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I was excited to come to New York

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because you hear so much about New York.

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But the best part I remember was

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walking out of La Guardia airport and

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there\'s like glittery.

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And I remember seeing that
and I was like \'Wow, like,

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the floor is shining.\'

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New York City for a little
kid, it\'s like, wow.

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I remember getting in a cab and, like,

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seeing all the buildings,

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Empire State Building,

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bridges.

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It draws you in.

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Always been a sports person.

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I\'m always playing soccer, tennis.

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Oh, nice, nice.

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Good try.

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Every summer

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they open up the courts at certain schools.

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It’s a free program.

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I went every day, basically,
and played a lot of tennis.

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They always ask me to come work there.

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OK, so I’ll see you, see you then.

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See you Friday.

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I told them, ‘oh no, ah,
I’ve got something else.’

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I was afraid, you know scared,
what they would think.

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So I lied and I felt bad about that.

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I wanted to volunteer this
summer at the hospital.

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And when I got the application

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right at the top, it says
social security number.

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All I want to do is help my community.

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Because I didn\'t have
that nine digit number,

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I still, I couldn\'t do that.

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My name is Cesar and I’m undocumented.

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My dad was a doctor.

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My mom, she was a dentist.

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They wanted something better for me.

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Even though it was going
to be a hard sacrifice,

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she thought like they\'re going
to get a great education

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and it\'s going to be counted
anywhere in the world.

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I guess she got caught up

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in the life of you know, living here.

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Money comes easier.

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You work, and you get paid every week.

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I was eight.

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I guess I didn’t really understand

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what big of a decision it was.

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They knew we weren\'t going to go back.

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For me, I think it\'s been
easier dealing with it.

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I knew other people that
were in the same situation.

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He was all alone in that process.

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I had friends that were
like Spanish speaking.

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And they, some of them had
the same issues as me.

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There were like I think two
kids that spoke Spanish

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in my class.

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They didn\'t want to speak Spanish.

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You know cause they didn\'t
want to be looked at

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by others I guess.

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My teacher, she was like this tall,

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really, really tall blond lady,

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and I was just like wow.

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I guess I was impressed.

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Everyone had to share a
little bit about themselves.

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The teacher, I guess she forgot

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and she called on me.

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And, you know, I freaked out.

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I became pretty shy for a while after that.

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I knew I could work hard and
honor my parents\' sacrifice.

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Cause I know how hard med school is.

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He did all that work.

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He gave that upfor me and my sister.

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I wanted to be just like my dad.

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I really like neuroscience.

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By getting to understand the brain,

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we get to understand ourselves.

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That\'s always been part of my dream,

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to you know succeed,

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you know, get a great education,

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make my mother proud.

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Obviously my mom, if I became a doctor,

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you know, it would make her so happy.

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My mom’s worked as a babysitter.

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My dad\'s worked in restaurants.

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Yeah, I don‘t know, I
don\'t like saying that

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cause you know like

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you know they’re educated, you know, but

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obviously they’ve had to sacrifice.

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For me it\'s like hard
to see my parents work,

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those hours that they
work and stuff like that.

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Like for example, my dad,

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like the job that he does,

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being a doctor back in Ecuador and stuff

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and here working in like a kitchen,

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cleaning floors or doing dishes.

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I don\'t want that for them.

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I don\'t want that for them.

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Like I know my mom is tired now.

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She always wants to go
back and stuff like that.

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So I wish that we had that.

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She could go back and we can like

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provide everything for her

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because she\'s done so much for us.

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And seeing them do that, you know, for me.

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It really means a lot.

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And, like,

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all I want is to be able to um, you know,

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honor what they\'ve done for me and

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hopefully I will be able to work

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and they won\'t have to
work anymore, you know.

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That’s, that’s what I want.

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I had a girlfriend recently.

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We went to different colleges.

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I didn\'t tell her either because

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I was still scared of
what people would think.

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I was kind of ashamed, you know.

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We were still trying to be
together and she was like,

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‘you have come visit me.’

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And obviously, like, traveling,

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it’s a huge risk.

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I wasn\'t able to go an see her and you know

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we ended up breaking up in, in the end,

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um, yeah.

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I still was uncomfortable with my status,

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that I was undocumented.

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I\'ve lived in that fear for 10 years.

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We can\'t get health insurance.

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We can\'t get our driver\'s license.

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We can\'t leave the country.

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Senators voting in the negative:

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Burr, Chambliss,

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Corker, Crapo,

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Ensign, Graham,

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Every single no was like
a stab to the heart.

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The motion is not agreed to.

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Unfortunately, it didn\'t pass.

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So I decided to start getting involved.

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Hello, I’m calling from the YLC

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to ask you to come out
tomorrow to our rally

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to help stop the deportation of Julio.

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It’ll be taking place tomorrow at 12:30 pm.

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Um, and if not just spread the word.

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It would be appreciated.

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What if, what if she gave me like a

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‘I’ll try and make it

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or like if I can make it I’ll go.’

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So, it’s a maybe?

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OK.

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And I spoke in front of 15 kids.

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I told my story.

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Getting out there felt amazing.

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At the end of the class

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one of the girls approached
me and she said,

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\'I just wanted to tell you, like,
that was a really great story

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and you\'re not alone.\'

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Seeing that I wasn\'t the only one.

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I wasn\'t alone,

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it really empowered me.

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I have to go. I have to get involved.

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I have to start now.

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Down, down with deportation!
Up, up with education!

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Down, down with deportation!

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Up, up with education! Down,
down with deportation!

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There were kids who, they\'d
been arrested for this.

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They fought for the Dream Act so hard.

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Immigrants united will never be defeated!

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Many youth are just trying
to pursue their dreams,

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many are trying to become doctors, lawyers,

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just trying to help their community.

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We have to actually send a clear message

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to President Obama.

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His Administration has deported

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the most people in the United States,

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more than Bush\'s administration so far.

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It\'s not just me that would be affected.

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It\'d be my whole family.

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But it\'s something that I
feel like I have to do.

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We\'re making history at this moment.

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We\'re organizing.

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And we\'re fighting for our rights.

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Out of the shadows! Onto the streets!

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All the undocumented that I\'ve met,

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we all have the same story.

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We just want a chance

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to be able to fulfill our dreams,

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like any other person.

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My name is Pornpat and I am undocumented.

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My name is Luis and I am undocumented.

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My name is Percy, I am undocumented.

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My name is Tanya and I am undocumented.

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My name is Cesar and I am undocumented.