 --> 01:23:36,699
that you've made now
after being deported
1221
01:23:36,799 --> 01:23:39,862
disqualify you from that?
1222
01:23:39,962 --> 01:23:42,064
Well, I actually
don't care anymore,
1223
01:23:42,164 --> 01:23:44,026
I'll say that.
1224
01:23:44,126 --> 01:23:46,128
I'm-I'm gonna stay here.
1225
01:23:57,420 --> 01:24:01,644
[all] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
1226
01:24:01,744 --> 01:24:03,126
-[woman] Cha, cha, cha.
-[man] Cha, cha, cha.
1227
01:24:03,226 --> 01:24:06,689
[all] ♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪
1228
01:24:06,789 --> 01:24:08,211
♪ Cha, cha, cha ♪
1229
01:24:08,311 --> 01:24:12,095
♪ Happy birthday, dear Hector ♪
1230
01:24:12,195 --> 01:24:14,297
-[man] What's your name again?
-Hector.
1231
01:24:14,397 --> 01:24:17,781
-[man laughs]
-[all] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
1232
01:24:17,881 --> 01:24:18,862
-♪ And many more ♪
-[man] Yeah.
1233
01:24:18,962 --> 01:24:20,343
[woman] ♪ And many more ♪
1234
01:24:20,443 --> 01:24:21,865
-[man] Whoa.
-Time to blow out the candles?
1235
01:24:21,965 --> 01:24:22,866
-[man] Oh, yeah.
-[man] Yeah. Go for it.
1236
01:24:22,966 --> 01:24:23,867
It's okay now.
1237
01:24:23,967 --> 01:24:25,789
You wanna help me? Yeah.
1238
01:24:25,889 --> 01:24:27,791
-[woman speaking Spanish]
-[man speaking Spanish]
1239
01:24:27,891 --> 01:24:29,112
-[woman] Yay.
-[man] Get that one.
1240
01:24:29,212 --> 01:24:30,674
-Get that one.
-[woman speaking Spanish]
1241
01:24:30,774 --> 01:24:31,595
[laughter]
1242
01:24:31,695 --> 01:24:32,596
Come on.
1243
01:24:32,696 --> 01:24:35,759
[laughter]
1244
01:24:35,859 --> 01:24:38,722
-[Hector] Yay!
-[all] Yay!
1245
01:24:38,822 --> 01:24:40,944
[woman]
Happy birthday, mijo.
1246
01:24:45,869 --> 01:24:49,013
[man speaking Spanish]
1247
01:24:49,113 --> 01:24:50,614
[man] I called earlier.
I really just said,
1248
01:24:50,714 --> 01:24:52,096
"Yeah, whatever.
1249
01:24:52,196 --> 01:24:53,617
What do you want?
You want me to send you
1250
01:24:53,717 --> 01:24:55,059
some money?
What do you need?"
1251
01:24:55,159 --> 01:24:57,581
-[woman speaking]
...for a few days.
1252
01:24:57,681 --> 01:24:58,943
[man] For a couple nights.
1253
01:24:59,043 --> 01:25:00,744
-[woman] Oh, wow.
-[man speaking Spanish]
1254
01:25:00,844 --> 01:25:02,586
[man] I was just waiting
for some paperwork.
1255
01:25:02,686 --> 01:25:06,530
[chattering]
1256
01:25:10,454 --> 01:25:14,799
[crickets chirping]
1257
01:25:14,899 --> 01:25:18,102
♪♪♪♪♪
1258
01:26:33,939 --> 01:26:37,903
♪♪♪♪♪
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