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("Amazing Grace")
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- [Namrata] The United States of America,
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one of the richest countries in the world.
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California, one of the
richest states in America.
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(semi truck honking)
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Los Angeles, one of the
richest cities in California.
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And in the City of Angels,
spanning east to west,
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from the studios in Burbank,
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through the shopping in Beverly Hills,
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to the estates in Bel Air,
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lies the heart of Hollywood.
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In this area is some of the
most expensive real estate
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in the world.
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And down the street
live Jonathan and Mandy.
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Their home today is a sidewalk
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by the Veterans
Administration in Los Angeles.
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Jonathan is an ex-marine,
a veteran of the Iraq War.
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He and his wife are two of the thousands
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of homeless veterans in America today.
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They're also a part
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of over half a million homeless Americans
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in the wealthiest nation in the world,
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the United States of America.
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(gun firing)
(light music)
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- [Jonathan] My name is Jonathan DeCoster.
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(soldiers chattering)
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I was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Kentucky is a beautiful,
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it's a beautiful place, I'll say that.
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You get all four seasons in one week.
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My dad's name was Charles DeCoster.
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He was my best friend.
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- Your brother was deployed
at that time, right?
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Or was he...
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You guys were deployed at the same time.
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- I think my brother was deployed.
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I think he was on a ship at that time.
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But when I was in Iraq,
my brother was also there.
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My family is super religious.
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You know, gung-ho Jesus,
so to speak. (chuckles)
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I grew up in a Pentecostal church
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where it was constant
hell, fire, and damnation.
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So, every night when I went to bed,
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I was concerned about
dying and burning in hell
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for the rest of eternity.
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- My mother said, "You know what?
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Your father pray more than I pray.
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Your father know about the Catholic Church
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more than I know."
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I'm from Mexico, from
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
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Puerto Vallarta is beautiful.
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It's a beach.
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It's nice.
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It's, I don't know, how do you turismo?
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Turi-
- Tourism.
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- Tourism.
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My family is big.
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My father and my mom, they had 15 kids.
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When I was in Puerto
Vallarta, before I come here,
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I always had fun with my friends.
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I had a lot of friends.
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And I loved to go to the
beach, to go to the rivers,
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to play volleyball, to play soccer,
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and to be sitting my
father in the potrero.
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The potrero is the farm
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that he had the cows, the horses.
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I don't know how I say
in English, ordenar?
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To get the milk from the cow?
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Cow?
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Yeah.
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I loved to do that with my father, yes.
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When I was a child, before I come here,
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it's the most happy that
one person could have.
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When I was a little girl,
I think since I was born,
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does not matter I was poor.
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I was having my father.
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I was having my mom, my
sisters, my brothers.
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I was very, very happy.
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- Dominic was born in Germany 1982
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in the same hospital I was born in,
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and he grew up around my parents.
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We lived in the same small town,
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and he went to the German kindergarten
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and he was loved by everybody.
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He was just that little
German chocolate sunshine.
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When he turned 10, we
moved to the United States.
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Life on Waterfall Circle
was idyllic almost.
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You know, every race, every
color was living there.
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Dominic attended Vista
Heights Middle School,
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and then went on to Canyon
Springs High School.
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Dominic was just an all-American kid.
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- [Namrata] In 2019, I
have to fly to India.
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We have to pick up some
shots for "Finding Match,"
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a film I'm directing on organ
and bone marrow transplants
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in ethnically diverse communities.
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The trip is short, but I'm very excited.
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I always jump at the
opportunity to go to India,
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the land of my ancestors,
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where I get to re-embrace the spirituality
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and mysticism of India,
every time I visit.
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(bell clanking)
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But at heart, I'm a homebody,
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a proud American, a patriotic citizen,
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and a fervent Democrat.
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I mention my political affiliation
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because it's crucial to
why this film got made.
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I keep abreast of American politics
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no matter what part of the world I'm in.
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And tonight is the
first Democratic debate.
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And then comes a question
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that is about to change my world view.
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- Today, it broke our hearts.
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And they had names, Oscar Martinez,
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and his 23-month-old
daughter, Valeria, died,
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trying to cross the river to
ask for asylum in this country.
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- Watching that image of Oscar
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and his daughter,
Valeria, is heartbreaking.
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It should also piss us all off.
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If I were President today-
(audience applauding)
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- [Namrata] Piss me off?
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Yes, it does, immensely.
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After all, we're a nation
founded on immigration, right?
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- Unless you're one of
the first Americans,
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a Native American, you
came from someplace else.
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Somebody brought you.
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(cheering)
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- [Namrata] I often use this
byte from President Obama
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as a short, precise way to
define the American population.
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Native Americans are indeed
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the only true non-immigrant
population in the United States.
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And that's the beauty of America.
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A matrix of all shades and backgrounds
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living as one people.
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(cheerful bagpipe music)
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My husband didn't see color
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when we married over
a quarter century ago.
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Neither did I.
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In fact, being in an
inter-racial marriage,
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my husband and I decided
to retrace our roots.
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One day, we would visit
Scotland and Pakistan,
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where our great-great
grandparents came from.
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It was amazing to visit
his roots in Glasgow.
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My great grandfather's home in Pakistan
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is on the bucket list.
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("Amazing Grace")
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My point is, America's
deeply rooted immigration
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is part of the reason why
many of us are so sympathetic
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to today's current immigration crisis,
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particularly that of the
undocumented immigrant.
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Many of us feel that it is hypocritical
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and goes against our morals and values,
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to deny help and safety to
people who request asylum,
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when our very own ancestors
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sought the same refuge
in America centuries ago.
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Most of us wouldn't be here
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had America closed its borders then,
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so why should we close them now?
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I'm even more shocked to
learn that not just Valeria,
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but hundreds of undocumented
immigrant children,
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have died in their attempt
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to cross over the American border.
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One of these little children
who died on our border
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last week is from India.
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It just so happens that this little girl
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belonged to the very area
I'm visiting right now.
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This little girl's name is Gurpreet.
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- A seven-year-old girl died in the desert
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west of Tuscon this week,
as she and her sister
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and three adult women
entered the US illegally.
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- As KGUN 9 On Your Side's
Craig Smith reports,
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this child came from the country of India.
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- [Craig] Agents say most immigrants
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come from Central America,
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but they do see immigrants from India,
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Africa, and other parts of the world,
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and they usually connect-
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(soft flute music)
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- [Namrata] Further research teaches me
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that Gurpreet's family
is from Punjab, in India,
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where my family's from.
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But unlike me, they went
to America to seek asylum.
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Because I have lived outside of India
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for the majority of my life,
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I am clueless about the circumstances
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that would cause Gurpreet's
family to seek asylum.
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Her parents indicated they wanted a safer,
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better life for Gurpreet.
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I know there are parts of
India that are very poor.
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We know religious persecution exists
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in many parts of the world.
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But how bad does poverty
or persecution have to be
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for a mother to take her
child on such a dangerous trek
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just to seek refuge?
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Since I'm right here,
I decide to find out.
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Maybe as a filmmaker, I'm
brought here by the universe
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to share this child's story.
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And so begins my search for
this little girl's legacy.
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Who died this week on US-Mexico border.
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(guns firing)
(suspenseful music)
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(helicopter chopping)
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- One thing that always amazes me
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is that he enlisted knowing
he was gonna go to war,
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because we were in the
midst of it, you know?
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- I was in a social studies class.
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A building was smoking.
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I had no idea what happened.
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And they're sitting here
talking about a plane
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flying into the building,
into the Twin Towers.
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I say by the end of the
day on September 11th,
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I felt pretty enraged.
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And then I went to
bootcamp in June of 2006.
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And then I turned 18 August of 2006.
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And then I turned 19 in Iraq.
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Camp Fallujah is a very big base.
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When I was in Iraq,
hell yeah, I was scared.
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I turned 19 in,
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it was Al Taqaddum Air Force Base in Iraq.
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On that day,
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I went to the chow hall three times.
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I watched somebody try
and put an entire can
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of Copenhagen in their mouth.
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He ended up throwing up.
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That was pretty much the
highlight of my 19th birthday.
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Birthday cakes are overrated,
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you know what I mean.
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- I remember when I was 10,
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I loved to go to the theater.
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My sister and I, every Saturday, theater.
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And I loved to dance.
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My family, they don't have
money to give me to study.
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And I wanna study.
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That's why I came to the
United States, to study.
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I'm from Mexico.
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Another people that I know
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is from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras.
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And the border, for
everybody, is the same.
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We had to jump to United States.
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- I'm a legal immigrant.
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Took me six years.
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This little urn contains
the ashes of my son.
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(somber music)
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I carry him with me all the time.
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Dominic and I, we used
to ride our motorcycles,
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and I had a real bad crash,
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and he was crying and telling me
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that that was his worst nightmare.
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And we talked about death, and he said,
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"Well, what do you want?
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You wanna be buried or
you wanna have ashes?"
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And I said, "I don't know yet."
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And he told me, he said,
"Well, let's have ashes of you.
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I can put them in a little hamster ball
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and have them in the car
with me all the time.
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And I'm not stuck to a
city with a graveyard.
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I can move anywhere and take you with me."
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And I never thought it would be reversed,
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and it would be his ashes I have with me.
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When my son, my German chocolate,
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graduated from high
school, he had big dreams.
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He wanted to work in law enforcement.
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And he joined the 911 dispatch
center, became a dispatcher,
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and he was studying to
become a motorcycle cop.
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And then also studying to
become a helicopter pilot
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for the sheriff's department.
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Who would have known that my son,
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with all his big dreams,
just 12 years later,
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down the street from his
high school on Pigeon Pass,
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would lose his life in such a cruel manner
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and his dreams would be cut short forever?
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(soft music)
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- I met one woman and she told me,
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"Come, let's go to Mexicali."
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I never think that I
wanna start a nightmare.
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(dial tone ringing)
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- [Man On Phone] Good morning, ma'am.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- [Woman On Phone] Ms. Gujral,
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you may want to try Shailee Dogra.
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She's the Hindustan Times journalist
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who covers these cases.
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- [Woman On Phone] We got your
message regarding Gurpreet.
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I'm so sorry, but I cannot
give you more information.
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(light music)
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- [Namrata] I manage to
contact the HT journalist,
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who agrees to meet with
me the following morning.
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Hindustan Times is one
of India's top dailies
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with a reported circulation
of almost a million copies.
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This appears to be a good
start to Gurpreet's story.
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But before I go any further,
please let me clarify.
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This film is neither
Democrat nor Republican,
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so if you're looking for
a right or left film,
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you might as well quit watching right now.
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I have voted for both parties in the past,
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but what this film has taught me
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is the lines between
liberalism and conservatism
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often blur in the face of stark
realities and bitter truths.
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As the journalist details her article,
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what I hear shakes me to my core.
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It leads me to many corners of the world
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in search of the truth.
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And the truth is hard to swallow.
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- If you go to any market,
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the first thing that your eye catches
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is the large hoardings that
promise you to go abroad,
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and offer you consultancy in
helping you settle abroad,
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so even if you don't have some documents.
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There are about 700 which are operating
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in Wahali district only.
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In that, about 300 were registered.
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There are a number of
complaints from the applicants
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who say that they had paid
to a consultancy firm,
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but they are not returning back.
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Neither they have arranged for the visa
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which they had promised.
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Most of them don't even
know what kind of work
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they will be doing there.
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They are promised something else,
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and it is only when they
reach the foreign shores,
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that is when they realize
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that they have ended up in a mess.
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- [Namrata] The interview is an eye-opener
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with regards to the exploitation
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that pervades the chain
of illegal immigration.
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The HT reporter does not know
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the whereabouts of Gurpreet's family.
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But she does refers me to
another renowned journalist
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from The Indian Express,
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who's an expert on illegal immigration.
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The Indian Express
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is one of India's oldest
and top newspapers.
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As I google her work,
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the very first article
I find is this piece,
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which highlights the stories
of many other children,
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who also died on the US
border, while crossing.
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As I wait to make contact
with this journalist,
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I hear back from one of my local scouts.
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He has found me the contact
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for one of these perished
children's father.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(man speaking in foreign language)
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Okay, great, thanks.
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So, I decide to make a
trip to go meet with him.
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(light music)
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We agree to go over
the on-camera questions
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while I'm driving to his town.
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But on my way there,
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I drive past one poor
neighborhood after another.
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I decide to take some detours
to visit these neighborhoods.
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I want to see if I can document
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the extent of human suffering,
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to where people are willing
to risk their lives,
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to seek refuge elsewhere.
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And I'm devastated with what I see.
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The living conditions here are reminiscent
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of the poverty only portrayed
in Hollywood movies.
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In fact, some of the local kids
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remind me of the cute little boy
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from the movie, "Slumdog Millionaire."
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(boy speaking in foreign language)
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I'm also hoping that
somewhere along the way,
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someone can lead me to Gurpreet's family.
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I'm in the Doaba region, an
area with the largest number
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of undocumented immigrants
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who have sought asylum in the West.
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Oddly, it doesn't appear
that America is a subject
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of conversations in these neighborhoods.
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It seems that most of them
don't really know much
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about America at all, let
alone wanting to go there.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(kids speaking in foreign language)
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(train horn blaring)
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One particular neighborhood
impacts me profoundly.
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There's a little girl playing
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on the other side of the tracks.
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I imagine Gurpreet as that little girl,
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but forced to give up her
childhood and her life,
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just so her family can survive.
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Back on the road, I call the
gentleman I'm interviewing
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so we can go over the topics
we will discuss on-camera.
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But oddly, when I ask him if
it was poverty or persecution
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or violence that led to his child
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making this horrendous journey,
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there is silence on the
other end of the line.
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Then, just like that,
the line disconnects.
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I keep trying, but no one picks up.
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00:21:38,290 --> 00:21:40,630
Shortly thereafter, I get a strange text
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from an attorney on behalf of the father.
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Why would he decide to go to Europe
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in my middle of a conversation?
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Okay, maybe the attorney
doesn't want him to talk to me.
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But why wouldn't he just say that?
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00:22:00,690 --> 00:22:03,693
And then, a disturbing
thought occurs to me.
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What if someone else doesn't
want him to talk to me?
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00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:11,180
But since I'm already on my way,
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00:22:11,180 --> 00:22:13,663
I decide I'll go talk to
the family's neighbors.
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00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,910
As my crew and I approach
the family's home,
404
00:22:19,910 --> 00:22:22,240
I'm even more confused.
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00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,910
For privacy purposes,
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I will not show the exact neighborhood.
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00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,110
But there is no way this is the home
408
00:22:30,110 --> 00:22:33,023
I was invited to to
interview the family at.
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(soft music)
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00:22:40,035 --> 00:22:41,610
(explosions booming)
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- Iraq was very hot.
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And when we got to Kuwait, it
was 125 degrees at 6:00 a.m.
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00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,168
And at that moment I was like, oh shit.
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00:22:53,168 --> 00:22:54,490
(Mandy chuckles)
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00:22:54,490 --> 00:22:55,995
What have I done?
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00:22:55,995 --> 00:22:58,510
(laughs)
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00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:00,523
How am I supposed to wear all this gear?
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And it's gonna get even
hotter if it's only 6:00 a.m.
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- My husband deployed
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to one of the most dangerous
places in the world,
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00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,540
so that as a country,
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we wouldn't have to worry
about our own safety.
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00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,030
And one of my biggest priorities now
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has become safety and
not getting murdered,
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or raped, or robbed, in this
supposedly free country.
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00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:36,610
- So, when my dad passed
away on August 1st of 2008,
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I took a little bit of time for them
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to get me a plane ticket, get me home,
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00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,600
and I got home, I think, August 3rd.
430
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,513
August 5th was when we had the visitation.
431
00:23:53,350 --> 00:23:54,713
That was my 20th birthday.
432
00:23:57,106 --> 00:23:59,356
(chuckles)
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00:24:00,980 --> 00:24:02,918
Fun three birthdays there for me.
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00:24:02,918 --> 00:24:05,340
- [Server] Here you go.
435
00:24:05,340 --> 00:24:06,730
Just kinda went downhill from there,
436
00:24:06,730 --> 00:24:08,970
and I got addicted to pain medication.
437
00:24:08,970 --> 00:24:10,673
Not something I ever expected.
438
00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:14,323
Honestly, I had wanted to be in the DEA.
439
00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:18,730
At the time, I actually had an
application pending at the VA
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to be a VA police officer.
441
00:24:20,057 --> 00:24:22,417
(weapon firing)
442
00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:23,705
(explosion booms)
443
00:24:23,705 --> 00:24:27,330
(fireworks booming)
444
00:24:27,330 --> 00:24:31,510
- Jonathan said he wanted to
get married on Independence Day
445
00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:35,790
and then the fireworks started that night.
446
00:24:35,790 --> 00:24:39,770
I've experienced a few
flashbacks with him.
447
00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:41,653
This, by far, was the most intense.
448
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,143
For some reason, he didn't recognize me.
449
00:24:47,180 --> 00:24:50,820
He thought he was back, I guess, in Iraq,
450
00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:54,500
and for some reason thought
that I was some stranger
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trying to imprison him.
452
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,790
It just got worse and worse.
453
00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:02,350
And it's anxiety from your PTSD.
454
00:25:02,350 --> 00:25:05,350
- [Namrata] Shortly thereafter,
I got a text from Jonathan
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to help him look for a job.
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00:25:07,367 --> 00:25:12,177
"Will push brooms, clean
toilets, whatever else," he said.
457
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:16,064
"We just desperately need an
opportunity to move forward."
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00:25:16,064 --> 00:25:18,330
(soft music)
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00:25:18,330 --> 00:25:20,293
- I was thinking there was the coyote.
460
00:25:20,293 --> 00:25:25,293
The coyote is people that
we help us to come here.
461
00:25:25,450 --> 00:25:26,987
But it wasn't.
462
00:25:26,987 --> 00:25:28,936
It was a cartel,
463
00:25:28,936 --> 00:25:31,827
that they call Cartel Gulfo de Mexico.
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They kidnapped us.
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Kidnapping.
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Kidnapped us.
467
00:25:40,620 --> 00:25:44,930
So, they rape, they abuse the girls,
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00:25:44,930 --> 00:25:48,056
just for a plate of food.
469
00:25:48,056 --> 00:25:49,355
Don't do that.
470
00:25:49,355 --> 00:25:51,470
Don't do that anymore.
471
00:25:51,470 --> 00:25:56,470
We women, we teenagers, we children.
472
00:25:57,925 --> 00:26:00,200
They keep me for a month,
473
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,610
and they forced me to pay every day
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00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:10,490
1,500 pesos Mexicanos
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to be there in that town.
476
00:26:16,087 --> 00:26:19,000
Because I know they will not kill me,
477
00:26:20,187 --> 00:26:22,020
I walked for 10 hours.
478
00:26:23,237 --> 00:26:26,730
They told me that I'm
gonna walk three hours
479
00:26:26,730 --> 00:26:27,920
and they lied to me.
480
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,550
We was aching and we walking for 10 hours,
481
00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:36,073
in the desert, no water, nothing.
482
00:26:37,390 --> 00:26:39,233
One of the people,
483
00:26:41,860 --> 00:26:45,240
they don't walk, they
don't wanna walk anymore.
484
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,940
They left him in the desert.
485
00:26:46,940 --> 00:26:49,620
And I just went, God, please help me.
486
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,690
And thank God, I'm not thirsty.
487
00:26:54,690 --> 00:26:59,690
But they sell me with somebody else.
488
00:27:01,180 --> 00:27:06,180
And they say, "I'm gonna
have you in my car,
489
00:27:08,950 --> 00:27:11,830
and you guys gonna pay me."
490
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:13,430
And I said okay.
491
00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:15,650
But they lied to me.
492
00:27:15,650 --> 00:27:17,740
They sell with another guy.
493
00:27:17,740 --> 00:27:22,593
And the other guy put us in the trunk
494
00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:28,777
and they put the key and locked.
495
00:27:28,777 --> 00:27:33,287
And when we wanna pass
one border, the dogs.
496
00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:38,730
The dogs smelled us.
497
00:27:38,730 --> 00:27:41,633
Immigration stopped them, thank God.
498
00:27:43,470 --> 00:27:44,563
I can breathe.
499
00:27:46,810 --> 00:27:49,330
- Now, there's a spot across the street
500
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where illegal aliens hang out
501
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to get picked up for cheap labor.
502
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(soft music)
(birds chirping)
503
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On July 12th, 2012,
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my husband, Anthony, and I
had just arrived in Atlanta
505
00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,600
on a red-eye flight from California.
506
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,977
We went to a Waffle
House and had breakfast.
507
00:28:09,977 --> 00:28:12,690
And as we were going to the car,
508
00:28:12,690 --> 00:28:15,140
I felt like somebody unplugged me.
509
00:28:15,140 --> 00:28:18,033
I dropped to the ground,
almost passed out.
510
00:28:19,170 --> 00:28:21,810
- Dominic Durden was riding his motorcycle
511
00:28:21,810 --> 00:28:23,770
on Pigeon Pass Road in Moreno Valley.
512
00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:24,970
He was on his way to work
513
00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:27,480
as a Riverside County
Sheriff's Dispatcher.
514
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,600
A vehicle being driven by an illegal alien
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00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,350
turned left in front of him.
516
00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:36,330
And he was thrown from his motorcycle,
517
00:28:36,330 --> 00:28:38,310
and killed on impact.
518
00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:42,373
- And I dialed his number,
and nobody picked up.
519
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,800
And then I called his work,
520
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,800
where the supervisor
of Dominic informed us
521
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,593
that Dominic was killed that morning,
522
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,160
at the exact time where I passed out
523
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,524
in front of the Waffle House.
524
00:28:59,524 --> 00:29:02,120
(somber music)
525
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,860
There were two Marines
that were behind him
526
00:29:04,860 --> 00:29:07,060
in their cars going to work.
527
00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:09,560
He stopped, he ran over.
528
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,910
When I asked him, I said,
"Did he know you were there?"
529
00:29:12,910 --> 00:29:14,990
He said, "No, he wasn't alive anymore.
530
00:29:14,990 --> 00:29:18,177
I just talked to him and
covered him with my jacket."
531
00:29:19,250 --> 00:29:21,833
He had just turned 30 years old.
532
00:29:24,390 --> 00:29:27,460
- [Namrata] This story begins
to take a life of its own
533
00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:30,260
once I meet with the
Indian Express journalist.
534
00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:31,093
- I have been covering
535
00:29:31,093 --> 00:29:34,932
this illegal immigration issue since long.
536
00:29:34,932 --> 00:29:37,880
Gurpreet's case is a freak case,
537
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,080
which has brought into light
538
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,180
so many other such cases
happened in the past.
539
00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:43,480
Human trafficking problem.
540
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,500
We have a huge network of
unscrupulous travel agents.
541
00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:51,610
So such agents can be me, can be you,
542
00:29:51,610 --> 00:29:55,070
can be a shopkeeper, can be a retired cop.
543
00:29:55,070 --> 00:29:58,517
Then, these sub-agents,
they have their contacts
544
00:29:59,770 --> 00:30:01,320
in different countries.
545
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,580
Maybe in Central America,
North African countries,
546
00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:09,120
or Mexico, USA.
547
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,210
This is a chain, right?
548
00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:14,220
- [Namrata] Agents, coyotes, smugglers.
549
00:30:14,220 --> 00:30:16,523
Different names, same work.
550
00:30:17,970 --> 00:30:21,630
- So, he will ask you pay me
half amount or 40% amount,
551
00:30:21,630 --> 00:30:24,600
or sometimes, 60% amount, in advance.
552
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:29,600
They take some tourist
visa, maybe of Brazil,
553
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,250
Ecuador, Bahamas, any country
554
00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:38,083
from where they can
smuggle them into the USA.
555
00:30:38,083 --> 00:30:42,416
After landing in Brazil,
they will take you by a bus
556
00:30:43,465 --> 00:30:46,382
or by truck to some nearby country,
557
00:30:48,015 --> 00:30:51,730
and from there they will start donkeying.
558
00:30:51,730 --> 00:30:55,890
Donkeys are there for
finding safer entry points
559
00:30:55,890 --> 00:30:57,063
to nearby countries.
560
00:30:58,330 --> 00:31:02,817
The Strait of Panama, then
they are going to Costa Rica,
561
00:31:02,817 --> 00:31:07,373
from there Nicaragua, from
there they are going to Mexico.
562
00:31:08,490 --> 00:31:11,630
- [Namrata] Regardless of which
border town they end up in,
563
00:31:11,630 --> 00:31:15,050
the access to cross over is plentiful.
564
00:31:15,050 --> 00:31:19,010
Vast open spaces of American soil beckon.
565
00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:21,320
Although the new wall
is under construction,
566
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,570
the old wall randomly
turns into a guardrail
567
00:31:24,570 --> 00:31:28,440
followed by miles of
completely open border.
568
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,728
Here they seek asylum.
569
00:31:30,728 --> 00:31:31,561
(people speaking in foreign language)
570
00:31:31,561 --> 00:31:33,052
- Go , go, go, go, go.
571
00:31:33,052 --> 00:31:33,969
Go, go, go.
572
00:31:37,677 --> 00:31:40,780
All right, all right,
all right, all right.
573
00:31:40,780 --> 00:31:41,663
Bye, amigo.
574
00:31:41,663 --> 00:31:43,160
- Bye.
- Bye.
575
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,470
But are these really the tired, the poor,
576
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:49,983
the huddled masses
yearning to breathe free?
577
00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:52,669
- It is not poverty
578
00:31:52,669 --> 00:31:56,480
which is driving them to
go to foreign countries.
579
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,020
- [Namrata] The average payment
to a coyote for one person
580
00:32:00,020 --> 00:32:02,420
to illegally immigrate to the US
581
00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:05,610
based on how far the
coyotes have to take them
582
00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:09,253
and the mode of transportation
goes something like this.
583
00:32:10,965 --> 00:32:15,780
- "And you guys gonna pay me
$12,000," and I said, "Okay."
584
00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:18,730
- Close to $50,000 they spend,
585
00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:21,440
and they will earn that in two years.
586
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,670
- So where are the
people that are claiming
587
00:32:23,670 --> 00:32:27,270
to really be poor getting
the thousands of dollars
588
00:32:27,270 --> 00:32:28,890
to pay the coyotes?
589
00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:31,200
- [Namrata] I decide
to find out for myself
590
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,160
if the truly impoverished
are who we are helping,
591
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,940
when they come to our borders,
592
00:32:35,940 --> 00:32:38,900
even if it's for economic purposes.
593
00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:42,817
(speaking in foreign language)
594
00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:48,588
(man speaking in foreign language)
595
00:32:48,588 --> 00:32:51,535
(all laughing)
596
00:32:51,535 --> 00:32:53,100
Just like most other the world,
597
00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:55,180
there seem to be six basic levels
598
00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:57,953
of socio-economic status in India.
599
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,600
The super rich, the rich,
the upper middle class,
600
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,750
the middle class, the
low income, and the poor.
601
00:33:07,750 --> 00:33:09,478
- [Anju] Somebody from a poor state
602
00:33:09,478 --> 00:33:10,613
cannot afford to go there.
603
00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:13,648
Secondly, they don't have that money.
604
00:33:13,648 --> 00:33:14,481
(soft music)
605
00:33:14,481 --> 00:33:16,773
- [Namrata] Arvind Singh
works as a gardener.
606
00:33:18,010 --> 00:33:22,960
Nanni and Ramvati work in
different homes as house cleaners.
607
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,143
Dharmender works as a housekeeper.
608
00:33:26,570 --> 00:33:29,700
All three belong to the
lower income class in India,
609
00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:32,751
one step up from the truly impoverished.
610
00:33:32,751 --> 00:33:34,149
(birds chirping)
611
00:33:34,149 --> 00:33:38,066
(speaking in foreign language)
612
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,030
- [Namrata] They're all
struggling to make ends meet,
613
00:33:59,030 --> 00:34:02,730
but still appear happy and optimistic.
614
00:34:02,730 --> 00:34:05,330
When asked if money was not an issue,
615
00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:07,340
would they want to make
the trek to the West
616
00:34:07,340 --> 00:34:08,973
so they could earn more money?
617
00:34:11,187 --> 00:34:15,104
(speaking in foreign language)
618
00:34:51,470 --> 00:34:53,530
- [Namrata] If the low
income don't have the money
619
00:34:53,530 --> 00:34:58,530
to pay the coyotes, the really
impoverished surely do not.
620
00:34:58,740 --> 00:35:01,760
The poor of these countries
can't even afford three meals
621
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,690
a day, leave alone hefty agent fees
622
00:35:04,690 --> 00:35:07,030
to coyotes and smugglers.
623
00:35:07,030 --> 00:35:09,770
They don't have the kind of
money to immigrate anywhere,
624
00:35:09,770 --> 00:35:11,853
legally or illegally.
625
00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:15,450
So, who are these asylum seekers then?
626
00:35:15,450 --> 00:35:18,270
Why would someone who can afford
to pay thousands of dollars
627
00:35:18,270 --> 00:35:21,630
to coyotes risk their own
and their family's lives
628
00:35:21,630 --> 00:35:24,340
just to work illegally in America?
629
00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:25,505
- The dollar dreams.
630
00:35:25,505 --> 00:35:26,830
(upbeat music)
631
00:35:26,830 --> 00:35:30,150
- [Namrata] It turns out, the
coyotes sell a warped image
632
00:35:30,150 --> 00:35:33,063
of America to potential victims.
633
00:35:34,020 --> 00:35:38,440
Apparently, there is a pot of
gold at the end of the rainbow
634
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,965
and the rainbow ends on American soil.
635
00:35:41,965 --> 00:35:44,200
(speaking in foreign language)
636
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,700
- And just because they
have a huge amount to spend.
637
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:48,600
- [Man] Posh cars.
638
00:35:50,525 --> 00:35:52,351
- [Kid] People in America are rich.
639
00:35:52,351 --> 00:35:53,518
- [Kids] Rich.
640
00:35:55,761 --> 00:35:57,205
- [Kid] America is a developed country
641
00:35:57,205 --> 00:35:59,461
so people in America is rich.
642
00:35:59,461 --> 00:36:00,630
(soft music)
643
00:36:00,630 --> 00:36:01,983
- Hunger's a bitch.
644
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,883
After a while, you'll start
to lose your mind over it.
645
00:36:14,810 --> 00:36:16,080
- Hunger is something
646
00:36:17,790 --> 00:36:22,173
you really kind of have no
choice but to get used to.
647
00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:28,930
You get used to having
scraps here and there,
648
00:36:28,930 --> 00:36:32,509
and surviving off of it, but it's-
649
00:36:32,509 --> 00:36:34,127
- Used to it?
650
00:36:34,127 --> 00:36:37,023
- [Mandy] In a sense that
you become numb to it.
651
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,030
You have to get to the drop-in
centers or the shelters
652
00:36:42,030 --> 00:36:45,350
by, what, 7:00 a.m., get in line.
653
00:36:45,350 --> 00:36:47,440
And if you're not there by 9:00 a.m.,
654
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,770
you're screwed for anything for the day.
655
00:36:49,770 --> 00:36:53,560
The first thing we get up and think is,
656
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,180
gotta get the tent down,
657
00:36:55,180 --> 00:36:56,704
because we're not supposed
to have our tent up
658
00:36:56,704 --> 00:36:58,650
during the day.
659
00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:03,650
- Imagine getting in a car and
driving as far as you can go
660
00:37:04,970 --> 00:37:06,960
until you run out of gas.
661
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,560
And wherever you run out of gas,
662
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,400
that's where you're resting for the night.
663
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,290
We just walk until we can't walk anymore.
664
00:37:15,290 --> 00:37:17,090
- A lot of times, we
don't even put the tent up
665
00:37:17,090 --> 00:37:18,900
because we're too tired.
666
00:37:18,900 --> 00:37:20,563
We just sleep right there.
667
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,260
When we first came out here,
668
00:37:23,260 --> 00:37:28,260
they literally told us that
if Jonathan didn't have a wife
669
00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:30,910
that he could get help.
670
00:37:30,910 --> 00:37:34,150
There's a building here
with a transitional shelter
671
00:37:34,150 --> 00:37:35,860
for homeless veterans.
672
00:37:35,860 --> 00:37:37,970
They can stay there
for what, three months,
673
00:37:37,970 --> 00:37:39,660
while they get housing placement.
674
00:37:39,660 --> 00:37:40,493
- Something like that.
675
00:37:40,493 --> 00:37:43,020
They have a drop-in center, so to speak,
676
00:37:43,020 --> 00:37:48,020
where I can do laundry,
I can take showers.
677
00:37:48,390 --> 00:37:51,690
You know, hang out and
watch TV throughout the day.
678
00:37:51,690 --> 00:37:52,623
Grab food.
679
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,503
And the first time I went
in there I asked them,
680
00:37:59,537 --> 00:38:01,650
"If I took a shower, could
she take a shower too?"
681
00:38:01,650 --> 00:38:02,705
And they said, "No."
682
00:38:02,705 --> 00:38:05,205
(guns firing)
683
00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:08,017
- [Mandy] So many people say,
684
00:38:08,017 --> 00:38:09,440
"oh, thank you for your service,"
685
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,147
or we wanna honor the veterans."
686
00:38:12,180 --> 00:38:13,603
- Veterans get health care.
687
00:38:15,140 --> 00:38:17,723
That's nice, it's appreciated.
688
00:38:20,126 --> 00:38:23,220
You've got military disability,
689
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:30,640
that can help, but depending
on where you're living,
690
00:38:31,370 --> 00:38:32,970
that's not really enough either.
691
00:38:34,210 --> 00:38:37,240
I don't know how many
charities we've contacted
692
00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:39,710
and veteran's resources that
said we're not qualified
693
00:38:39,710 --> 00:38:43,010
for assistance or they
don't have the funds.
694
00:38:43,010 --> 00:38:44,550
We're in the wrong area code,
695
00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:45,980
or we're in the wrong zip code,
696
00:38:45,980 --> 00:38:47,453
or we're in the wrong county.
697
00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:52,150
And it's just excuse after excuse.
698
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:54,563
I have met many other homeless veterans.
699
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:58,913
It saddens me, yes.
700
00:39:00,070 --> 00:39:04,380
- We got Army, Navy, Air
force, Marines out here.
701
00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:06,480
- Our troops that are
still fighting right now,
702
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,110
because someday those
troops will be veterans.
703
00:39:09,110 --> 00:39:12,480
Someday those troops
will face the same issues
704
00:39:13,321 --> 00:39:17,330
that I faced when I came
home, which is PTSD.
705
00:39:17,330 --> 00:39:18,713
And not understanding PTSD,
706
00:39:19,657 --> 00:39:22,190
I didn't even think
PTSD existed, honestly.
707
00:39:22,190 --> 00:39:23,850
Because I think we've become very,
708
00:39:23,850 --> 00:39:28,500
absolutely too comfortable with this,
709
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:31,170
you know, with homeless
people on the sidewalk.
710
00:39:31,170 --> 00:39:32,710
- [Namrata] Why do you
think our politicians
711
00:39:32,710 --> 00:39:35,050
are not on the sidewalk
right now talking to you,
712
00:39:35,050 --> 00:39:36,137
understanding your issues
and doing something about it?
713
00:39:36,137 --> 00:39:38,800
- Bourgeoisie and arrogant!
714
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,141
They bourgeoisie and arrogant
and don't have no respect!
715
00:39:42,141 --> 00:39:43,510
(somber music)
716
00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:46,960
- Well, Dominic was more
than just an accident victim,
717
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,293
he was a real pillar of the community.
718
00:39:49,293 --> 00:39:53,920
He'd been an EMT, volunteer
of the year in the city
719
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,860
doing cable shows, he wanted
to be a Sheriff's pilot.
720
00:39:57,860 --> 00:39:59,810
I mean, he was someone who was a young man
721
00:39:59,810 --> 00:40:02,510
who was going to make a
great impact in the community
722
00:40:02,510 --> 00:40:04,240
for many years.
723
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:08,270
And then we learned that the
person who caused the collision
724
00:40:08,270 --> 00:40:10,790
was an illegal alien from Guatemala
725
00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:14,640
who had been deported
at least once or twice.
726
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,810
He had previous DUI convictions,
727
00:40:17,810 --> 00:40:22,030
and so we had the situation
where a great pillar
728
00:40:22,030 --> 00:40:23,890
of the community was killed by a man
729
00:40:23,890 --> 00:40:26,310
who should not have been in the country.
730
00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:29,403
- [Sabine] And one of Dominic's
friends, a motorcycle cop,
731
00:40:30,710 --> 00:40:35,287
he was on his way to work,
he got a call on his radio,
732
00:40:35,287 --> 00:40:37,130
"Fatality on Pigeon Pass."
733
00:40:37,130 --> 00:40:40,030
He went to the accident scene,
734
00:40:40,030 --> 00:40:43,050
and when he arrived, he
saw Dominic's motorcycle.
735
00:40:43,050 --> 00:40:43,900
He recognized it,
736
00:40:46,187 --> 00:40:50,043
and he recognized Dominic
laying there, all mangled.
737
00:40:52,610 --> 00:40:56,563
- It's like we were in
a room full of light,
738
00:40:58,270 --> 00:41:00,800
and all of a sudden, you know,
739
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,570
someone turned off the lights.
740
00:41:02,570 --> 00:41:06,070
There were no lights
coming in from the windows.
741
00:41:06,070 --> 00:41:08,120
It was just dark.
742
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:13,040
- I'd just lost my son, and
we went to the courthouse
743
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:17,050
to get some kind of justice
for what just had happened,
744
00:41:17,050 --> 00:41:21,120
and then the judge asked the defendant
745
00:41:22,030 --> 00:41:25,603
if he had anything to say
to the mother of his victim.
746
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,790
And he placed his hands
in a praying position,
747
00:41:29,790 --> 00:41:33,510
and told the judge, "God
gives life, God takes life.
748
00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:35,507
I was only on my way to work."
749
00:41:36,345 --> 00:41:37,530
I was so shocked.
750
00:41:37,530 --> 00:41:40,963
I expected, I'm sorry, I
didn't mean to kill him,
751
00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:45,740
anything, any kind of remorse.
752
00:41:45,740 --> 00:41:47,400
Nothing.
753
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,680
- I was in the court when
he was eventually sentenced
754
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,070
to nine months in jail.
755
00:41:53,070 --> 00:41:57,290
I can tell you, what sticks
with me most from that day,
756
00:41:57,290 --> 00:42:01,150
was that after Mr. Zoon
did not take responsibility
757
00:42:01,150 --> 00:42:03,940
for Dominic's death,
Sabina had to be helped
758
00:42:03,940 --> 00:42:05,930
out of the courtroom by her friends.
759
00:42:05,930 --> 00:42:09,300
She was overwrought with
grief, she could barely stand.
760
00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:13,643
For the victims, justice
was in no way served.
761
00:42:14,570 --> 00:42:16,470
For Sabina, the only
thing that would be just
762
00:42:16,470 --> 00:42:19,303
would be for Dom, her
only son, to come back.
763
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,370
I think a lot of people
believe that the sentence
764
00:42:23,370 --> 00:42:25,120
should have been much longer,
765
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,570
it certainly should've
been the full nine months.
766
00:42:28,570 --> 00:42:31,500
So, he was let out after about 35 days.
767
00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:36,153
- When my father, he passed away in 2014.
768
00:42:38,350 --> 00:42:39,843
I didn't went to Mexico.
769
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:46,060
I didn't saw my father
for a long time, years.
770
00:42:46,060 --> 00:42:48,533
Like 20, 25, 26 years.
771
00:42:49,730 --> 00:42:54,730
And he write a letter for
me, and he say, "Don't come,
772
00:42:56,430 --> 00:42:59,050
because you don't have papers."
773
00:42:59,050 --> 00:43:02,383
I remember Thanksgiving,
774
00:43:03,610 --> 00:43:07,480
my sister and I, we don't
have money to buy chicken.
775
00:43:10,310 --> 00:43:13,500
Chicken, not even a turkey, chicken.
776
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:17,393
In my first job that I
found here, at that time,
777
00:43:19,590 --> 00:43:23,680
the government paid them the hour, $6.25,
778
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:27,933
and they paid me $1.50 a hour.
779
00:43:28,883 --> 00:43:33,883
In our country, sometimes,
we are very poor.
780
00:43:33,965 --> 00:43:36,815
We come here to have a better life.
781
00:43:36,815 --> 00:43:41,815
But when you're here, you
realize it's not like that.
782
00:43:43,346 --> 00:43:48,346
When I send $100, it's
almost 2,000 pesos in Mexico.
783
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,070
So, it's a lot of money.
784
00:43:53,070 --> 00:43:56,513
It's one of the thing that we still here.
785
00:43:57,747 --> 00:44:01,660
- $1 equal to rupees 70.
786
00:44:01,660 --> 00:44:02,493
- [Namrata] So, 70 times?
787
00:44:02,493 --> 00:44:03,326
- 70 times.
788
00:44:04,270 --> 00:44:07,810
If you works in the USA for 10 hours,
789
00:44:07,810 --> 00:44:09,977
and he gets $10 per hour,
790
00:44:11,860 --> 00:44:13,823
so after 10 hours he'll get $100.
791
00:44:14,830 --> 00:44:19,780
And then he will multiply that $100 by 70,
792
00:44:19,780 --> 00:44:23,130
that means he's earning 7,000 in a day.
793
00:44:23,130 --> 00:44:24,580
- Even if a person goes abroad
794
00:44:24,580 --> 00:44:27,530
and is working as a taxi driver,
795
00:44:27,530 --> 00:44:31,930
when he comes back, he
would set up a new house,
796
00:44:31,930 --> 00:44:33,600
buy a new car.
797
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:37,170
- I know one person, I
interviewed him once.
798
00:44:37,170 --> 00:44:39,547
He spent 20 years in the USA.
799
00:44:39,547 --> 00:44:41,449
He went illegally.
800
00:44:41,449 --> 00:44:46,027
And for 20 years he could
not come back to India,
801
00:44:46,027 --> 00:44:51,027
because if he had come, then
he could not have gone back.
802
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,363
So, he decided to live there.
803
00:44:54,363 --> 00:44:58,010
His children, they were
really small when he left,
804
00:44:58,010 --> 00:45:01,090
and when he came back, they were grown up.
805
00:45:01,090 --> 00:45:05,837
That man had come five years back.
806
00:45:05,837 --> 00:45:08,650
And still he's living a good life,
807
00:45:08,650 --> 00:45:11,500
because he said that he had earned so much
808
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:14,227
that he can live whole
life very comfortably.
809
00:45:14,227 --> 00:45:15,600
(light ethnic music)
810
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,610
- That is why they want
to go abroad at any cost.
811
00:45:18,610 --> 00:45:21,830
This is dollar dreams
which they are chasing.
812
00:45:21,830 --> 00:45:23,782
- [Anju] So, what they do, they come back,
813
00:45:23,782 --> 00:45:27,333
they take huge plot, or
they have the land also,
814
00:45:28,193 --> 00:45:31,283
and they make big, big palatial houses.
815
00:45:32,290 --> 00:45:37,290
- We keep the money to send
to Mexico to our families.
816
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,310
For us here, maybe it's
not a lot of money,
817
00:45:40,310 --> 00:45:44,192
but for them, yes, it's a lot of money.
818
00:45:44,192 --> 00:45:49,192
But the sad thing here
is, we don't see them.
819
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,233
They pass away, they get sick,
820
00:45:53,130 --> 00:45:56,870
they lost, and we never see them.
821
00:45:57,780 --> 00:46:00,500
- [Namrata] The agents charge
not only to transport them
822
00:46:00,500 --> 00:46:04,730
to American borders, but also
to handle their asylum plea
823
00:46:04,730 --> 00:46:06,660
once they are on US soil.
824
00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:11,660
- Already these agents, they
have contacts with some lawyers
825
00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:15,785
in USA, those who are taking such cases.
826
00:46:15,785 --> 00:46:17,943
Maybe $2,000 or $3,000,
827
00:46:17,943 --> 00:46:20,250
then that lawyer will take their case
828
00:46:20,250 --> 00:46:22,590
with the American court.
829
00:46:22,590 --> 00:46:24,910
Then the case goes on.
830
00:46:24,910 --> 00:46:26,920
Sometimes they remain in jail,
831
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,960
sometimes they get permit to work there.
832
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,760
And sometimes they face deportation,
833
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,887
so after coming back, they again try.
834
00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:42,410
- [Namrata] For people looking
for a lifestyle upgrade,
835
00:46:42,410 --> 00:46:46,500
undocumented immigration serves
as a monetary investment.
836
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:50,510
The coyotes serve as
their investment bankers.
837
00:46:50,510 --> 00:46:54,090
A flawed, broken American
immigration system,
838
00:46:54,090 --> 00:46:55,413
their investment vehicle.
839
00:46:56,860 --> 00:46:59,190
- Our exit visa system is non-existent.
840
00:46:59,190 --> 00:47:04,030
After 9/11, in 2003,
Congress held hearings,
841
00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:08,010
and they were supposed to
create a bi-metric visa system.
842
00:47:08,010 --> 00:47:11,522
And here it is 2020 and
they haven't even started.
843
00:47:11,522 --> 00:47:14,850
(ominous music)
844
00:47:14,850 --> 00:47:17,620
Overstaying their tourist visa.
845
00:47:17,620 --> 00:47:19,563
That's a big one and getting bigger.
846
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,384
And what about religious persecution?
847
00:47:23,384 --> 00:47:26,020
- There is no danger
to their lives at all.
848
00:47:26,020 --> 00:47:28,550
While seeking political asylum in the USA,
849
00:47:28,550 --> 00:47:32,783
they are still saying that
there is persecution in India.
850
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:38,320
Which is not relevant
in the current scenario.
851
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,420
- [Namrata] Although religious persecution
852
00:47:40,420 --> 00:47:44,030
is an authentic problem in
some parts of the world,
853
00:47:44,030 --> 00:47:48,490
unfortunately some people use
it as grounds to seek asylum
854
00:47:48,490 --> 00:47:50,594
even if they're not being persecuted.
855
00:47:50,594 --> 00:47:51,770
(bell clanking)
856
00:47:51,770 --> 00:47:55,890
Some other loopholes
appear even more bizarre.
857
00:47:55,890 --> 00:47:57,480
- People also come into the country
858
00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:59,390
either with a fake marriage
859
00:47:59,390 --> 00:48:02,310
or sometimes they'll marry their sibling.
860
00:48:02,310 --> 00:48:03,870
Then, of course, they separate.
861
00:48:03,870 --> 00:48:07,810
And fake work and school visas
862
00:48:07,810 --> 00:48:11,150
that allow them to take
away jobs from Americans.
863
00:48:11,150 --> 00:48:12,810
The Green Card Lottery System
864
00:48:12,810 --> 00:48:15,913
that was meant to address diversity,
865
00:48:16,790 --> 00:48:19,030
and is literally picking
names out of a hat.
866
00:48:19,030 --> 00:48:20,870
A thing called the U visa,
867
00:48:20,870 --> 00:48:24,080
which allows somebody
that's a victim of a crime
868
00:48:25,020 --> 00:48:30,020
but here illegally to get
a permanent visa and stay.
869
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,500
And a lot of those stories are made up.
870
00:48:32,500 --> 00:48:34,240
Many of the people that are coming through
871
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:36,380
are creating fake families.
872
00:48:36,380 --> 00:48:38,080
Because of the Flores Agreement,
873
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,050
which says children have to
be released after 20 days,
874
00:48:41,050 --> 00:48:42,530
they're renting children.
875
00:48:42,530 --> 00:48:45,500
Once they get through
with their fake family,
876
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:46,910
they know they're gonna be released.
877
00:48:46,910 --> 00:48:48,760
It's basically catch and release.
878
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,070
Once they're released,
879
00:48:50,070 --> 00:48:52,590
they may show up for
some of their hearings.
880
00:48:52,590 --> 00:48:55,180
Months later, they get a determination.
881
00:48:55,180 --> 00:48:58,600
Well, 85 to 95% of the time
that determination says
882
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,020
your asylum claim has been denied,
883
00:49:01,020 --> 00:49:04,970
and please report on, you
know, whatever the date is,
884
00:49:04,970 --> 00:49:06,026
to be deported.
885
00:49:06,026 --> 00:49:07,240
(ominous music)
886
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:09,840
Well, 2% of them show up.
887
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:11,990
The rest of them disappear in the country,
888
00:49:11,990 --> 00:49:13,580
never to be seen again.
889
00:49:13,580 --> 00:49:15,840
- [Namrata] The volume
of fake applications
890
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:19,060
mires an already stressed system.
891
00:49:19,060 --> 00:49:24,060
- Our first son, Drew, was born in 1985,
892
00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:29,050
and fast forward 25 years,
893
00:49:29,050 --> 00:49:32,580
he's in San Francisco in law school.
894
00:49:32,580 --> 00:49:35,220
And we get a call one night
895
00:49:35,220 --> 00:49:37,470
that there's been a terrible accident
896
00:49:37,470 --> 00:49:39,207
and to come to San Francisco right away.
897
00:49:39,207 --> 00:49:40,297
(somber music)
898
00:49:40,297 --> 00:49:42,170
Then he told me that our son was killed
899
00:49:42,170 --> 00:49:44,260
in a traffic collision,
that's all we knew.
900
00:49:44,260 --> 00:49:46,190
The guy never even made
an attempt to stop.
901
00:49:46,190 --> 00:49:48,600
He was in the country illegally.
902
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,773
He accelerated and drove over his body.
903
00:49:51,700 --> 00:49:53,620
My son's helmet, he was on a motorcycle,
904
00:49:53,620 --> 00:49:57,150
had come off, and wedged
under his rear tire.
905
00:49:57,150 --> 00:50:00,840
So, he backed up, driving
over him a second time.
906
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,970
And then trying to flee down the street
907
00:50:02,970 --> 00:50:04,640
he went forward a third time.
908
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,220
His rear tire was on my son's abdomen
909
00:50:07,220 --> 00:50:11,237
and five men had to
lift the car off of him.
910
00:50:13,900 --> 00:50:15,470
- [Namrata] I'm in shock.
911
00:50:15,470 --> 00:50:18,000
I don't want to believe
any of this is true.
912
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,060
So, I continue on to
find Gurpreet's family,
913
00:50:21,060 --> 00:50:24,090
hoping that her family's case for asylum
914
00:50:24,090 --> 00:50:26,290
will be one of the authentic ones.
915
00:50:26,290 --> 00:50:29,500
That I'll find some poverty
or persecution there,
916
00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:33,350
that makes sense as to why
her young life was risked
917
00:50:33,350 --> 00:50:36,069
when her family undertook
that awful journey.
918
00:50:36,069 --> 00:50:38,670
(light music)
919
00:50:38,670 --> 00:50:41,210
The journalist tells me
that Gurpreet's village
920
00:50:41,210 --> 00:50:43,640
is called Hasanpur.
921
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,480
She's also arranged for me to meet
922
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:47,173
with Gurpreet's grandfather.
923
00:50:48,810 --> 00:50:50,000
Oh my God.
924
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,200
This movie should be called
"The Quest for Hasanpur."
925
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:57,210
Hasanpur is nowhere near where
Google Maps tells me it is.
926
00:50:57,210 --> 00:51:00,550
I am so lost in the hinterland of India.
927
00:51:00,550 --> 00:51:02,610
But I'm strong in my resolve.
928
00:51:02,610 --> 00:51:06,580
I will not leave India without
finding Gurpreet's truth.
929
00:51:06,580 --> 00:51:10,250
And then I find the town I'm looking for.
930
00:51:10,250 --> 00:51:12,680
The moment of truth is here.
931
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:15,460
I use a previously published
article to validate
932
00:51:15,460 --> 00:51:18,639
that this is indeed
Gurpreet's grandfather.
933
00:51:18,639 --> 00:51:22,556
(speaking in foreign language)
934
00:52:40,030 --> 00:52:42,860
- [Namrata] Apparently,
just like Gurpreet's family,
935
00:52:42,860 --> 00:52:45,700
the majority of asylum
cases are purely a function
936
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:50,700
of economic upgrade, which in
and of itself, is not a crime.
937
00:52:51,230 --> 00:52:53,340
But when you risk your children's lives
938
00:52:53,340 --> 00:52:58,340
purely for material benefit,
then it becomes unacceptable.
939
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:02,973
As Americans, that's
what should piss us off.
940
00:53:04,330 --> 00:53:06,490
My heart breaks for this family,
941
00:53:06,490 --> 00:53:10,390
and for the countless other
families, who've been destroyed.
942
00:53:10,390 --> 00:53:14,140
All because people risk lives,
so they can go to America
943
00:53:14,140 --> 00:53:17,483
to make more money or avail free benefits.
944
00:53:18,490 --> 00:53:21,660
Lured by the lucrative
promises of American messaging,
945
00:53:21,660 --> 00:53:25,160
some who can't afford smuggler payments
946
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:28,370
even take out loans to pay for the trek.
947
00:53:28,370 --> 00:53:32,780
In the bargain, they mortgage
themselves to the hilt.
948
00:53:32,780 --> 00:53:36,410
After all, they are told
that once they're in America,
949
00:53:36,410 --> 00:53:37,760
just two years of work
950
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:40,420
will allow them to pay
back their entire loan.
951
00:53:40,420 --> 00:53:45,023
Then, they and their families
can live happily ever after.
952
00:53:47,540 --> 00:53:49,690
- Raise your hand if your government plan
953
00:53:49,690 --> 00:53:52,773
would provide coverage for
undocumented immigrants.
954
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,781
(audience applauding)
955
00:53:55,781 --> 00:53:56,614
Okay.
956
00:53:56,614 --> 00:53:59,140
- [Namrata] So here, a
coyote is showing this clip
957
00:53:59,140 --> 00:54:04,030
to undecided immigrants to
convince them that paying $50,000
958
00:54:04,030 --> 00:54:08,650
per person is worth it to have
free health care in America
959
00:54:08,650 --> 00:54:10,990
for the rest of their lives.
960
00:54:10,990 --> 00:54:13,480
The danger is down played.
961
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:15,490
After all, they see is the video
962
00:54:15,490 --> 00:54:19,380
of the easy five-minute
walk from Mexico to America.
963
00:54:19,380 --> 00:54:21,500
What do they have to lose?
964
00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:25,530
What they're not told is that
they stand to lose everything
965
00:54:25,530 --> 00:54:27,340
if they get deported.
966
00:54:27,340 --> 00:54:30,691
Or worse, die at the
border while crossing.
967
00:54:30,691 --> 00:54:32,210
(somber music)
968
00:54:32,210 --> 00:54:36,040
On this day alone, the
coyote gets two takers.
969
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:38,180
Free health care in America?
970
00:54:38,180 --> 00:54:40,540
Who wouldn't want that, right?
971
00:54:40,540 --> 00:54:41,950
Everyone.
972
00:54:41,950 --> 00:54:44,813
Including the Americans
who've been left behind.
973
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:58,090
- We have a massive homeless problem.
974
00:54:58,090 --> 00:55:00,550
We have a massive poverty problem,
975
00:55:00,550 --> 00:55:05,523
particularly in the
black American community.
976
00:55:07,050 --> 00:55:10,490
Many of the Latinos who
have come here legally,
977
00:55:10,490 --> 00:55:12,060
they're getting pushed aside
978
00:55:12,060 --> 00:55:15,270
because the illegal
alien will work for less.
979
00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:18,450
We have a lot of people in this country
980
00:55:18,450 --> 00:55:20,180
that are really suffering.
981
00:55:20,180 --> 00:55:24,450
Single moms, couple of children.
982
00:55:24,450 --> 00:55:26,900
They could be working two or three jobs.
983
00:55:26,900 --> 00:55:31,190
But it's just not enough
to make ends meet.
984
00:55:31,190 --> 00:55:34,060
Then some of their taxes are going to pay
985
00:55:34,060 --> 00:55:36,560
for not only people
who are here illegally,
986
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:41,100
but probably their illegality
is lowering the wages
987
00:55:41,100 --> 00:55:42,950
that this woman could get
988
00:55:42,950 --> 00:55:46,903
if they weren't here and there
wasn't a crunch for jobs.
989
00:55:47,853 --> 00:55:50,353
(light music)
990
00:56:07,270 --> 00:56:12,270
- It's a permanent sense of
loss that cannot ever be fixed.
991
00:56:20,580 --> 00:56:24,213
- Grief means not having my best friend,
992
00:56:25,980 --> 00:56:30,710
play a prank on me like he
used to, make me laugh, hug me,
993
00:56:32,710 --> 00:56:34,423
call me with exciting news.
994
00:56:36,460 --> 00:56:40,960
Grief means that life as it was
995
00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:46,073
the moment before he got killed is over.
996
00:56:47,010 --> 00:56:49,453
And grief follows me everywhere.
997
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:55,320
And grief means that you become
the biggest actress or actor
998
00:56:55,320 --> 00:57:00,320
once you lose your child because
you can't talk about this,
999
00:57:01,010 --> 00:57:04,570
or share this constantly,
or cry all the time,
1000
00:57:04,570 --> 00:57:06,323
like I feel like at times.
1001
00:57:08,064 --> 00:57:11,580
On that morning, two lives were taken,
1002
00:57:11,580 --> 00:57:14,153
Dominic's life and mine.
1003
00:57:15,250 --> 00:57:17,020
- If they have a criminal record,
1004
00:57:17,020 --> 00:57:20,700
the only way you can come
in is to come in illegally.
1005
00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:24,660
- Some people say, "Wait until
they commit a serious crime,"
1006
00:57:24,660 --> 00:57:28,820
but others point out
that illegal immigrants
1007
00:57:28,820 --> 00:57:30,970
are by definition law breakers.
1008
00:57:30,970 --> 00:57:33,040
- Before sending them into US territory,
1009
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:35,600
they take their passports and everything.
1010
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:39,340
And they will put a simple
letter in their pocket.
1011
00:57:39,340 --> 00:57:43,830
"Please give us political
asylum, our life is in danger."
1012
00:57:43,830 --> 00:57:48,620
- Once those people are in the
country, they create new IDs.
1013
00:57:48,620 --> 00:57:52,220
But it's so easy to get a
driver's license using a fake ID
1014
00:57:52,220 --> 00:57:53,770
that now you have a driver's license.
1015
00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:55,720
So, you now have a government document
1016
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,320
that says who you are when you're not.
1017
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:01,430
If we get to the day where
everybody's legalized
1018
00:58:01,430 --> 00:58:04,150
and we're giving these people
a pathway to citizenship,
1019
00:58:04,150 --> 00:58:07,701
now they're basically here
permanently, and protected.
1020
00:58:07,701 --> 00:58:10,201
(light music)
1021
00:58:11,670 --> 00:58:13,260
- [Namrata] The scouts helping me in India
1022
00:58:13,260 --> 00:58:17,070
tell me this one guy who
murdered three people.
1023
00:58:17,070 --> 00:58:18,510
Since he had the money,
1024
00:58:18,510 --> 00:58:22,740
he paid coyotes to help him
cross the border into Texas.
1025
00:58:22,740 --> 00:58:26,323
His old identity died on
the Mexico-Texas border.
1026
00:58:27,230 --> 00:58:31,770
Even with multiple warrants
against him, he can't be found.
1027
00:58:31,770 --> 00:58:34,200
He gave a fake name and fake story,
1028
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:36,350
was allowed into the United States.
1029
00:58:36,350 --> 00:58:38,880
Ultimately his asylum was denied,
1030
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:41,560
but he never showed up for deportation.
1031
00:58:41,560 --> 00:58:43,363
It's now been seven years.
1032
00:58:44,890 --> 00:58:49,557
I'm told, this murderer now
drives a cab in California.
1033
00:58:49,557 --> 00:58:52,224
(ominous music)
1034
00:58:54,330 --> 00:58:57,140
- One of the issues of the
southern border is terrorism.
1035
00:58:57,140 --> 00:58:58,400
Especially if you're a terrorist
1036
00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,500
you're gonna take the
path of least resistance.
1037
00:59:00,500 --> 00:59:02,290
Then they're gonna come in,
1038
00:59:02,290 --> 00:59:05,260
just walking across where
it's easy for them to do that.
1039
00:59:05,260 --> 00:59:08,010
And we know that 'cause we've
caught people doing that.
1040
00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:14,630
The amount of drugs coming
across the southern border
1041
00:59:14,630 --> 00:59:19,620
is massive and we see it
certainly in the opioid crisis
1042
00:59:19,620 --> 00:59:20,893
that we have now.
1043
00:59:26,235 --> 00:59:30,318
- At one point I was doing
15 Percocet 30s a day.
1044
00:59:32,340 --> 00:59:33,513
Heroin took its place.
1045
00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:37,653
So, then I was doing heroin.
1046
00:59:38,670 --> 00:59:40,057
Then coke's available.
1047
00:59:42,729 --> 00:59:44,229
And now the big thing is meth.
1048
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:47,610
I went to jail for,
like, five or six times.
1049
00:59:47,610 --> 00:59:49,560
- Oh, we don't need a physical barrier
1050
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:54,140
because 90% of the drugs
come through points of entry.
1051
00:59:54,140 --> 00:59:56,960
The truth is that 90% of the drugs
1052
00:59:56,960 --> 01:00:00,780
that are seized are
seized at points of entry.
1053
01:00:00,780 --> 01:00:02,430
- The same day.
- The same day.
1054
01:00:02,430 --> 01:00:04,830
- We're half a mile from
the US-Mexico border.
1055
01:00:04,830 --> 01:00:08,420
- We have no idea what's
coming across the border
1056
01:00:08,420 --> 01:00:09,593
that we never see.
1057
01:00:12,180 --> 01:00:16,770
- First it was the coyote,
1058
01:00:16,770 --> 01:00:19,099
and later the cartel.
1059
01:00:19,099 --> 01:00:21,100
The cartel in Gulfo.
1060
01:00:21,100 --> 01:00:25,523
And now I have fear of ICE.
1061
01:00:27,690 --> 01:00:29,287
I'm living in the shadows.
1062
01:00:29,287 --> 01:00:32,830
If someone does something to
me or my car or something,
1063
01:00:32,830 --> 01:00:34,920
I can't go to the police.
1064
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:39,570
- A lot of crime against
people that are here illegally,
1065
01:00:39,570 --> 01:00:42,500
because people figure
they're not gonna report it.
1066
01:00:42,500 --> 01:00:45,160
A woman named Veronica Cabrera Ramirez.
1067
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:47,820
She lived up in Northern California.
1068
01:00:47,820 --> 01:00:49,610
Her boyfriend was illegal
1069
01:00:49,610 --> 01:00:52,720
and she reported him
for domestic violence.
1070
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:54,730
Well, they arrested him.
1071
01:00:54,730 --> 01:00:57,270
Because he had been previously deported,
1072
01:00:57,270 --> 01:01:01,300
ICE got a hit and said we
want him, we'll deport him.
1073
01:01:01,300 --> 01:01:03,240
The Sonoma County sheriff let him go.
1074
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:04,700
Sanctuary policy.
1075
01:01:04,700 --> 01:01:07,870
Two weeks later, he murdered Veronica.
1076
01:01:07,870 --> 01:01:12,430
Now the irony of that story
is you have all the wokeness
1077
01:01:13,630 --> 01:01:16,310
saying you have to let
every person who's a victim
1078
01:01:16,310 --> 01:01:18,910
of domestic violence in
these countries into the US.
1079
01:01:20,375 --> 01:01:22,950
Well, what the hell good is
it if you let them into the US
1080
01:01:22,950 --> 01:01:25,820
and then somebody commits
domestic violence here
1081
01:01:25,820 --> 01:01:27,120
and you won't deport them?
1082
01:01:28,445 --> 01:01:32,362
(speaking in foreign language)
1083
01:01:57,010 --> 01:02:00,120
- We know children are dying,
but we don't know who they are
1084
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:02,460
because the coyote's
not gonna report them,
1085
01:02:02,460 --> 01:02:04,350
and the family may report them missing,
1086
01:02:04,350 --> 01:02:07,970
which they do sometimes, and
oftentimes their body is found
1087
01:02:07,970 --> 01:02:10,380
in the desert as skeletal remains,
1088
01:02:10,380 --> 01:02:14,690
because they've been
there sometimes for years.
1089
01:02:14,690 --> 01:02:17,290
That journey is extremely dangerous.
1090
01:02:17,290 --> 01:02:21,020
Numbers have been thrown
around that 1/3 of the women
1091
01:02:21,020 --> 01:02:23,350
that come on the journey
1092
01:02:23,350 --> 01:02:25,770
are sexually assaulted on their way.
1093
01:02:25,770 --> 01:02:29,710
What's happening to a child
that sees something like that?
1094
01:02:29,710 --> 01:02:32,960
And then the irony is
that when they get here
1095
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:37,300
all of the sudden if we put
them in a detention facility
1096
01:02:37,300 --> 01:02:39,360
for a couple of days, we hear,
1097
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:41,330
oh, you've destroyed this child,
1098
01:02:41,330 --> 01:02:44,400
they're now gonna be afraid
for the rest of their lives.
1099
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:46,010
They just spent three months
1100
01:02:46,010 --> 01:02:49,260
in what's horror every single day.
1101
01:02:49,260 --> 01:02:51,750
They're concerned where they came from,
1102
01:02:51,750 --> 01:02:54,340
and they're concerned where they end up,
1103
01:02:54,340 --> 01:02:56,021
but they don't give a
damn what happened to them
1104
01:02:56,021 --> 01:02:57,530
in the middle.
1105
01:02:57,530 --> 01:02:59,540
- [Namrata] It wasn't always like that.
1106
01:02:59,540 --> 01:03:02,460
The Bracero Program,
a guest worker program
1107
01:03:02,460 --> 01:03:07,460
which was initiated in
1942 and ended in 1965,
1108
01:03:07,580 --> 01:03:11,020
allowed Mexican farmworkers
to work in the US
1109
01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:14,550
with decent living conditions
such as sanitation,
1110
01:03:14,550 --> 01:03:18,710
adequate shelter and food,
and a guaranteed minimum wage.
1111
01:03:18,710 --> 01:03:22,720
But in 1965, it was discontinued.
1112
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:25,610
Suppose instead of halting
the Bracero Program,
1113
01:03:25,610 --> 01:03:28,870
Congress had expanded
it to include the world,
1114
01:03:28,870 --> 01:03:30,730
but with safeguards.
1115
01:03:30,730 --> 01:03:34,910
First, Americans would get
priority for American jobs.
1116
01:03:34,910 --> 01:03:38,150
Second, if unable to fulfill job openings,
1117
01:03:38,150 --> 01:03:40,400
employers could bring guest workers
1118
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:43,350
but had to match the wages
and working conditions
1119
01:03:43,350 --> 01:03:45,173
afforded to Americans.
1120
01:03:46,420 --> 01:03:49,110
It would remove the incentive
for American employers
1121
01:03:49,110 --> 01:03:52,933
to hire illegal immigrants,
simply to get cheaper labor.
1122
01:03:53,980 --> 01:03:56,620
But it would still give
employers the opportunity
1123
01:03:56,620 --> 01:03:58,360
to have a full work force,
1124
01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:02,343
if Americans were unable
to fill in the open jobs.
1125
01:04:03,580 --> 01:04:05,980
I look for other countries today
1126
01:04:05,980 --> 01:04:08,432
that might have similar
immigration policies
1127
01:04:08,432 --> 01:04:10,782
to the Bracero Program.
1128
01:04:10,782 --> 01:04:14,197
(upbeat ethnic music)
1129
01:04:14,197 --> 01:04:18,870
The United Arab Emirates is a
flourishing, developed nation.
1130
01:04:18,870 --> 01:04:22,480
Dubai, a prominent city in the UAE,
1131
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:27,083
is a beautiful fusion of ancient
culture and modern luxury.
1132
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:31,030
The majority of the workforce
that has built Dubai
1133
01:04:31,030 --> 01:04:35,050
are almost exclusively
immigrant guest workers.
1134
01:04:35,050 --> 01:04:37,680
As employers are unable
to fill certain jobs
1135
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:39,400
with Emirati citizens
1136
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:42,210
because of the limited local population.
1137
01:04:42,210 --> 01:04:45,260
On the other hand, people
from all around the world
1138
01:04:45,260 --> 01:04:48,890
are willing to work in Dubai
due to the high exchange rate.
1139
01:04:48,890 --> 01:04:51,050
So, Dubai welcomes immigrant workers
1140
01:04:51,050 --> 01:04:54,330
from other countries on
legal guest programs.
1141
01:04:54,330 --> 01:04:56,670
- So my company is being my sponsor,
1142
01:04:56,670 --> 01:04:59,893
but bringing me on the basis of work visa.
1143
01:05:00,774 --> 01:05:05,304
(speaking in foreign language)
1144
01:05:05,304 --> 01:05:10,304
- (speaking in foreign language)
1,000 Rupees, Indian money,
1145
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:12,453
Only 1,000 Rupees.
1146
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:17,500
But here, we will get
around 30,000 Rupees.
1147
01:05:17,500 --> 01:05:21,023
Like they can make home,
build their family good,
1148
01:05:22,110 --> 01:05:24,243
make their children study well.
1149
01:05:25,090 --> 01:05:26,860
They'll get more money from here.
1150
01:05:26,860 --> 01:05:30,390
- I think that Dubai, in this context,
1151
01:05:30,390 --> 01:05:31,780
they're doing an amazing job.
1152
01:05:31,780 --> 01:05:33,830
That's the reason maybe
they're the business hub
1153
01:05:33,830 --> 01:05:35,244
of the world.
1154
01:05:35,244 --> 01:05:39,161
(speaking in foreign language)
1155
01:05:49,160 --> 01:05:51,625
- I like my country so much.
1156
01:05:51,625 --> 01:05:53,920
I will go back, Surely, I will go back,
1157
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:55,653
after getting some more money.
1158
01:05:56,550 --> 01:05:59,870
Now after 10 or 15 years later,
1159
01:05:59,870 --> 01:06:01,370
I will go back to my country.
1160
01:06:02,590 --> 01:06:06,507
(speaking in foreign language)
1161
01:06:11,220 --> 01:06:12,840
- [Namrata] This wealth goes back
1162
01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:16,550
into the worker's home nation
and not only helps the worker
1163
01:06:16,550 --> 01:06:19,970
with better economic
upgrades when they return,
1164
01:06:19,970 --> 01:06:22,940
but also benefits their
countries directly.
1165
01:06:22,940 --> 01:06:26,030
Countries that could certainly use a hand.
1166
01:06:26,030 --> 01:06:27,170
It is estimated
1167
01:06:27,170 --> 01:06:30,650
that approximately eight
million foreign nationals
1168
01:06:30,650 --> 01:06:33,224
live and work legally in the UAE.
1169
01:06:33,224 --> 01:06:34,810
(hopeful music)
1170
01:06:34,810 --> 01:06:35,650
It is estimated
1171
01:06:35,650 --> 01:06:38,750
that approximately 10
million foreign nationals
1172
01:06:38,750 --> 01:06:41,793
live and work illegally in the USA.
1173
01:06:43,860 --> 01:06:46,142
Imagine if like the UAE,
1174
01:06:46,142 --> 01:06:49,410
the United States was willing
to let these 10 million
1175
01:06:49,410 --> 01:06:53,410
or more illegal immigrants
come through legally,
1176
01:06:53,410 --> 01:06:56,670
on guest worker programs,
without risking their own
1177
01:06:56,670 --> 01:06:59,360
or their family's lives
to cross the border.
1178
01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:02,260
Imagine if we could
document these workers,
1179
01:07:02,260 --> 01:07:04,910
not only to run criminal records,
1180
01:07:04,910 --> 01:07:09,013
but also to let them come here,
work and live with dignity.
1181
01:07:10,174 --> 01:07:12,660
(speaking in foreign language)
1182
01:07:12,660 --> 01:07:14,040
Where they would not be afraid
1183
01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:16,660
to report a crime against them.
1184
01:07:16,660 --> 01:07:21,083
Where they could have a job
that pays a fair, livable wage.
1185
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,390
Where the American worker
would get first priority
1186
01:07:24,390 --> 01:07:27,370
to fill any jobs in America.
1187
01:07:27,370 --> 01:07:31,700
Where if any jobs are left
unfulfilled by American workers,
1188
01:07:31,700 --> 01:07:34,440
the guest workers could
help the US economy
1189
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,020
while still investing in and retiring
1190
01:07:37,020 --> 01:07:40,370
in their home countries,
all without partaking
1191
01:07:40,370 --> 01:07:43,360
in any of the welfare
or retirement benefits
1192
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,373
so desperately needed
for American citizens.
1193
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,870
One of the problems that's
often cited with foreign aid
1194
01:08:00,870 --> 01:08:04,670
is that the money never makes
it past the corruption chains
1195
01:08:04,670 --> 01:08:06,880
of local politicians.
1196
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:10,890
Here, the people invest in
their communities directly,
1197
01:08:10,890 --> 01:08:13,373
and bypass any corruption.
1198
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:16,100
We can take care of our own first
1199
01:08:16,100 --> 01:08:18,750
and still get to help
those around the world
1200
01:08:18,750 --> 01:08:20,560
that need it most.
1201
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:24,650
With no lives risked
through illegal immigration.
1202
01:08:24,650 --> 01:08:27,240
Sounds like a win-win to me.
1203
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:30,880
- The United States is
running concentration camps
1204
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:32,620
on our southern border.
1205
01:08:32,620 --> 01:08:36,940
And that is exactly what they are.
1206
01:08:36,940 --> 01:08:38,440
They are concentration camps.
1207
01:08:38,440 --> 01:08:43,120
- Politicians like AOC,
trashing the border patrol,
1208
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,563
and likened it to concentration camps.
1209
01:08:47,530 --> 01:08:50,980
I'm also Jewish, but to call
them concentration camps
1210
01:08:50,980 --> 01:08:54,410
is an insult to all the people that died
1211
01:08:54,410 --> 01:08:57,690
in concentration camps
or were there at all.
1212
01:08:57,690 --> 01:08:59,373
- Haven't seen any politicians.
1213
01:09:00,340 --> 01:09:02,030
Haven't seen any politicians.
1214
01:09:02,030 --> 01:09:04,610
I've seen reporters out here,
1215
01:09:04,610 --> 01:09:08,820
I've seen very few liaisons out here.
1216
01:09:08,820 --> 01:09:11,670
You can either disgrace your veterans,
1217
01:09:11,670 --> 01:09:13,605
or you can honor your veterans.
1218
01:09:13,605 --> 01:09:14,438
(revealing music)
- Yes!
1219
01:09:14,438 --> 01:09:17,150
- I want our politicians to understand
1220
01:09:17,150 --> 01:09:20,240
that when our troops who
support the very freedom
1221
01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:24,200
that gets abused everyday so radically
1222
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:27,700
in ways that is mind-blowing,
1223
01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:29,740
I want our politicians to recognize
1224
01:09:29,740 --> 01:09:33,720
that this is what is crippling
and destroying freedom
1225
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:35,340
and liberty in America today.
1226
01:09:35,340 --> 01:09:38,570
- We have sacrificed our lives,
1227
01:09:38,570 --> 01:09:40,330
we have sacrificed our blood,
1228
01:09:40,330 --> 01:09:42,720
we have sacrificed our families.
1229
01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:44,670
- [Namrata] What is your
message to politicians
1230
01:09:44,670 --> 01:09:45,826
in the 2020 election?
1231
01:09:45,826 --> 01:09:47,770
- Get their head out their bottoms.
1232
01:09:47,770 --> 01:09:52,700
- We're fed a narrative that
makes a compassionate person,
1233
01:09:52,700 --> 01:09:55,993
which we are, I think we're
a very compassionate country,
1234
01:09:56,990 --> 01:09:59,360
it misplaces the compassion.
1235
01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:03,050
It's certainly okay to feel for people
1236
01:10:03,050 --> 01:10:07,080
that live in poor situations,
violent situations,
1237
01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:09,230
and I think as a people
we want to help them.
1238
01:10:09,230 --> 01:10:12,580
The reality of it is, there's
probably two billion people
1239
01:10:12,580 --> 01:10:14,700
in the world that fit into that category
1240
01:10:14,700 --> 01:10:17,250
and we can't bring them all here.
1241
01:10:17,250 --> 01:10:18,720
- [Namrata] Who knows compassion
1242
01:10:18,720 --> 01:10:20,440
better than the Dalai Lama?
1243
01:10:20,440 --> 01:10:24,740
Not politically correct
compassion, but real compassion.
1244
01:10:24,740 --> 01:10:27,440
Because of the COVID-19 circumstances,
1245
01:10:27,440 --> 01:10:29,880
I can't interview him in person.
1246
01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:32,730
But I do find an interview
with him on this subject.
1247
01:10:32,730 --> 01:10:37,730
- European countries
should take these refugees
1248
01:10:38,330 --> 01:10:42,920
and give them education and training,
1249
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:46,513
and then aiming is
return to their own land.
1250
01:10:48,132 --> 01:10:51,220
- And if these people
want to stay in Europe,
1251
01:10:51,220 --> 01:10:52,670
shouldn't they be allowed to?
1252
01:10:54,860 --> 01:10:56,263
- Limited number okay.
1253
01:10:57,300 --> 01:10:59,850
But whole Europe eventually
become Muslim country,
1254
01:10:59,850 --> 01:11:04,230
impossible, or African country,
also impossible. (laughs)
1255
01:11:04,230 --> 01:11:05,063
- There's nothing wrong
with that, is there?
1256
01:11:05,063 --> 01:11:07,320
I mean you're a refugee yourself.
1257
01:11:07,320 --> 01:11:09,808
- They themselves I think
better to their own land.
1258
01:11:09,808 --> 01:11:11,880
(soft music)
1259
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:13,840
- [Namrata] Have we taken the easy route
1260
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:17,360
of misplaced compassion,
instead of doing the hard work
1261
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:20,830
to actually determine how and who we hurt
1262
01:11:20,830 --> 01:11:24,593
rather than help by not
enforcing our immigration laws?
1263
01:11:26,200 --> 01:11:29,540
And have we let Americans
down in the bargain?
1264
01:11:29,540 --> 01:11:31,053
And if so, why?
1265
01:11:34,260 --> 01:11:37,450
- One of the things that's
beneficial to politicians
1266
01:11:37,450 --> 01:11:40,560
with illegal immigration,
besides the money which they get
1267
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:45,540
from the federal government,
is legislative positions.
1268
01:11:45,540 --> 01:11:48,640
All the states that have big
illegal alien populations,
1269
01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:49,750
the way the law works,
1270
01:11:49,750 --> 01:11:54,210
they get counted and
represented by Congress.
1271
01:11:54,210 --> 01:11:58,690
If California didn't have
any illegal aliens here,
1272
01:11:58,690 --> 01:12:00,640
those seats would go elsewhere.
1273
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:04,410
Plus, the funding, whether
it's extra school funding
1274
01:12:04,410 --> 01:12:06,580
or crime funding,
1275
01:12:06,580 --> 01:12:09,530
a lot of it's based on
pure numbers of people,
1276
01:12:09,530 --> 01:12:11,490
doesn't matter what their status is.
1277
01:12:11,490 --> 01:12:14,253
The public would be outraged
if they knew the truth.
1278
01:12:15,471 --> 01:12:17,350
- [Namrata] The irresponsible messaging
1279
01:12:17,350 --> 01:12:20,100
does not end with the politicians.
1280
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:23,410
Some of our media is as much to blame.
1281
01:12:23,410 --> 01:12:26,360
For example, CNN covered Gurpreet's story
1282
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:28,810
two days after I did.
1283
01:12:28,810 --> 01:12:32,530
The CNN article clearly
states that Gurpreet's father
1284
01:12:32,530 --> 01:12:35,210
is seeking asylum in America,
1285
01:12:35,210 --> 01:12:38,100
but they failed to report
on the visible lack
1286
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:40,420
of asylum circumstances.
1287
01:12:40,420 --> 01:12:43,230
Why wouldn't the reporter
have reported that?
1288
01:12:43,230 --> 01:12:45,730
It makes America look like the culprit,
1289
01:12:45,730 --> 01:12:49,400
while fully ignoring the
perpetrators, the coyotes,
1290
01:12:49,400 --> 01:12:51,398
who are the real ones to blame.
1291
01:12:51,398 --> 01:12:52,620
(soft music)
1292
01:12:52,620 --> 01:12:54,827
- I still have nightmares.
1293
01:12:55,918 --> 01:13:00,918
I still have sometimes depression.
1294
01:13:01,557 --> 01:13:03,307
I still have anxious.
1295
01:13:04,947 --> 01:13:07,114
And I still have insomnia.
1296
01:13:09,550 --> 01:13:13,303
Sometimes I wake up if
I hear a little noise
1297
01:13:14,665 --> 01:13:17,443
or I hear the helicopter or something.
1298
01:13:17,443 --> 01:13:18,595
I just wake up.
1299
01:13:18,595 --> 01:13:19,912
(helicopter chopping)
1300
01:13:19,912 --> 01:13:24,912
(somber music)
(crickets chirping)
1301
01:13:25,900 --> 01:13:29,720
- [Sabine] Every night I sit
and I look up at the sky,
1302
01:13:29,720 --> 01:13:31,103
and I talk to my son.
1303
01:13:32,100 --> 01:13:34,883
That day, Dominic turned into a star.
1304
01:13:36,160 --> 01:13:41,160
And Dominic, my baby, became
engraved on this rock.
1305
01:13:44,010 --> 01:13:47,630
- Pat Tillman was a
professional football player
1306
01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:50,990
and after September 11th happened,
1307
01:13:50,990 --> 01:13:52,290
he makes millions of dollars,
1308
01:13:52,290 --> 01:13:54,200
he decided that he was going anyway.
1309
01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:56,860
And on his deployment, he was killed.
1310
01:13:56,860 --> 01:13:59,483
It was a time when this country needed-
1311
01:14:02,610 --> 01:14:05,230
- Some heroes.
- Needed some heroes.
1312
01:14:05,230 --> 01:14:07,783
And he answered that call.
1313
01:14:09,410 --> 01:14:11,270
I love the country.
1314
01:14:11,270 --> 01:14:12,193
I do. I love it.
1315
01:14:13,870 --> 01:14:17,000
I think the United States of America
1316
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:22,093
has let the veterans down.
1317
01:14:23,260 --> 01:14:26,720
It would be nice if people
thought about it for a minute,
1318
01:14:26,720 --> 01:14:31,720
what life would be like
had people not laid down
1319
01:14:32,010 --> 01:14:34,560
the ultimate sacrifice
and given up their lives,
1320
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:38,160
so that people could have these freedoms.
1321
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:41,040
- The Bible is the one
thing I can always go to.
1322
01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:43,270
It's really one of the few things
1323
01:14:43,270 --> 01:14:44,910
that keeps me from losing my shit,
1324
01:14:44,910 --> 01:14:46,297
for lack of a better word.
1325
01:14:46,297 --> 01:14:47,840
(intriguing music)
1326
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:49,910
- [Namrata] Countless Americans have died
1327
01:14:49,910 --> 01:14:54,360
at the protection of America
and what it stands for.
1328
01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:57,370
One of our greatest
freedoms that we fought for,
1329
01:14:57,370 --> 01:15:00,610
and that we have, is that of free speech
1330
01:15:00,610 --> 01:15:02,573
and the ability to tell the truth.
1331
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:07,530
But in today's world of cancel culture,
1332
01:15:07,530 --> 01:15:09,373
it's hard to call out the truth.
1333
01:15:10,410 --> 01:15:12,610
I almost didn't make this film,
1334
01:15:12,610 --> 01:15:16,690
because my friends, my industry
colleagues, even my family,
1335
01:15:16,690 --> 01:15:20,210
all rallied against the
final message of this film
1336
01:15:20,210 --> 01:15:22,919
just because it did not
align with their world view.
1337
01:15:22,919 --> 01:15:25,586
(intense music)
1338
01:15:26,609 --> 01:15:28,460
But what this film has taught me
1339
01:15:28,460 --> 01:15:32,020
is that sticking to a
message that endangers lives,
1340
01:15:32,020 --> 01:15:37,020
intentionally or not, is
not being a humanitarian.
1341
01:15:37,020 --> 01:15:39,730
It doesn't matter if the
journey begins in India,
1342
01:15:39,730 --> 01:15:43,730
Central America, Africa, or
another part of the world,
1343
01:15:43,730 --> 01:15:48,053
the stories are the same,
only the faces change.
1344
01:15:50,790 --> 01:15:52,890
What this film has also taught me
1345
01:15:52,890 --> 01:15:55,060
is that ignoring the constant abuse
1346
01:15:55,060 --> 01:15:57,720
of America's noble asylum policies
1347
01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,330
does far more harm than good.
1348
01:16:00,330 --> 01:16:03,070
And that lumping illegal immigration
1349
01:16:03,070 --> 01:16:06,360
with America's generous
immigration principles
1350
01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:08,903
is the dishonor of the word immigrant.
1351
01:16:10,468 --> 01:16:13,430
- [Sabine] I want people
to know and understand
1352
01:16:14,350 --> 01:16:19,120
that legal immigration is okay.
1353
01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:24,120
It's what America needs, every
country needs immigration.
1354
01:16:25,330 --> 01:16:27,630
- [Namrata] But if I'm
going to call out the truth,
1355
01:16:27,630 --> 01:16:29,320
then I must acknowledge
1356
01:16:29,320 --> 01:16:32,540
that one can be against
illegal immigration
1357
01:16:32,540 --> 01:16:36,573
and still be immigration
supportive and immigration proud.
1358
01:16:37,750 --> 01:16:40,023
The two are not the same.
1359
01:16:41,250 --> 01:16:43,190
- [Sabine] When I came
to the United States,
1360
01:16:43,190 --> 01:16:45,670
I was a registered democrat.
1361
01:16:45,670 --> 01:16:49,490
- I registered as a
democrat when I was 18,
1362
01:16:49,490 --> 01:16:52,783
and I still am 50 years later.
1363
01:16:55,550 --> 01:16:58,473
I'm still a democrat, I still
consider myself a liberal.
1364
01:16:59,760 --> 01:17:01,410
- [Namrata] Although this
film hasn't swayed me
1365
01:17:01,410 --> 01:17:03,500
from leaving the Democratic party,
1366
01:17:03,500 --> 01:17:07,230
we as moderate democrats
have a lot of work to do.
1367
01:17:07,230 --> 01:17:12,230
- Had the person who was here illegally
1368
01:17:14,976 --> 01:17:16,740
(soft music)
1369
01:17:16,740 --> 01:17:19,963
not have been here illegally
1370
01:17:23,730 --> 01:17:28,730
he would not have killed
Dominic on that day.
1371
01:17:31,350 --> 01:17:33,690
- [Sabine] I hear a
lot about people saying
1372
01:17:33,690 --> 01:17:35,730
it was just an accident,
1373
01:17:35,730 --> 01:17:38,610
he could've been killed by an American,
1374
01:17:38,610 --> 01:17:42,290
and I agree, he could
have, but he was not.
1375
01:17:42,290 --> 01:17:46,530
He was killed by somebody that
was not supposed to be here,
1376
01:17:46,530 --> 01:17:48,283
wasn't allowed to be here.
1377
01:17:49,170 --> 01:17:54,170
- And whoever is responsible
for illegals being here,
1378
01:17:57,620 --> 01:18:01,410
are kind of responsible
for all of the damage
1379
01:18:01,410 --> 01:18:05,110
and all of the harm and all of the hurt,
1380
01:18:05,110 --> 01:18:10,110
the destruction that is caused
by just them being here.
1381
01:18:14,070 --> 01:18:16,040
- [Namrata] Several pieces of legislation
1382
01:18:16,040 --> 01:18:19,160
introduced in 2020 by Democrats,
1383
01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:22,940
some by women of color
like me, has stunned me
1384
01:18:22,940 --> 01:18:26,223
and thrown my support for the
Democratic party in a spiral.
1385
01:18:27,540 --> 01:18:30,140
Not only do I think these
irresponsible messages
1386
01:18:30,140 --> 01:18:33,950
dangle more carrots in front
of unsuspecting victims,
1387
01:18:33,950 --> 01:18:37,050
but proposals like The New Way Forward Act
1388
01:18:37,050 --> 01:18:39,600
basically ask for a radical change
1389
01:18:39,600 --> 01:18:41,960
to our immigration policy.
1390
01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:43,810
A change that would protect
1391
01:18:43,810 --> 01:18:45,986
criminal immigrants from deportation.
1392
01:18:45,986 --> 01:18:47,200
(soft music)
1393
01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:51,170
My first thought, another
bait the smugglers can use
1394
01:18:51,170 --> 01:18:53,013
to snare in more victims.
1395
01:18:53,013 --> 01:18:54,040
(sheep bleating)
1396
01:18:54,040 --> 01:18:59,040
My next thought, the cries of
those who will become victims
1397
01:18:59,330 --> 01:19:03,003
of the unintended consequences
of this messaging.
1398
01:19:06,410 --> 01:19:09,950
- I was thinking that to come to America
1399
01:19:09,950 --> 01:19:14,950
is gonna be very easy, very
happy, very comfortable.
1400
01:19:15,150 --> 01:19:16,350
And it wasn't like that.
1401
01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:22,200
I think I was gonna have a lot of clothes,
1402
01:19:22,500 --> 01:19:24,630
I'm gonna have a lot of food,
1403
01:19:24,630 --> 01:19:26,580
I'm going to Disneyland.
1404
01:19:26,580 --> 01:19:29,273
I've never went to Disneyland.
1405
01:19:29,273 --> 01:19:33,190
(speaking in foreign language)
1406
01:19:37,900 --> 01:19:40,437
- Everything that I hear
over there in Mexico
1407
01:19:40,437 --> 01:19:43,763
that I'm gonna have here, it's a lie.
1408
01:19:44,930 --> 01:19:49,306
- [Namrata] This irresponsible
messaging has to stop.
1409
01:19:49,306 --> 01:19:53,010
(raindrops pattering)
(thunder rumbling)
1410
01:19:53,010 --> 01:19:55,350
- [Sabine] What if this was your child?
1411
01:19:55,350 --> 01:19:56,183
Think about it.
1412
01:19:59,060 --> 01:20:03,393
- We're so worried about
other countries' problems,
1413
01:20:06,440 --> 01:20:08,183
and we don't even focus on our own.
1414
01:20:09,510 --> 01:20:12,323
- [Namrata] Jonathan is
still looking for a job.
1415
01:20:21,110 --> 01:20:23,580
But politics appears to trump poverty
1416
01:20:23,580 --> 01:20:25,023
in this election cycle.
1417
01:20:25,860 --> 01:20:29,690
Joe Biden now calls the
Obama era deportations
1418
01:20:29,690 --> 01:20:31,570
a "big mistake."
1419
01:20:31,570 --> 01:20:34,040
Mr. Biden, who voted in favor
1420
01:20:34,040 --> 01:20:39,040
of the Secure Fence Act of
2006, is now for open borders.
1421
01:20:39,250 --> 01:20:43,570
And Joe Biden credits the
people coming on H1B visas
1422
01:20:43,570 --> 01:20:45,323
to have built this country.
1423
01:20:47,140 --> 01:20:50,020
Mr. Biden, America was built by the blood
1424
01:20:50,020 --> 01:20:52,280
and sweat of Americans.
1425
01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:56,320
African Americans, Hispanic
Americans, Asian Americans,
1426
01:20:56,320 --> 01:21:00,573
Caucasian Americans, and the
many others, but all American.
1427
01:21:01,410 --> 01:21:04,360
They need employment first.
1428
01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:06,350
So, now you've got illegal immigrants
1429
01:21:06,350 --> 01:21:09,120
taking up blue-collar jobs for cheaper.
1430
01:21:09,120 --> 01:21:10,800
And H1B visa holders
1431
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:13,700
taking up white-collar jobs for cheaper.
1432
01:21:13,700 --> 01:21:17,010
I understand that a
corporation's goal is profit,
1433
01:21:17,010 --> 01:21:19,720
so cheaper labor helps corporations.
1434
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:20,624
I get that.
1435
01:21:20,624 --> 01:21:22,260
(intriguing music)
1436
01:21:22,260 --> 01:21:26,683
But, in the meantime, what
are the American kids to do?
1437
01:21:28,110 --> 01:21:31,270
America is not for sale.
1438
01:21:31,270 --> 01:21:35,020
If this is where the
Democratic party is in 2020,
1439
01:21:35,020 --> 01:21:37,430
I will not vote for Joe Biden.
1440
01:21:37,430 --> 01:21:40,310
And if we don't start
putting Americans first,
1441
01:21:40,310 --> 01:21:43,893
the Democratic party will
lose more moderates like me.
1442
01:21:45,160 --> 01:21:47,800
So, in the America of the 21st century,
1443
01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:50,090
we must be willing to ask,
1444
01:21:50,090 --> 01:21:54,700
how do we define the tired,
the poor, the huddled masses?
1445
01:21:54,700 --> 01:21:55,933
Who do we take in?
1446
01:21:58,260 --> 01:22:00,730
Because there are billions who qualify,
1447
01:22:00,730 --> 01:22:02,800
but those who need help most
1448
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:06,370
don't even appear to even
make it to our borders.
1449
01:22:06,370 --> 01:22:09,813
They remain on the other
side of the tracks.
1450
01:22:10,720 --> 01:22:15,080
Nobody wins, except the
coyotes, the corporations,
1451
01:22:15,080 --> 01:22:18,240
and possibly, the politicians.
1452
01:22:18,240 --> 01:22:21,840
As I traveled through
the last part of Mexico
1453
01:22:21,840 --> 01:22:25,200
to get to the Lukeville
border patrol check point,
1454
01:22:25,200 --> 01:22:29,080
I reflected on the innocence
of this little child,
1455
01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:31,350
who didn't know what was in store for her,
1456
01:22:31,350 --> 01:22:33,420
less than an hour later.
1457
01:22:33,420 --> 01:22:34,750
As I walked through the spot
1458
01:22:34,750 --> 01:22:37,710
where six-year-old
Gurpreet's body was found,
1459
01:22:37,710 --> 01:22:40,330
it all came together for me.
1460
01:22:40,330 --> 01:22:45,330
Gurpreet, Dominic, Jonathan,
Maria, they were all victims
1461
01:22:45,830 --> 01:22:50,020
of America's utterly
broken immigration system.
1462
01:22:50,020 --> 01:22:54,930
As of last contact, Jonathan
is still looking for a job.
1463
01:22:54,930 --> 01:22:57,750
He has recently been to the Mexican border
1464
01:22:57,750 --> 01:22:59,890
to seek cheaper drugs.
1465
01:22:59,890 --> 01:23:03,570
This very border still
traffics many other Marias
1466
01:23:03,570 --> 01:23:05,200
to their nightmare.
1467
01:23:05,200 --> 01:23:10,200
American and foreign nationals
still die every month,
1468
01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:11,670
either at the hands of someone
1469
01:23:11,670 --> 01:23:14,300
who has illegally crossed this border
1470
01:23:14,300 --> 01:23:17,910
or under the harsh
conditions of this border
1471
01:23:17,910 --> 01:23:20,950
while trying to cross illegally.
1472
01:23:20,950 --> 01:23:23,550
Gurpreet's legacy is that we think through
1473
01:23:23,550 --> 01:23:25,920
what appears to be good intentions
1474
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,690
and consider the potential ramifications
1475
01:23:28,690 --> 01:23:31,420
of our misplaced compassion.
1476
01:23:31,420 --> 01:23:35,100
Gurpreet's legacy is that we
consider America's impoverished
1477
01:23:35,100 --> 01:23:37,100
along with the rest of the world
1478
01:23:37,100 --> 01:23:41,080
and make smart, non-partisan
political choices.
1479
01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:45,580
Gurpreet's legacy is that we
remember to put out messaging
1480
01:23:45,580 --> 01:23:50,137
that does not forget who we
hurt while we try to help.
1481
01:23:50,137 --> 01:23:52,970
("Amazing Grace")
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