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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)
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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
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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
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to play volleyball, to play soccer,

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and to be sitting my
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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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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
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When I was a little girl,
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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
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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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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
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Life on Waterfall Circle
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You know, every race, every
color was living there.

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Dominic attended Vista
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and then went on to Canyon
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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
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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-
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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
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a Native American, you
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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
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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
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Neither did I.

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In fact, being in an
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my husband and I decided
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One day, we would visit
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where our great-great
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It was amazing to visit
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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
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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
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when our very own ancestors

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sought the same refuge
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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
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but hundreds of undocumented
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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
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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
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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,
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and three adult women
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- As KGUN 9 On Your Side's
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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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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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- [Namrata] Further research teaches me

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that Gurpreet's family
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where my family's from.

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But unlike me, they went
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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,
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I say by the end of the
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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
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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
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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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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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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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But since I'm already on my way,

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I decide I'll go talk to
the family's neighbors.

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As my crew and I approach
the family's home,

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I'm even more confused.

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For privacy purposes,

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I will not show the exact neighborhood.

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But there is no way this is the home

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I was invited to to
interview the family at.

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(soft music)

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(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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And at that moment I was like, oh shit.

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(Mandy chuckles)

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What have I done?

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(laughs)

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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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so that as a country,

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we wouldn't have to worry
about our own safety.

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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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- 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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and I got home, I think, August 3rd.

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August 5th was when we had the visitation.

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That was my 20th birthday.

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(chuckles)

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Fun three birthdays there for me.

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- [Server] Here you go.

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Just kinda went downhill from there,

436
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and I got addicted to pain medication.

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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.

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(weapon firing)

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(explosion booms)

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(fireworks booming)

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- Jonathan said he wanted to
get married on Independence Day

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and then the fireworks started that night.

446
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I've experienced a few
flashbacks with him.

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This, by far, was the most intense.

448
00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:46.143
For some reason, he didn't recognize me.

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He thought he was back, I guess, in Iraq,

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and for some reason thought
that I was some stranger

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trying to imprison him.

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It just got worse and worse.

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And it's anxiety from your PTSD.

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- [Namrata] Shortly thereafter,
I got a text from Jonathan

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to help him look for a job.

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"Will push brooms, clean
toilets, whatever else," he said.

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"We just desperately need an
opportunity to move forward."

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(soft music)

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- I was thinking there was the coyote.

460
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The coyote is people that
we help us to come here.

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But it wasn't.

462
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It was a cartel,

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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.

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So, they rape, they abuse the girls,

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just for a plate of food.

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Don't do that.

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00:25:49.355 --> 00:25:51.470
Don't do that anymore.

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We women, we teenagers, we children.

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They keep me for a month,

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and they forced me to pay every day

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1,500 pesos Mexicanos

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to be there in that town.

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Because I know they will not kill me,

477
00:26:20.187 --> 00:26:22.020
I walked for 10 hours.

478
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They told me that I'm
gonna walk three hours

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and they lied to me.

480
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We was aching and we walking for 10 hours,

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in the desert, no water, nothing.

482
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One of the people,

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they don't walk, they
don't wanna walk anymore.

484
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They left him in the desert.

485
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And I just went, God, please help me.

486
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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,

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and you guys gonna pay me."

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And I said okay.

491
00:27:13.430 --> 00:27:15.650
But they lied to me.

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00:27:15.650 --> 00:27:17.740
They sell with another guy.

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And the other guy put us in the trunk

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and they put the key and locked.

495
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And when we wanna pass
one border, the dogs.

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The dogs smelled us.

497
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Immigration stopped them, thank God.

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I can breathe.

499
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- Now, there's a spot across the street

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where illegal aliens hang out

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to get picked up for cheap labor.

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(soft music)
(birds chirping)

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On July 12th, 2012,

504
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my husband, Anthony, and I
had just arrived in Atlanta

505
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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

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on Pigeon Pass Road in Moreno Valley.

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He was on his way to work

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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

515
00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:33.350
turned left in front of him.

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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")