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-So we're here at the spot
where the cattle is coming

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from Mexico to the U.S.,
right here.

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-Yes, Ma'am. They're coming
in the United States right now.

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-And now they're
in the United States?

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-Yes, last year,
we crossed 606,138 animals

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from Mexico
to the United States.

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-And people have
no understanding,

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including me, of everything else

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that's happening at the border
that's essential.

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-We have a saying in Spanish.

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And that's, "We're all eating
from the same plate."

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-The idea of the border

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has profound meaning to me.

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As a Mexican American,

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I always feel like
I'm treading between two worlds.

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I was born and raised in Mexico,
then moved to America,

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and I'm raising my family here.

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And I spend my career traveling
my homeland,

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sharing Mexican food and culture
with the world.

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Are you with me?

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I want to tell you things.

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♪♪

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Now I'm setting my sights
directly on the place

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where my two
beloved countries meet.

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I'm traveling
the Texas/Mexico border,

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from far West Texas

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to the Gulf of Mexico

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to get a taste of life
in this truly unique place.

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-Welcome to South Texas.

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We're just starting.

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[ Laughter ]
-Oh, take me there.

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Take me there.

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In this episode, I'm traveling
from El Paso to Big Bend,

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meeting with local artists,
musicians,

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journalists, and chefs

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on both sides of the border

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to explore the natural beauty,
hidden gems,

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in close-knit communities
that can only exist here.

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I'm Pati Jinich,

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and this is "La Frontera."

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♪♪

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-What's the first thing you do
when you get to a new city?

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Eat it.

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To get to know it, I eat it!

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For me, I'm always thinking
about that first bite of food --

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the ingredients,
the cooking methods,

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the people cooking it.

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One bite tells me so much.

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I'm in El Paso, Texas,

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just across the border
from Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana.

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So much has been said
about the border

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between the U.S. and Mexico,

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and I have a lot to learn.

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But right now, I'm thinking
about that first bite.

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And so I asked a friend
to show me around.

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I keep hearing about
how the food here in El Paso

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is so unique and so different
and its own universe.

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-El Paso has pretty unique
things as far as food

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that are similar
to the ones in Juárez,

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but they have created

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their own identity
within itself.

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Oscar Herrera is one
of the region's best chefs.

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He owns and operates restaurants

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in both El Paso and Juárez.

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And I honestly couldn't think
of a nicer person

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to introduce me
to this food scene.

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♪♪

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-This is La Colonial
Tortilla Factory.

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They do thousands of tortillas
a week.

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And because they sell tortillas,
they also sell burritos

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-La Colonial is an institution
here in El Paso.

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[ Speaks Spanish ]

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-It was my grandparents',

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and then my dad and my uncle
took over.

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And then now it's my turn.
-How many years?

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-It will be three generations.
It will be 48 years total.

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-So, wait.

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-Yeah.

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[ Laughter ]

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Burritos in the U.S. and Mexico

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often look nothing
like one another.

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But here at the border,
burritos manage to retain

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most of what makes them
traditionally Mexican

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with some strong
American influences.

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So I've heard that burritos

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really define
the food of the region.

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But what's your point of view?

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-Without a doubt,
the history tells us

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that burritos started
within Juárez.

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In our border,
the Juárez/El Paso border,

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it's our bread and butter.

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-La Colonial has so many
good burritos to choose from.

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The first, chili con queso.

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In that queso?

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It's one bar of Philadelphia
and one bar of...

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-You guys,
he's sharing the recipe.

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Like, how generous is that?
-You know what.

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If you're trying to
do it at your home...

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-It won't work.
-...it won't work.

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-And their next biggest seller

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is another
cross-cultural match-up,

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chili con queso with brisket.

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I asked so that you could
come in with me, okay?

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You're welcome.
So, you know --

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[ Laughter ]

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Little did they know

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that they came in
to get their burrito,

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and I'm going to be
making it for them.

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But what they don't know is,

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I'm learning how
to make it a burrito.

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[ Laughter ]

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What's the technique?
-So, a little bit of beans.

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And now the queso.

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And then you fold the ends in.

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-Did you guys ask
for bean and cheese?

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Because that's what I made.

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-Thank you.

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[ Laughter ]

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Oscar and I are taking
these brisket burritos

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the way they were meant
to be eaten --

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on the go.

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[ Both speak Spanish ]

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♪♪

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We've got the burritos,
we're here,

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just a couple blocks
away from La Colonial.

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We're here in El Paso.
-Yep.

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Pero if you cross that bridge,
you're in Juárez.

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-Yes, so this is pretty much

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the borderline.

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-Mmm!

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-That was good!
-Mmm!

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It was not good!
It's phenomenal.

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The farther away you get from
the border, I think the more --

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-The farther the reality
of the burrito is.

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They're smothered with salsa,

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and sometimes, like, super big.

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-So just, like, people
don't understand

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the true burritos
from the border.

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Do you think
there's also a misconception

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of the people at the border

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and the communities
at the border?

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-I think the first
misconception --

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we had it from within ourselves,

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that we didn't understand
exactly who we actually are.

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And on one part,
we feel Mexican,

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but we don't know Mexico,

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and some other part
feels American,

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but actually don't know America.

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We actually didn't know

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of the value that we had
as a binational community.

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-To better understand
these cross-culture dynamics,

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Oscar is taking me
for burritos again --

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over the border,
into Ciudad Juárez.

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I love being here so much,
Oscar.

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I personally feel like

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I've always treaded
between worlds.

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-Okay.

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-My accent is obvious
on one side.

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On the other side,

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I might be too white
to be Mexican.

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And I love the feeling of being
here at the border because --

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-Oh, because it makes you feel
right at home.

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For me, crossing the border

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is something that I have done
since I was born.

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-Yeah.
-The main difference

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is standard of living
versus quality of living.

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-Okay.
-So standard of living

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is what every citizen
has access to.

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And the standard of living
in El Paso,

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it's a lot better
than in Juárez.

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You get proper roads.

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You get proper infrastructure
of the city.

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The quality of living
is something

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that is very personal because --
-More subjective.

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-Yeah, what defines
my quality of living?

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-Okay.
-But I think,

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in general purposes,
everybody would

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like to have some type of help
in their house.

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-Mm-hmm.
-Or a gardener that does

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your front yard
instead of you doing it.

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-Mm-hmm.
-Well, that's a lot easier

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to have in Juárez

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than it is in El Paso.

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In Juárez, you can probably

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have a life of a rich person

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without necessarily being rich.

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-Okay.
-In El Paso,

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to have a life of a rich person,
then you need to be

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a millionaire
in order to have that.

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-So in the U.S.,

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you have the standard of living
everybody has.

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But to be live a millionaire,
you need to be a millionaire.

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-Yeah, and in Juárez, you don't
need to be a millionaire

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to live like a millionaire.

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♪♪

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-This is Burritos Sarita,

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and this is as real as it gets.

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-Burritos are a standard icon
of Juárez.

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And I can already tell
I'm going to like this place.

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With a "Y"! Okay.

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She's Paty with a "Y."
I'm Pati with an "I."

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-Paty's Aunt Sarah opened
the truck 52 years ago,

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before food trucks were trendy.

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Only women.

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♪♪

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Mmm.

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I don't even want
to try the rest of them.

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-[ Laughs ]
-I'm, like --

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I'm so happy staying here.

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The burritos in El Paso were
also absolutely delicious.

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But if I had to choose
where to eat my burritos,

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I would cross the border
to Juárez like a thousand times,

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which is why people cross
to Juárez to eat, right?

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-Yes, the beauty of it
is that it's pretty close by.

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And you can have
the best of both worlds.

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-We're experiencing
the same items,

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but they're
so radically different.

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-Yes.

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-Both incredibly delicious.

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It's fascinating.

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♪♪

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-As I start to wrap my head
around the fascinating

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and delicious food themes
here at the border,

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it's becoming more
and more clear

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just how connected
these two communities,

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Ciudad Juárez and El Paso,
really are.

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One of my dear friends
here in El Paso

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dedicates his career to
highlighting that connectivity,

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one story at a time.

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-Half my life
has been in Mexico,

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mostly Mexico City,

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and half my life in the U.S.

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-Alfredo Corchado is
an award-winning journalist

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and border correspondent
for the Dallas Morning News.

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His work takes him
all over both countries.

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But he still considers
El Paso home.

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So, we're, right now,
in the heart of downtown.

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-We are in the heart
of downtown.

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Everything you see here

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is a peek into the future
of the United States --

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-Mm-hmm.
-That we are binational.

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We are bicultural.
We are bilingual.

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-But it is a fact that
people get very scared

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when they think
about communities

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being binational, bicultural,

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as if belonging to two things
makes you lesser

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or makes you disloyal
or makes you not true.

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-But see that's the thing
about the border,

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is that that's reality.

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We might have different
political systems

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or different governments,

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but at the end of the day,

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what unites us
are the blood ties,

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the bloodlines that run.

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-We're one family.

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-Would you say it only Mexicans

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that have families
on both sides?

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Or is it also Americans?

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-You know, that's literally
the untold story.

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There are so many Americans

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who live in Juárez
and Chihuahua.

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-Yeah.
-There's the American Mexicans.

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The two communities
used to blend in.

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I mean, imagine a midtown
New York City and Brooklyn.

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That was the kind of vibe
at one point in this community

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where they really blended.

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They went back and forth.
People could just kind of --

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could be on one side
or the other.

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But over the years,

00:11:32.459 --> 00:11:33.976
security has taken
such importance

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that it has affected
the fluidity

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of people going back and forth.

00:11:40.709 --> 00:11:42.975 line:20%
♪♪

00:11:42.999 --> 00:11:44.975
-As connected
as these two cities are,

00:11:44.999 --> 00:11:47.101
the wall here stands
at over 20 feet high

00:11:47.125 --> 00:11:50.518
and stretches on
for hundreds of miles

00:11:50.542 --> 00:11:52.602 position:20%
over open desert landscape

00:11:52.626 --> 00:11:54.643
and cuts right through the heart

00:11:54.667 --> 00:11:56.602
of Juárez and El Paso.

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You know, being here

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and knowing how the wall
and the border

00:12:00.709 --> 00:12:03.999
is such an important presence
for La Frontera, of course,

00:12:04.250 --> 00:12:07.975
and the communities
that live here,

00:12:07.999 --> 00:12:09.999
tell me a little bit about that,
and what this means to you.

00:12:10.125 --> 00:12:13.602
Like, is that a --

00:12:13.626 --> 00:12:14.852
Carlos Fuentes called it a scar,

00:12:14.876 --> 00:12:16.209
and I think to us these days,
it's like an open wound,

00:12:17.334 --> 00:12:20.768
and it's gushing.

00:12:20.792 --> 00:12:23.560
Politicians come in,
and it's like, you know,

00:12:23.584 --> 00:12:25.894
who can do a better job
of securing the border.

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I mean, that is the cry.
-Yeah.

00:12:28.834 --> 00:12:31.560
-And we on the border
are the piñata.

00:12:31.584 --> 00:12:33.894
You know, you just hit,
you hit it, you hit it,

00:12:33.918 --> 00:12:36.560
and then you see what
your political points --

00:12:36.584 --> 00:12:39.143
you know, how they rise.

00:12:39.167 --> 00:12:40.894
The irony is that,
if anyone wants security,

00:12:40.918 --> 00:12:44.143
it's the people
who live on the border.

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I mean, we're the ones
that need to be secure.

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But many don't agree
that a wall's the way to do it.

00:12:48.999 --> 00:12:51.975
-Like the border
between many countries,

00:12:51.999 --> 00:12:54.975
the political border
between the U.S. and Mexico

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has been redrawn
over the centuries.

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For a long time,

00:13:00.083 --> 00:13:01.852
parts of this region
were part of Mexico.

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It's people,
along with their culture,

00:13:04.542 --> 00:13:06.602
didn't cross the border.

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The border crossed them.

00:13:08.125 --> 00:13:10.059
Every U.S. administration
has grappled with the challenge

00:13:10.083 --> 00:13:13.310
of how to deal with migration.

00:13:13.334 --> 00:13:15.935
There have been many
policy changes throughout time.

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One of these policies
was the Bracero Program.

00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:22.310 position:20%
From the 1940s to the 1960s

00:13:22.334 --> 00:13:25.518
during the post-war
labor shortage,

00:13:25.542 --> 00:13:27.976
millions of Mexicans came
for temporary work

00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.143
in the fields and farms
on American soil.

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Alfredo Corchado
was one of them.

00:13:34.334 --> 00:13:36.852
-My father came as a bracero.
-Mm-hmm.

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-And these men were welcome,
and their goal wasn't to stay.

00:13:40.999 --> 00:13:44.975
Their goal was to come in,
make some dollars,

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and then go back home.

00:13:47.125 --> 00:13:48.685
This country is
always a bit fickle.

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At times, it loves you,
and it welcomes you,

00:13:51.209 --> 00:13:53.643
and it wants to bring you in.

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And other times,
it's going to criminalize you.

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But think of the border
as a political deer.

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It's a way for politicians
to win political points,

00:14:01.209 --> 00:14:04.852
but also,
there is a lack of will,

00:14:04.876 --> 00:14:07.975
I think, in Washington to try to
get to the root of the problem.

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And what we have is this.

00:14:11.375 --> 00:14:12.975 line:20%
♪♪

00:14:12.999 --> 00:14:13.976
-In a way, is it that
instead of trying

00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.518
to stop what's happening,

00:14:17.542 --> 00:14:19.810
we should look at the examples

00:14:19.834 --> 00:14:21.351 position:20%
of how there's been success

00:14:21.375 --> 00:14:23.518 position:20%
in the border communities?

00:14:23.542 --> 00:14:25.560
-I think that's
a really good point.

00:14:25.584 --> 00:14:26.935
I mean, I think if you
take the border communities

00:14:26.959 --> 00:14:29.476 position:20%
as an example of tolerance,

00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:32.935
and you see trade going
back and forth every day --

00:14:32.959 --> 00:14:36.185 position:20%
I mean, we are doing everything
we can to reach each other

00:14:36.209 --> 00:14:39.685
and say, "How do I help you?"

00:14:39.709 --> 00:14:41.310
Because what's good for Juárez
is good for El Paso.

00:14:41.334 --> 00:14:44.518
What works?
What kind of communication?

00:14:44.542 --> 00:14:46.768
What kind of cooperation

00:14:46.792 --> 00:14:47.975
will work for both sides
in order to get ahead?

00:14:47.999 --> 00:14:51.351
-As you can tell,
my friend Alfredo

00:14:51.375 --> 00:14:54.185
covers important, serious topics
here at the border.

00:14:54.209 --> 00:14:58.018
But I'm going to let you in
on a secret about him.

00:14:58.042 --> 00:15:01.584
He's a mama's boy
through and through.

00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:13.975
-I see the resemblance
so much here,

00:15:13.999 --> 00:15:17.185
except that you didn't inherit
her gorgeous green eyes.

00:15:17.209 --> 00:15:21.143
-But I have her heart.
-You have her heart.

00:15:21.167 --> 00:15:24.059 line:20%
♪♪

00:15:24.083 --> 00:15:25.518
Freddy's mom definitely knows
her way around the kitchen.

00:15:25.542 --> 00:15:28.560
In fact, when she first
moved to El Paso,

00:15:28.584 --> 00:15:30.975
she opened
a very successful restaurant.

00:15:30.999 --> 00:15:34.727
What was the name
of the restaurant?

00:15:34.751 --> 00:15:35.999 line:20%
-Freddy's Café.

00:15:36.751 --> 00:15:37.250 line:20%
-Ah!

00:15:40.834 --> 00:15:42.975
When Alfredo's dad first came
to work in the U.S.,

00:15:42.999 --> 00:15:45.975
his mom, Doña Linda,

00:15:45.999 --> 00:15:47.643
stayed in Mexico with the kids.

00:15:47.667 --> 00:15:49.975
Once he had saved enough money,

00:15:49.999 --> 00:15:51.975
she moved the rest
of the family here

00:15:51.999 --> 00:15:54.393
to be with him.

00:15:54.417 --> 00:15:55.959
-And that was a picture that
we took before left Mexico.

00:15:56.292 --> 00:16:00.351
I think some of us were
more excited than other ones.

00:16:00.375 --> 00:16:02.894
-You didn't want to come.
-I didn't want to come.

00:16:02.918 --> 00:16:04.975
And I don't think
my brothers did.

00:16:04.999 --> 00:16:06.810
We were scared of the change.

00:16:06.834 --> 00:16:09.975
-As an immigrant,
I can relate to that feeling

00:16:09.999 --> 00:16:12.876
of being torn
between two countries.

00:16:12.999 --> 00:16:15.292
And we end up in a place
that's caught between the two.

00:16:17.792 --> 00:16:21.602
-It's very difficult
for someone to pack up

00:16:21.626 --> 00:16:25.393
and leave everything they know,
everything they own,

00:16:25.417 --> 00:16:27.768
everything they have,
to leave their families behind,

00:16:27.792 --> 00:16:29.975
to leave their little towns
behind.

00:16:29.999 --> 00:16:33.143
When I'm interviewing people,

00:16:33.167 --> 00:16:34.518
I see that sense of loss
in their eyes.

00:16:34.542 --> 00:16:37.518
Like, "I don't know that this is

00:16:37.542 --> 00:16:40.810
really the right thing to do."

00:16:40.834 --> 00:16:43.975
What more can I do?

00:16:43.999 --> 00:16:45.975
How do make sure that
my family has an opportunity

00:16:45.999 --> 00:16:49.101
that my family can make
something better?

00:16:49.125 --> 00:16:52.310
But one thing that's different
to me about El Paso,

00:16:52.334 --> 00:16:54.602
it's still very much

00:16:54.626 --> 00:16:56.268
an immigrant community.

00:16:56.292 --> 00:16:58.975 position:20%
There is a certain sense of,
I'm not going to treat you

00:16:58.999 --> 00:17:02.602
as "the other"
because we all are the others.

00:17:02.626 --> 00:17:05.518
And we're all trying
to make it work.

00:17:05.542 --> 00:17:07.059
-Mm-hmm.

00:17:07.083 --> 00:17:07.975 line:20%
♪♪

00:17:07.999 --> 00:17:11.185
-What connects us with home --

00:17:11.209 --> 00:17:13.268
a plate of food?

00:17:13.292 --> 00:17:14.268
For me, yes, always.

00:17:14.292 --> 00:17:16.975
But for so many
Mexican Americans

00:17:16.999 --> 00:17:18.810 position:20%
living here at the border,

00:17:18.834 --> 00:17:20.768
there's something else
that really brings them back --

00:17:20.792 --> 00:17:23.975
music!

00:17:23.999 --> 00:17:25.268
[ Mariachi music plays ]

00:17:25.292 --> 00:17:28.101
-And not just any music.

00:17:28.125 --> 00:17:30.685
Of course, I'm talking
about mariachis.

00:17:30.709 --> 00:17:34.351
Mariachi is
the spiritual embodiment

00:17:34.375 --> 00:17:36.975
of Mexican pride

00:17:36.999 --> 00:17:38.435
all wrapped up in a song.

00:17:38.459 --> 00:17:40.685
As a Mexican living in America,

00:17:40.709 --> 00:17:42.727
I can tell you these are
the sounds of our weddings,

00:17:42.751 --> 00:17:45.976
the sounds of our quinceañeras
or funerals.

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.975
They are the soundtrack
to our life.

00:17:48.999 --> 00:17:52.226
[ Music ends ]

00:17:52.250 --> 00:17:55.125
[ Applause ]

00:17:56.918 --> 00:17:58.751 line:20%
-Lily, it's so lovely
to meet you.

00:18:00.584 --> 00:18:02.310 line:20%
-So nice to meet you.

00:18:02.334 --> 00:18:04.999
-Lily is the bandleader
of the Mariachi Feminine,

00:18:05.250 --> 00:18:08.975
and she lives for this music.

00:18:08.999 --> 00:18:11.643
-Passing on this music

00:18:11.667 --> 00:18:13.000
is essential to the survival
of our heritage.

00:18:16.292 --> 00:18:17.999
-Mariachi is so ingrained
in Mexican culture.

00:18:20.167 --> 00:18:23.000
But traditionally,
this music is male-dominated.

00:18:23.667 --> 00:18:27.018
And a big mission was...?

00:18:27.042 --> 00:18:29.351
-We want to show
that we can do this

00:18:29.375 --> 00:18:30.768
just as well as men can.

00:18:30.792 --> 00:18:32.727
In my opinion...

00:18:32.751 --> 00:18:34.602
-Yeah?
-Even better.

00:18:34.626 --> 00:18:35.975
-Mariachis are about heartbreak,
heartache,

00:18:35.999 --> 00:18:40.018
the heart being swollen, filled
with so much emotion, right?

00:18:40.042 --> 00:18:43.518
-Right.
-And women, like,

00:18:43.542 --> 00:18:45.476
we're experts at that.

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.999
-I think we bring across
more of the sentiment

00:18:47.834 --> 00:18:51.185
of the music.
-Yeah.

00:18:51.209 --> 00:18:52.685
-'Cause like you said,
we carry it, I feel,

00:18:52.709 --> 00:18:55.059
more than men.

00:18:55.083 --> 00:18:56.560
We're the ones that go
through that heartbreak.

00:18:56.584 --> 00:18:58.685
We are the ones
that carry the babies.

00:18:58.709 --> 00:19:00.685
So, we bring that.
We bring that power.

00:19:00.709 --> 00:19:02.975
-Does it have, like,
an even deeper,

00:19:02.999 --> 00:19:04.975
stronger meaning here
at the border?

00:19:04.999 --> 00:19:08.185
-Absolutely.
Juárez is just a few steps away.

00:19:08.209 --> 00:19:11.999
And the culture there
is very present.

00:19:12.083 --> 00:19:15.435
Women are --

00:19:15.459 --> 00:19:16.975 position:20%
You stay at home, you know.

00:19:16.999 --> 00:19:18.268 position:20%
You take care of the kids.

00:19:18.292 --> 00:19:19.810 position:20%
There's a lot of machismo.

00:19:19.834 --> 00:19:21.518
-Right.
-And so for us to be able

00:19:21.542 --> 00:19:23.560
to step up

00:19:23.584 --> 00:19:24.975
and show you
that we have a voice,

00:19:24.999 --> 00:19:27.685
whether it's a few steps away
or here,

00:19:27.709 --> 00:19:30.268
and you're gonna hear us.

00:19:30.292 --> 00:19:31.518
We are very powerful.
-Yeah.

00:19:31.542 --> 00:19:32.975
-That's one thing that I love
about our group,

00:19:32.999 --> 00:19:35.810
is that, yes, we're all females,

00:19:35.834 --> 00:19:37.975
and we try to keep it
very feminine,

00:19:37.999 --> 00:19:39.975 position:20%
and we do the lashes
and the hair and all that.

00:19:39.999 --> 00:19:42.476
But we come to sing.

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:44.143 position:20%
We come to perform,
and we're a powerful group

00:19:44.167 --> 00:19:46.560 line:20%
♪♪

00:19:46.584 --> 00:19:48.975
-All of Lily's time, effort,
and dedication

00:19:48.999 --> 00:19:51.852
have paid off in big ways
over the years.

00:19:51.876 --> 00:19:54.975
-2019 was definitely...
-One of your biggest years?

00:19:54.999 --> 00:19:57.976
-...one of our biggest years,
you know?

00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.602
And then 2020 happened.

00:20:00.626 --> 00:20:02.935
-Because of the pandemic,

00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:04.143
Mariachi Feminine didn't perform
for over a year.

00:20:04.167 --> 00:20:08.018
Many of her bandmates quit
as life's priorities shifted.

00:20:08.042 --> 00:20:12.042
So, Lily is rebuilding
and planning a comeback concert

00:20:12.250 --> 00:20:15.975
to celebrate
their 20th anniversary.

00:20:15.999 --> 00:20:18.852
-How are you feeling about it?
-Nervous.

00:20:18.876 --> 00:20:20.852
I'm nervous,
but I'm very hopeful,

00:20:20.876 --> 00:20:22.768
and I'm very happy.

00:20:22.792 --> 00:20:24.459
-If I could have done anything
with my life, other than cook,

00:20:25.083 --> 00:20:28.643
it would have been sing.

00:20:28.667 --> 00:20:30.435
-Well, I'll teach you mariachi,
and you can teach me to cook.

00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:33.143
How about that?
-Oh! Okay.

00:20:33.167 --> 00:20:35.125
Deal.
-Awesome.

00:20:35.751 --> 00:20:36.876 line:20%
♪♪

00:20:38.999 --> 00:20:42.894
-One of the best ways
to get a feel for a El Paso

00:20:42.918 --> 00:20:45.375
is to take a walk,
take it all in.

00:20:45.876 --> 00:20:49.518
One of the first things
you notice

00:20:49.542 --> 00:20:51.727
are the stunning works of art
on the buildings.

00:20:51.751 --> 00:20:54.435
The muralists of El Paso

00:20:54.459 --> 00:20:56.185
have turned this city
into an outdoor museum.

00:20:56.209 --> 00:20:59.643
It's breathtaking!

00:20:59.667 --> 00:21:01.685
And I'm not the only one
who appreciates it.

00:21:01.709 --> 00:21:04.375 line:20%
♪♪

00:21:06.999 --> 00:21:10.685
Every month or so,
El Paso's murals

00:21:10.709 --> 00:21:13.351
are a backdrop
to a cruise night.

00:21:13.375 --> 00:21:16.101
Of course, on the border,

00:21:16.125 --> 00:21:17.727
no cruise is complete
without a carne asada.

00:21:17.751 --> 00:21:20.976 line:20%
Hola! Y tu?

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:23.435 line:20%
-Eduardo Beckett.

00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:24.602 line:20%
-Ed and his friend, Cimi,

00:21:24.626 --> 00:21:25.852 line:20%
brings artists
and lowriders together

00:21:25.876 --> 00:21:27.894 line:20%
as a show of strength
and solidarity

00:21:27.918 --> 00:21:30.310 line:20%
for this cross-border community.

00:21:30.334 --> 00:21:32.685
You and the people
that get together here

00:21:32.709 --> 00:21:34.685
are both from
El Paso and Juárez?

00:21:34.709 --> 00:21:36.143
-And from Juárez, yes.

00:21:36.167 --> 00:21:37.685
-Ed Beckett is
an immigration lawyer

00:21:37.709 --> 00:21:39.751
and one of the founders
of the Old Memory Lowriders.

00:21:39.999 --> 00:21:43.226
-Hey, what's up?

00:21:43.250 --> 00:21:44.560
-Cimi is one of El Paso's
most prolific muralists.

00:21:44.584 --> 00:21:47.935
-You know, a lot of the murals,
you know,

00:21:47.959 --> 00:21:48.975
those are the stories
of our people.

00:21:48.999 --> 00:21:51.685
They're stories of migration,
stories --

00:21:51.709 --> 00:21:53.975
-Stories of struggle,
immigration, corridos.

00:21:53.999 --> 00:21:56.310
-The street art with the murals
and the lowriding,

00:21:56.334 --> 00:21:58.975
two forms of art that typically

00:21:58.999 --> 00:22:00.975
have been looked upon
as negative.

00:22:00.999 --> 00:22:03.727
-You know, lowriding
is part of the culture.

00:22:03.751 --> 00:22:06.975 position:20%
But to me,
it's not negative anymore.

00:22:06.999 --> 00:22:09.185
We're saying,
"Look, immigrants are good."

00:22:09.209 --> 00:22:11.185
Immigrants come here.
They start businesses.

00:22:11.209 --> 00:22:14.185 position:20%
They will grow the economy.

00:22:14.209 --> 00:22:16.143 position:20%
-So how did you guys meet?

00:22:16.167 --> 00:22:17.975
-Eduardo was working
for a nonprofit.

00:22:17.999 --> 00:22:20.518
-Used to be.
-The migrant community.

00:22:20.542 --> 00:22:22.810 position:20%
-Okay.
-And I was doing a project

00:22:22.834 --> 00:22:24.393
with the youth
that were incarcerated.

00:22:24.417 --> 00:22:27.975
-Okay.
-So we were going

00:22:27.999 --> 00:22:29.018 position:20%
into the system
and working with the kids.

00:22:29.042 --> 00:22:32.143
-He was teaching them art,
and I was just trying

00:22:32.167 --> 00:22:34.018
to motivate them and saying,
"Look, you can do it.

00:22:34.042 --> 00:22:35.975
There's two paths,
the bad or the good.

00:22:35.999 --> 00:22:39.351
Go to school.
Go to school.

00:22:39.375 --> 00:22:40.685
It's not too late.
It doesn't matter.

00:22:40.709 --> 00:22:42.018
Yes, you've committed a crime
but you're a juvenile.

00:22:42.042 --> 00:22:44.435
You still have a chance."

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:45.975
And even though
Cimi was born here,

00:22:45.999 --> 00:22:47.310
I was born here, but we come
from immigrant families.

00:22:47.334 --> 00:22:50.143
-Right.
-So, we're part

00:22:50.167 --> 00:22:51.143 position:20%
of the immigrant tradition.

00:22:51.167 --> 00:22:52.518
We're part of
the immigrant struggle.

00:22:52.542 --> 00:22:53.975
-Yeah.
-And maybe we didn't have

00:22:53.999 --> 00:22:55.018
to suffer like some of
our brothers and sisters

00:22:55.042 --> 00:22:57.185
that we're seeing right now.

00:22:57.209 --> 00:22:58.894
-Right.
-But we're in a place

00:22:58.918 --> 00:23:00.685
that we can make
the system better.

00:23:00.709 --> 00:23:02.975 line:20%
♪♪

00:23:02.999 --> 00:23:03.975
-What do you have,
carne asada?

00:23:03.999 --> 00:23:05.310
-Right here, this is discada.

00:23:05.334 --> 00:23:08.393
-Ah! Discada!

00:23:08.417 --> 00:23:09.768
-So we've got a little bit
of chorizo, beef, bacon.

00:23:09.792 --> 00:23:13.143
And I was going to make
a harissa skirt meat.

00:23:13.167 --> 00:23:15.975
-Discada is a traditional dish
from Chihuahua,

00:23:15.999 --> 00:23:18.975
originally cooked in the discs
of old field plows.

00:23:18.999 --> 00:23:22.894
But I've never had it
north of the border.

00:23:22.918 --> 00:23:25.894
-So it has chorizo,
bacon, beef, and bacon.

00:23:25.918 --> 00:23:28.727
-[ Laughs ]

00:23:28.751 --> 00:23:29.975
-You can't see it,
but you'll taste it.

00:23:29.999 --> 00:23:31.975
-It's like double the bacon,
right?

00:23:31.999 --> 00:23:34.250 line:20%
♪♪

00:23:34.999 --> 00:23:38.643
It's, like, so full of flavor!

00:23:38.667 --> 00:23:39.976
-It's got a lot of flavors,
yeah, yeah.

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:41.852
Can you taste the bacon
and the chorizo?

00:23:41.876 --> 00:23:43.476
-That's the thing!

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.975
I taste the chorizo
and the bacon and the beef,

00:23:44.999 --> 00:23:47.685
but I don't taste them
separately.

00:23:47.709 --> 00:23:49.975
It's a completely
combined thing,

00:23:49.999 --> 00:23:51.975 position:20%
where I cannot distinguish

00:23:51.999 --> 00:23:53.999
the three things
that are in here.

00:23:54.083 --> 00:23:57.393
It's good!

00:23:57.417 --> 00:23:58.976
Cimi and many
of his fellow artists

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:01.727
create their pieces
in both Juárez and El Paso.

00:24:01.751 --> 00:24:05.560
Many of Cimi's murals focus
on Segundo Barrio,

00:24:05.584 --> 00:24:08.975 position:20%
a neighborhood whose fabric

00:24:08.999 --> 00:24:10.975
is made of Mexican immigrants.

00:24:10.999 --> 00:24:13.018
-This mural was painted
with another friend of mine,

00:24:13.042 --> 00:24:15.975
Victor "Mask" Casas.

00:24:15.999 --> 00:24:17.143
It's a little bit of the story
of Segundo Barrio.

00:24:17.167 --> 00:24:19.518
We call it
The Corrido of Segundo Barrio.

00:24:19.542 --> 00:24:21.810 position:20%
-Tell me what a corrido is.

00:24:21.834 --> 00:24:23.167
-So, it's basically a story
in the form of a song --

00:24:23.918 --> 00:24:27.518
a story of an event,
of a person.

00:24:27.542 --> 00:24:30.518
It's something historical
that happened.

00:24:30.542 --> 00:24:31.976
We have the musical.

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.310
The musicals are
from the barrio.

00:24:33.334 --> 00:24:35.975
One of the main things
that I try to do in my murals

00:24:35.999 --> 00:24:38.143
is to have that connection
to the community.

00:24:38.167 --> 00:24:40.727
So we have to include
the community itself

00:24:40.751 --> 00:24:42.975
into the artwork

00:24:42.999 --> 00:24:44.560
because that's the way
they're gonna identify.

00:24:44.584 --> 00:24:47.518
-One of Cimi's missions
is to make sure

00:24:47.542 --> 00:24:49.417
that the struggles of the people
of his community are remembered

00:24:49.876 --> 00:24:53.518
and to acknowledge
all of the good

00:24:53.542 --> 00:24:55.560
that Mexican immigration
has brought to El Paso.

00:24:55.584 --> 00:24:58.975
So the history
of Mexican Americans

00:24:58.999 --> 00:25:01.518
is not being registered
or recorded

00:25:01.542 --> 00:25:04.143
into the American history

00:25:04.167 --> 00:25:06.727
or educational system
as a whole.

00:25:06.751 --> 00:25:08.685
-So you're doing these
in murals.

00:25:08.709 --> 00:25:10.852
-Our job as not only artists

00:25:10.876 --> 00:25:13.975
but as musicians,
poets, writers,

00:25:13.999 --> 00:25:16.852
everybody that does that,

00:25:16.876 --> 00:25:18.560
we need to come out
and start doing that,

00:25:18.584 --> 00:25:20.351
because we need
to remind our people

00:25:20.375 --> 00:25:22.685
why we have to be proud
of who we are.

00:25:22.709 --> 00:25:24.417 line:20%
♪♪

00:25:28.918 --> 00:25:30.792 line:20%
♪♪

00:25:31.999 --> 00:25:33.602
-There's something happening
here at the border.

00:25:33.626 --> 00:25:35.975
It's happening every single day,
all day,

00:25:35.999 --> 00:25:38.975
and you may have no idea
that this even happening.

00:25:38.999 --> 00:25:42.059
And the thing is,

00:25:42.083 --> 00:25:43.435
you might be eating it.

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:45.852
Have you enjoyed
a good steak recently

00:25:45.876 --> 00:25:48.101
or a juicy burger?

00:25:48.125 --> 00:25:50.393
Did you know that
all American burger

00:25:50.417 --> 00:25:52.518
may come from Mexico --

00:25:52.542 --> 00:25:54.643
that U.S. prime
might actually be

00:25:54.667 --> 00:25:57.435
Mexican-American prime?

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:59.935 position:20% line:20%
-So we're here at the spot

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:02.975 position:20% line:20%
where the cattle is coming

00:26:02.999 --> 00:26:04.975 line:20%
from Mexico to the U.S.,
right here.

00:26:04.999 --> 00:26:07.018
-Yes, Ma'am. They're coming
in the United States right now.

00:26:07.042 --> 00:26:09.101
-And now they're
in the United States?

00:26:09.125 --> 00:26:10.226
-Yes.

00:26:10.250 --> 00:26:11.976
-I'm at the Santa Teresa
Crossing union in New Mexico

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:14.975 position:20%
with my new friend Daniel.

00:26:14.999 --> 00:26:16.975
And you're probably
asking yourself

00:26:16.999 --> 00:26:18.975
the same thing I am.

00:26:18.999 --> 00:26:20.894
Why are all these cows
racing through a giant door

00:26:20.918 --> 00:26:24.101
in the border wall?

00:26:24.125 --> 00:26:25.643
Everybody seems to be obsessed

00:26:25.667 --> 00:26:27.727
with people crossing
over the border.

00:26:27.751 --> 00:26:30.935
But people don't talk
about animal crossing

00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:33.852
and the incredible relationship

00:26:33.876 --> 00:26:35.975
that exists between
the two countries

00:26:35.999 --> 00:26:38.435
in growing, raising,

00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:41.476
and selling, trading cattle.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:44.602
-International commerce.

00:26:44.626 --> 00:26:46.351 position:20%
-If you think cows crossing
the border is interesting,

00:26:46.375 --> 00:26:49.975
wait until I tell you
how they got here.

00:26:49.999 --> 00:26:52.976
First, Mexican ranchers
get an American bull

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.975
and breed them
with their Mexican cows.

00:26:55.999 --> 00:26:58.602
They have baby cows,

00:26:58.626 --> 00:27:00.476
all born in Mexico.

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:02.768
Those Mexican American cows
grow up a little in Mexico.

00:27:02.792 --> 00:27:06.268
When they get big enough,

00:27:06.292 --> 00:27:07.685
they're brought here
to the border.

00:27:07.709 --> 00:27:09.768 position:20%
Then they're walked across

00:27:09.792 --> 00:27:10.975
and sold back
to American ranchers.

00:27:10.999 --> 00:27:14.542
-Last year,
we crossed 606,138 animals.

00:27:14.876 --> 00:27:17.975
-From?

00:27:17.999 --> 00:27:18.975
-From Mexico
to the United States.

00:27:18.999 --> 00:27:20.975
-But again, why?

00:27:20.999 --> 00:27:23.894
Well, first, it's cheaper
to let young cows graze

00:27:23.918 --> 00:27:27.268 position:20%
in the vast Mexican fields

00:27:27.292 --> 00:27:28.810
as land isn't expensive there.

00:27:28.834 --> 00:27:30.975
But when it is time for them
to mature and gain more weight,

00:27:30.999 --> 00:27:34.101
they come to the U.S.
to feed on corn

00:27:34.125 --> 00:27:36.852
because the U.S.
subsidizes corn.

00:27:36.876 --> 00:27:39.351 position:20%
But there's another reason.

00:27:39.375 --> 00:27:40.975
Ranchers in the U.S. and Mexico

00:27:40.999 --> 00:27:42.768
are working together

00:27:42.792 --> 00:27:44.476 position:20%
to breed the absolute best,

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.685
most profitable cuts of beef
possible.

00:27:46.709 --> 00:27:49.935
-There was a general here
the other day who's a cattleman.

00:27:49.959 --> 00:27:52.975
And he was from Florida,
and he raised Brangus.

00:27:52.999 --> 00:27:55.894 position:20%
And we were there
watching the cattle cross,

00:27:55.918 --> 00:27:57.101
and there was like
400 head that crossed.

00:27:57.125 --> 00:27:59.976
And he was like,
"This cattle is as good

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:03.310
or better than what we have
in the United States."

00:28:03.334 --> 00:28:05.959
-So, what's fascinating is
the cattle that's being born

00:28:06.083 --> 00:28:10.018
is already Mexican-American
or American-Mexican.

00:28:10.042 --> 00:28:12.975 position:20%
And then that continues back
and forth between borders.

00:28:12.999 --> 00:28:15.185
-Right, and the calves come
across and go to grow yards.

00:28:15.209 --> 00:28:17.975
The Mexican side
and the U.S. side

00:28:17.999 --> 00:28:19.976
and all the companies
that we work together,

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.018
we coordinate together --

00:28:22.042 --> 00:28:23.975
we have a saying in Spanish.

00:28:23.999 --> 00:28:25.083 line:20%
And that's, "We're all
eating from the same plate."

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.393
So, that's...

00:28:29.417 --> 00:28:30.976
-Oh, I love when you --
I love that so much.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.435
That's beautiful!

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:35.476
The cattle that cross the border

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.852
are only about three
or four months old.

00:28:36.876 --> 00:28:39.518
So where do they go next?

00:28:39.542 --> 00:28:41.975
To find out, I'm meeting
with Alvaro Bustillo,

00:28:41.999 --> 00:28:44.975
who uses
the Santa Teresa Crossing

00:28:44.999 --> 00:28:47.476
almost every day
with his company,

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.727
Vaquero Trading.

00:28:49.751 --> 00:28:51.310 line:20%
-So, they come across
in small but specific lots.

00:28:51.334 --> 00:28:54.560 line:20%
So we put them together
to create volume

00:28:54.584 --> 00:28:57.435 line:20%
and build up loads.

00:28:57.459 --> 00:28:58.976
Loads are -- You're talking
50,000-pound loads.

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:02.476
And probably it'll be 110 head.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:06.143
-What happens here is
that cows are separated

00:29:06.167 --> 00:29:09.518
into specific groups
based on weight

00:29:09.542 --> 00:29:11.975
and, believe it or not,
the quality of Vaquero beef --

00:29:11.999 --> 00:29:15.852
Alvaro can tell
just by looking at them.

00:29:15.876 --> 00:29:19.101
-These three cattle,

00:29:19.125 --> 00:29:20.310
they'll grade into
the prime choice quality meat.

00:29:20.334 --> 00:29:23.975
-How do you know?
-It's the build of the cattle.

00:29:23.999 --> 00:29:25.975
And it's like once
the genetics --

00:29:25.999 --> 00:29:28.518
Like, that black one,
you'll say, okay,

00:29:28.542 --> 00:29:30.310
that's a little breed of Angus.

00:29:30.334 --> 00:29:32.310
The yellow one has
a little breed of Charolais.

00:29:32.334 --> 00:29:35.310
So those are English crossers

00:29:35.334 --> 00:29:36.894
that will grade into some
of these prime steaks.

00:29:36.918 --> 00:29:39.018
-And when you buy them,

00:29:39.042 --> 00:29:39.975
you know what kind
you're getting?

00:29:39.999 --> 00:29:41.393
-Yes.

00:29:41.417 --> 00:29:42.727
-How many millions of dollars
are moving here?

00:29:42.751 --> 00:29:44.976
-It varies on the price,
but it's a $700 million,

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:47.643
$800 million industry.

00:29:47.667 --> 00:29:49.810
-And that is just the passing
from Mexico to the U.S.?

00:29:49.834 --> 00:29:51.976
-From Mexico to the U.S.

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.560
-So let's recap.

00:29:53.584 --> 00:29:55.560
An American bull
and a Mexican cow get together.

00:29:55.584 --> 00:29:58.518
They're offspring
are born in Mexico.

00:29:58.542 --> 00:30:00.685
They walk across the border
to the U.S.

00:30:00.709 --> 00:30:03.476 position:20%
American ranchers buy them,

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:05.310
bring them to their ranches,
feed them American corn,

00:30:05.334 --> 00:30:08.185
and sell them as American beef.

00:30:08.209 --> 00:30:10.975
And get this --

00:30:10.999 --> 00:30:12.685
some cuts of meat get sold
in the U.S.,

00:30:12.709 --> 00:30:15.018
but some of that beef
actually goes back to Mexico.

00:30:15.042 --> 00:30:18.918
So these cows truly live
a cross-border life.

00:30:19.999 --> 00:30:23.059 line:20%
♪♪

00:30:23.083 --> 00:30:25.975
To see just how
the U.S. and Mexico

00:30:25.999 --> 00:30:28.101
treasure different
cuts of meat here,

00:30:28.125 --> 00:30:30.768
all you have to do is hop
across the border,

00:30:30.792 --> 00:30:33.476
in Ciudad Juárez.

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.975
I'm meeting up again
with Oscar Herrera

00:30:34.999 --> 00:30:37.476 position:20%
for a classic Mexican bowl

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.268
of hearty deliciousness.

00:30:39.292 --> 00:30:41.560
[ Speaks Spanish ]
It's menudo!

00:30:41.584 --> 00:30:44.852
Menudo is a Mexican soup made

00:30:44.876 --> 00:30:47.268 position:20%
with the stomach of a cow.

00:30:47.292 --> 00:30:48.975
-Menudo,
very traditional in the border.

00:30:48.999 --> 00:30:51.685
Our way of doing
it is kind of different.

00:30:51.709 --> 00:30:53.500
We have menudo with...

00:30:54.083 --> 00:30:55.999
-That is completely different

00:30:57.834 --> 00:30:59.810
from the rest of the country,

00:30:59.834 --> 00:31:01.018 position:20%
'cause menudo is typically
eaten with corn tortillas.

00:31:01.042 --> 00:31:03.810
-Corn tortillas
or corn tostadas.

00:31:03.834 --> 00:31:04.768
-Tostadas.
-Yes.

00:31:04.792 --> 00:31:06.768 position:20%
-Judging by the line of cars
at the drive-through here,

00:31:06.792 --> 00:31:09.393
the people of Juárez
love their menudo.

00:31:09.417 --> 00:31:12.999
-They cook a ton and a half
a week.

00:31:13.250 --> 00:31:16.768
-A ton and a half...

00:31:16.792 --> 00:31:18.975
a week!

00:31:18.999 --> 00:31:20.351 line:20%
♪♪

00:31:20.375 --> 00:31:23.560
Mm! Mm-hmm.

00:31:23.584 --> 00:31:26.476
I love the bread in the menudo.

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.602
-Yeah, we call it --

00:31:28.626 --> 00:31:30.643
-I love it!
Do you know what?

00:31:30.667 --> 00:31:31.975
It makes the broth
of the menudo shine

00:31:31.999 --> 00:31:34.810 position:20%
just as much as the tripe.

00:31:34.834 --> 00:31:37.727
You know, as I continue
to explore your region,

00:31:37.751 --> 00:31:41.018 position:20%
and learning about
how important cattle is...

00:31:41.042 --> 00:31:44.685
They sell the different
cuts of meat

00:31:44.709 --> 00:31:46.351
to different places, right?
-Yes.

00:31:46.375 --> 00:31:47.935
-I'm assuming all the tripe
goes back to Mexico.

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:50.709
-We are really into
taking advantage

00:31:50.876 --> 00:31:54.727
of the complete nose to tail
of our animals.

00:31:54.751 --> 00:31:57.351
Today,
what we're having is tripe.

00:31:57.375 --> 00:31:58.975
But also it's very common
to have pata.

00:31:58.999 --> 00:32:01.727
-I love pata.

00:32:01.751 --> 00:32:04.975
Bién. Feet!
-Feet of the cow.

00:32:04.999 --> 00:32:06.975
But also the barbacoa.
-The head.

00:32:06.999 --> 00:32:10.768 line:20%
-Barbacoa is another
classic Mexican dish

00:32:10.792 --> 00:32:13.602 line:20%
that sometimes uses meat
from the head of the cow,

00:32:13.626 --> 00:32:15.976 line:20%
including the cheeks,
tongue, lips,

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:18.999 line:20%
slow cooked until
it almost falls apart.

00:32:19.292 --> 00:32:22.768
-It's really good.

00:32:22.792 --> 00:32:24.518
-Mmm.

00:32:24.542 --> 00:32:26.975
Mmm!

00:32:26.999 --> 00:32:27.810
-What do you think about it?

00:32:27.834 --> 00:32:29.542
-I mean, this is such
a perfect taco!

00:32:29.751 --> 00:32:33.518 position:20%
So talking about
the different cuts of meat

00:32:33.542 --> 00:32:35.602
that are preferred
in the different countries,

00:32:35.626 --> 00:32:37.518 position:20%
what is that like for you?

00:32:37.542 --> 00:32:38.975 position:20%
I mean, you are binational.

00:32:38.999 --> 00:32:40.768
You've lived on both sides
of the border.

00:32:40.792 --> 00:32:42.560
Your business is on both sides
of the border.

00:32:42.584 --> 00:32:45.310
-It's so hard to get attention

00:32:45.334 --> 00:32:46.894
to show up and highlight
the good stuff that we have.

00:32:46.918 --> 00:32:49.768
But it was so easy

00:32:49.792 --> 00:32:50.975
to get a bad reputation
and bad attention.

00:32:50.999 --> 00:32:53.268
-Does it annoy you

00:32:53.292 --> 00:32:54.685
that the border gets
such bad press?

00:32:54.709 --> 00:32:57.975
It annoys me,
and I'm not from here.

00:32:57.999 --> 00:32:59.975
-2010 was the super highlight

00:32:59.999 --> 00:33:01.975
of all the insecurity
that we had.

00:33:01.999 --> 00:33:04.185
I cannot say that it was a lie.

00:33:04.209 --> 00:33:05.975
It was really bad.

00:33:05.999 --> 00:33:07.393
In 2011, 2012,

00:33:07.417 --> 00:33:08.918
something happened
that we just got fed up.

00:33:09.876 --> 00:33:13.518
It comes to a point
where you say,

00:33:13.542 --> 00:33:15.685
"Hey, this is where I am from."

00:33:15.709 --> 00:33:17.167
All of a sudden, we got
really, really pride

00:33:17.999 --> 00:33:21.268
of being from here.

00:33:21.292 --> 00:33:22.685
-Do you think that prompted
more coloration?

00:33:22.709 --> 00:33:25.768
-Yes that prompted
our coloration because we --

00:33:25.792 --> 00:33:28.018
-From people across the border
or mostly Juárez?

00:33:28.042 --> 00:33:31.602
-No, across the border.

00:33:31.626 --> 00:33:32.975
Sometimes, we hear the term
that they are sister cities,

00:33:32.999 --> 00:33:36.435
but they really are.

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:38.143
I think that this sense of being

00:33:38.167 --> 00:33:40.975
from one region,
that it's unique,

00:33:40.999 --> 00:33:42.975
and that's starting
to see the benefits

00:33:42.999 --> 00:33:45.518
not of what one city has
or the other

00:33:45.542 --> 00:33:47.435
but what we have...

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:48.334
-Together.
-...together.

00:33:50.250 --> 00:33:53.393 line:20%
♪♪

00:33:53.417 --> 00:33:55.999
-[ Shouting ]

00:33:59.999 --> 00:34:03.310
[ Singing in Spanish ]

00:34:03.334 --> 00:34:06.351
-In just a couple days,

00:34:06.375 --> 00:34:07.852
the Mariachi Feminine
Flores Mexicanas

00:34:07.876 --> 00:34:09.975
are putting on
their big comeback show,

00:34:09.999 --> 00:34:12.351
an open concert right in
the heart of downtown El Paso,

00:34:12.375 --> 00:34:15.768
and I can't wait.

00:34:15.792 --> 00:34:18.310
I don't know any Mexican

00:34:18.334 --> 00:34:19.975
who doesn't feel
their heart explode

00:34:19.999 --> 00:34:23.518
when they listen
to Mariachi music.

00:34:23.542 --> 00:34:26.000
Lily has her group of mostly
new girls working so hard

00:34:26.209 --> 00:34:29.975
to get them ready
for the concert.

00:34:29.999 --> 00:34:32.310
[ Mariachi music plays ]

00:34:32.334 --> 00:34:33.975
I have to tell you,
mariachi music always gets me.

00:34:33.999 --> 00:34:37.894
But to walk into a room
full of women

00:34:37.918 --> 00:34:40.810
passionately singing mariachi,

00:34:40.834 --> 00:34:42.810 position:20%
giving it all they've got,

00:34:42.834 --> 00:34:44.560
what can I say?

00:34:44.584 --> 00:34:46.435
It moves me!

00:34:46.459 --> 00:34:48.125 line:20%
♪♪

00:34:51.792 --> 00:34:54.999 line:20%
♪♪

00:35:01.709 --> 00:35:04.976
-So, Lily,
how's rehearsal going?

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.018
-Rehearsal's going great,

00:35:08.042 --> 00:35:09.018
but, you know, the nerves
are kicking in.

00:35:09.042 --> 00:35:10.975
We are nervous for our concert.

00:35:10.999 --> 00:35:13.143
-But I have to tell you
just from the minute

00:35:13.167 --> 00:35:15.975
that I walked in,

00:35:15.999 --> 00:35:17.643
the energy, the emotion,

00:35:17.667 --> 00:35:19.602
it sounds so beautiful.

00:35:19.626 --> 00:35:21.435
I am just so proud

00:35:21.459 --> 00:35:22.999
about everything
you girls are doing.

00:35:23.209 --> 00:35:26.560
-Thank you.

00:35:26.584 --> 00:35:27.894
-Not only for Mexican culture
but for women.

00:35:27.918 --> 00:35:31.310
-This is why we do what we do,

00:35:31.334 --> 00:35:33.167
to represent Mexican women
and because we love it.

00:35:34.667 --> 00:35:38.560
It's our passion.
That's why you feel that energy.

00:35:38.584 --> 00:35:40.602
-And it was just a second
in your rehearsal.

00:35:40.626 --> 00:35:42.935
I can only imagine what
will happen in the concert.

00:35:42.959 --> 00:35:45.518
-Oh, my gosh, I'm so excited.
-I want to say hi to your team.

00:35:45.542 --> 00:35:48.351
I want to congratulate them!
I'm very excited for you all.

00:35:48.375 --> 00:35:51.975
It feels so weird to be
talking in English

00:35:51.999 --> 00:35:53.975
to a mariachi
Mexican women band.

00:35:53.999 --> 00:35:56.894
But I guess that's what
you are all doing --

00:35:56.918 --> 00:35:58.476
you're breaking myths.

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.810
You're breaking stereotypes.

00:35:59.834 --> 00:36:01.975
And you're doing it in English.
You're doing it in Spanish.

00:36:01.999 --> 00:36:05.125
You're doing it as women.

00:36:07.834 --> 00:36:11.518
Like a mujerona is
a heck of a woman,

00:36:11.542 --> 00:36:14.975
and you are all it.

00:36:14.999 --> 00:36:17.768
I'm going to leave you
to continue rehearsing.

00:36:17.792 --> 00:36:19.768
[ Speaks Spanish ]

00:36:19.792 --> 00:36:22.101
I want a little hug!

00:36:22.125 --> 00:36:23.101
Like give me a hug!

00:36:23.125 --> 00:36:26.167
[ Indistinct conversations ]

00:36:27.375 --> 00:36:29.042 line:20%
♪♪

00:36:30.626 --> 00:36:32.975
El Paso gets its name
from the phase

00:36:32.999 --> 00:36:35.268
"El Paso del Norte,"

00:36:35.292 --> 00:36:36.975
the Passageway to the North.

00:36:36.999 --> 00:36:39.727
Early travelers
from Central America

00:36:39.751 --> 00:36:41.975
used the mountain range
to guide them north,

00:36:41.999 --> 00:36:45.185
going straight to modern day

00:36:45.209 --> 00:36:47.101
Juárez and El Paso.

00:36:47.125 --> 00:36:48.975
Today, El Paso is
a jumping off point

00:36:48.999 --> 00:36:51.975
for a different
kind of adventure.

00:36:51.999 --> 00:36:54.292
Art in the desert.

00:36:54.709 --> 00:36:58.143
I'm heading to Marfa, Texas,

00:36:58.167 --> 00:37:00.709
America's smallest-biggest
art destination.

00:37:01.083 --> 00:37:04.643
On the way into town,

00:37:04.667 --> 00:37:05.975
these permanent art exhibitions,

00:37:05.999 --> 00:37:08.727
a Prada store
that's not a store,

00:37:08.751 --> 00:37:10.643 position:20%
in the middle of the desert

00:37:10.667 --> 00:37:12.167
tells you this part
of the borderlands is unique.

00:37:13.751 --> 00:37:16.999 line:20%
♪♪

00:37:17.999 --> 00:37:21.935
Marfa is a lot of fun
to explore on your own,

00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:24.685
but even better
with a local friend,

00:37:24.709 --> 00:37:27.167
especially when your friend
offers this as her ride.

00:37:27.834 --> 00:37:31.101
This should be fun.

00:37:31.125 --> 00:37:32.685
Liz Rogers
is an immigration lawyer

00:37:32.709 --> 00:37:34.768
who's been living in the area
for over 25 years.

00:37:34.792 --> 00:37:38.292
Liz knows just about everything
there is to know about Marfa...

00:37:39.167 --> 00:37:42.560
[ Horn honks ]

00:37:42.584 --> 00:37:43.768
...and maybe everyone.

00:37:43.792 --> 00:37:45.560
-How are you?

00:37:45.584 --> 00:37:47.143
-She really loves
her quirky little town.

00:37:47.167 --> 00:37:49.975
How would you describe Marfa

00:37:49.999 --> 00:37:51.351
to someone
who's never been here?

00:37:51.375 --> 00:37:53.018 line:20%
-Marfa's really unique.
These are Lanyon foundations.

00:37:53.042 --> 00:37:55.975 line:20%
-Let's say her tours are
filled with a lot of passion.

00:37:55.999 --> 00:37:58.975
-This house is owned
by Hamilton Fish

00:37:58.999 --> 00:38:00.643
from New York City.

00:38:00.667 --> 00:38:02.185
This house is owned by a lawyer

00:38:02.209 --> 00:38:03.975
who represented George Clooney.

00:38:03.999 --> 00:38:05.602 position:20%
She is the one, I think,
that gets the most credit.

00:38:05.626 --> 00:38:08.351
He got tired of the art world.

00:38:08.375 --> 00:38:11.143
But the Bride family,
that a big mansion...

00:38:11.167 --> 00:38:13.975
And, in fact,
his great-great-grandson...

00:38:13.999 --> 00:38:17.143
This has an elevator.

00:38:17.167 --> 00:38:18.975
-So, I'm gonna try
to keep up with this.

00:38:18.999 --> 00:38:21.310
What is that over there?

00:38:21.334 --> 00:38:22.685
-That's a house.
-Oh, that's a house?

00:38:22.709 --> 00:38:24.310
-That's a house.
So, you'll be...

00:38:24.334 --> 00:38:25.393
-In the meantime,
here are the basics.

00:38:25.417 --> 00:38:29.101
What you have to understand is
this sleepy little ranching town

00:38:29.125 --> 00:38:32.185
in the middle of the desert
hundreds of miles

00:38:32.209 --> 00:38:35.268
from the next major city

00:38:35.292 --> 00:38:37.000
is one of the art world's
biggest destinations.

00:38:37.876 --> 00:38:41.310
It all started in the 1970s,

00:38:41.334 --> 00:38:43.101
when world-renowned artist
Donald Judd

00:38:43.125 --> 00:38:45.975
decided he had had enough
of the art scene

00:38:45.999 --> 00:38:48.560
in New York City

00:38:48.584 --> 00:38:49.894
and wanted to find
a more permanent location

00:38:49.918 --> 00:38:52.101
for his giant
minimalist installations.

00:38:52.125 --> 00:38:55.727
Over time,
more artists joined Judd.

00:38:55.751 --> 00:38:58.351
And before Marfa
knew what hit it...

00:38:58.375 --> 00:39:00.852
I'll let Liz take it from here.

00:39:00.876 --> 00:39:02.685
-And so the way
it was explained to me,

00:39:02.709 --> 00:39:04.310
that if you care
about minimalism

00:39:04.334 --> 00:39:05.975
there are three places to go.
-Okay.

00:39:05.999 --> 00:39:07.768
-The Museum of Modern Art
in New York City,

00:39:07.792 --> 00:39:09.667
the Art Institute of Chicago,

00:39:09.834 --> 00:39:12.975
and Marfa.

00:39:12.999 --> 00:39:14.602
-You have people that come
from all over the U.S.

00:39:14.626 --> 00:39:16.894
Do you have people that come
from all over the world?

00:39:16.918 --> 00:39:18.810
-All over the world.

00:39:18.834 --> 00:39:19.975 line:20%
♪♪

00:39:19.999 --> 00:39:21.435
-To learn a little bit more
about Marfa,

00:39:21.459 --> 00:39:23.727
Liz wanted to take me
to one of her favorite places.

00:39:23.751 --> 00:39:26.768 position:20%
Of course when in Texas...

00:39:26.792 --> 00:39:28.768
it's gotta be barbecue.

00:39:28.792 --> 00:39:30.852
Pitmaster Mark Scott
and his wife Kaki.

00:39:30.876 --> 00:39:33.935
are the owners
of Convenience West barbecue.

00:39:33.959 --> 00:39:36.852
-This looks amazing.
-Oh, thank you.

00:39:36.876 --> 00:39:39.852 position:20% line:20%
-Oh, my God.
This is like coming apart.

00:39:39.876 --> 00:39:41.768 line:20%
-Oh yeah, we've been
cooking this for hours.

00:39:41.792 --> 00:39:43.727 line:20%
We almost don't ever
eat barbecue. It's sad.

00:39:43.751 --> 00:39:47.143 position:20%
-It looks gorgeous, no way!

00:39:47.167 --> 00:39:49.602
So, tell me a little bit.
You're both from Marfa.

00:39:49.626 --> 00:39:51.727 line:20%
What do you call people
from Marfa -- Marfians?

00:39:51.751 --> 00:39:54.059
-Marfa-- No.

00:39:54.083 --> 00:39:55.226
-Marfadines?

00:39:55.250 --> 00:39:56.435
-Marfins.
Marfanians.

00:39:56.459 --> 00:39:59.727
There's a fellow
who calls us Martians.

00:39:59.751 --> 00:40:01.476
-Right. Right.

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:03.268 line:20%
♪♪

00:40:03.292 --> 00:40:06.310
-This is like...

00:40:06.334 --> 00:40:08.310
caramel barbecue.
-Mm-hmm.

00:40:08.334 --> 00:40:10.143
-It's crunchy, crusty,

00:40:10.167 --> 00:40:11.768
caramelly, sweet!
-Yeah, you got a good piece.

00:40:11.792 --> 00:40:13.975
-The brisket we cooked
for 16-plus hours.

00:40:13.999 --> 00:40:16.935
-Did you hear the crunch?

00:40:16.959 --> 00:40:18.810 position:20%
-Yeah, you got a good bite.

00:40:18.834 --> 00:40:19.975
[ Laughs ]
-Oh, my God!

00:40:19.999 --> 00:40:22.143
I'm not kidding when I say
this is possibly

00:40:22.167 --> 00:40:25.852
the best barbecue I've ever had.

00:40:25.876 --> 00:40:28.976 position:20%
Mark seasons his brisket
and ribs with brown sugar,

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:32.685
salt and pepper, cider vinegar,

00:40:32.709 --> 00:40:34.810 position:20%
and some other secret stuff

00:40:34.834 --> 00:40:36.894
and slow cooks
for over 16 hours.

00:40:36.918 --> 00:40:40.101
They say in Chihuahua,
your neighbors,

00:40:40.125 --> 00:40:42.810
when something is really good

00:40:42.834 --> 00:40:44.268
they say it's fabuloso.

00:40:44.292 --> 00:40:46.018
Like you really feel
like saying a bad word.

00:40:46.042 --> 00:40:48.518
[ Laughter ]
It's that good.

00:40:48.542 --> 00:40:50.476
-I like that.

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:52.101
-Before they were masters
of the barbecue,

00:40:52.125 --> 00:40:54.975
Mark and Kaki
had a front row seat

00:40:54.999 --> 00:40:57.143 position:20%
for the evolution of Marfa.

00:40:57.167 --> 00:40:58.975
-'99, 2000, a bookstore
opened downtown,

00:40:58.999 --> 00:41:02.727
a fine dining restaurant
that no one out here

00:41:02.751 --> 00:41:05.518
had seen the likes of
ever before.

00:41:05.542 --> 00:41:08.059
Before that, most of downtown
was still boarded up.

00:41:08.083 --> 00:41:11.560
It was quiet.

00:41:11.584 --> 00:41:12.975
-Was this because of
the Chinati Foundation or Judd?

00:41:12.999 --> 00:41:14.976
-Definitely that, does
have a part of it.

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:16.975
-It's like that's how anybody
knew to be interested.

00:41:16.999 --> 00:41:19.976
But then at some point,
people just started to come

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:22.143
because they wanted
to get out of Austin, maybe.

00:41:22.167 --> 00:41:25.894
And Marfa has a fun vibe,
and it's still in Texas.

00:41:25.918 --> 00:41:28.268
And yeah, so...

00:41:28.292 --> 00:41:30.167
-It's gradually become
more and more and more

00:41:30.334 --> 00:41:33.751
tourist heavy.

00:41:33.999 --> 00:41:37.518 position:20%
-As more artists, tourists,

00:41:37.542 --> 00:41:39.476
and hipsters flocked to Marfa,

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:41.226
the rich bought second homes,
property values soared,

00:41:41.250 --> 00:41:44.935
and the struggling
ranching community of the past

00:41:44.959 --> 00:41:47.476
has become a backdrop

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:49.185 position:20%
for posts on social media.

00:41:49.209 --> 00:41:50.975 position:20%
-When I was telling friends
that I was going to Marfa,

00:41:50.999 --> 00:41:53.560
they were asking me what
was I going to Instagram.

00:41:53.584 --> 00:41:56.518
-You can really tell
that people think

00:41:56.542 --> 00:41:59.975
that it is a movie set.
-Yeah.

00:41:59.999 --> 00:42:02.852
It took an outsider
from New York City,

00:42:02.876 --> 00:42:05.351
Donald Judd,
to see the possibilities

00:42:05.375 --> 00:42:07.975
and set a new path for Marfa,

00:42:07.999 --> 00:42:10.518 position:20%
including turning
the art world upside down.

00:42:10.542 --> 00:42:13.852
But there are still signs
of the past.

00:42:13.876 --> 00:42:16.975
-I lived in El Paso for a long
time before I came here.

00:42:16.999 --> 00:42:19.975
And here,
it's a very stratified society.

00:42:19.999 --> 00:42:23.894
It is very seldom that
I am at a social event

00:42:23.918 --> 00:42:26.894
with a Mexican-American
unless they're...

00:42:26.918 --> 00:42:29.518 position:20%
And I really had
a difficult time with that

00:42:29.542 --> 00:42:31.518
because El Paso
was not that way.

00:42:31.542 --> 00:42:33.518
-There is still the divide
in Marfa.

00:42:33.542 --> 00:42:34.935
There's still very much
a divide of, not just race,

00:42:34.959 --> 00:42:38.602
but also just what
a lot of people refer

00:42:38.626 --> 00:42:41.143
to as New Marfa and Old Marfa.

00:42:41.167 --> 00:42:43.518
-And the new Marfa people will
buy a house on the south side.

00:42:43.542 --> 00:42:45.975
Or they'll get the crappiest
little adobe

00:42:45.999 --> 00:42:47.810
and spend a bunch of money on it

00:42:47.834 --> 00:42:49.518
and live with
poor neighbors around.

00:42:49.542 --> 00:42:51.560
And that is not
what traditionally has been.

00:42:51.584 --> 00:42:53.852
The wealthy people lived
on one side of town.

00:42:53.876 --> 00:42:55.101
-Lived on the north side
of the tracks,

00:42:55.125 --> 00:42:56.542
and there are people
who can remember

00:42:56.709 --> 00:43:00.393
when Marfa was very,
truly segregated.

00:43:00.417 --> 00:43:02.685
Marfa cemetery
is basically segregated.

00:43:02.709 --> 00:43:05.727
It's a fence that runs
along the whole thing,

00:43:05.751 --> 00:43:07.143
but it's dilapidated,

00:43:07.167 --> 00:43:08.351
and it wouldn't
keep anybody out.

00:43:08.375 --> 00:43:09.975
And when you look at it,
you're like, okay, well,

00:43:09.999 --> 00:43:12.018
this is maybe the Catholic side
and the Protestant side.

00:43:12.042 --> 00:43:14.602
But it is what it is.

00:43:14.626 --> 00:43:16.975 line:20%
-The cemetery still
is divided here

00:43:16.999 --> 00:43:19.476 line:20%
until after that documentary.

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.894 line:20%
And I think they took
the fence down, or no?

00:43:20.918 --> 00:43:22.518 line:20%
-Nope.
-Still divided.

00:43:22.542 --> 00:43:24.727 line:20%
Separating Anglos
from Hispanics at a cemetery,

00:43:24.751 --> 00:43:27.143 line:20%
and it just drives me crazy.

00:43:27.167 --> 00:43:28.975 line:20%
-But I mean every now and then,

00:43:28.999 --> 00:43:30.975 line:20%
there's real serious discussion
about it.

00:43:30.999 --> 00:43:33.018
But the people that get
the most serious about it --

00:43:33.042 --> 00:43:35.560
Like, this is wrong,
and it has to come down,

00:43:35.584 --> 00:43:37.101
are people that come in
from out of town,

00:43:37.125 --> 00:43:38.727
and they get a little
sort of squeamish

00:43:38.751 --> 00:43:41.101
about making a big issue

00:43:41.125 --> 00:43:44.975
about it being that
they're new to town.

00:43:44.999 --> 00:43:47.975
-You have such
contrasting things here.

00:43:47.999 --> 00:43:50.101
You have the very local,

00:43:50.125 --> 00:43:51.852
and you have all
these international,

00:43:51.876 --> 00:43:53.768
fancy tourists coming.

00:43:53.792 --> 00:43:55.810
How do you please everybody?

00:43:55.834 --> 00:43:57.476
-You just have to know that,

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:58.975
every day you open
your restaurant,

00:43:58.999 --> 00:44:00.727
that a lot of people
are going to be happy,

00:44:00.751 --> 00:44:02.560
and someone's going
to yell at you.

00:44:02.584 --> 00:44:03.976
-The people are
willing to travel

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:05.852
unbelievable distances
to eat barbecue.

00:44:05.876 --> 00:44:09.310
-That's how I knew we made it.

00:44:09.334 --> 00:44:11.476 position:20%
A few years ago, some guys,

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.975
they drove from Dallas
to come here.

00:44:12.999 --> 00:44:15.975
And they had barbecue,
and they were so happy.

00:44:15.999 --> 00:44:17.351 position:20%
And they were like, "What else
is going on in this town!"

00:44:17.375 --> 00:44:19.727
And I'm like,
"Yes, we created a bubble

00:44:19.751 --> 00:44:22.310
inside of a bubble!"

00:44:22.334 --> 00:44:24.059
[ Laughter ]

00:44:24.083 --> 00:44:25.584 line:20%
♪♪

00:44:27.292 --> 00:44:30.975 line:20%
-A few hours south of Marfa,

00:44:30.999 --> 00:44:32.975 line:20%
way down at the bottom
of Big Bend,

00:44:32.999 --> 00:44:35.101 line:20%
in the Texas border,

00:44:35.125 --> 00:44:37.518
the road leads
to a national treasure,

00:44:37.542 --> 00:44:40.602
Big Bend National Park.

00:44:40.626 --> 00:44:42.709
Even the drive here
is mind-blowing.

00:44:42.876 --> 00:44:46.310
I've never been to Big Bend.

00:44:46.334 --> 00:44:48.393
To be honest,
I hadn't even heard of it

00:44:48.417 --> 00:44:50.393
before this trip.

00:44:50.417 --> 00:44:52.643
Pictures don't do it justice.

00:44:52.667 --> 00:44:56.143
This is one of the park's
biggest attractions,

00:44:56.167 --> 00:44:59.310
the Santa Elena Canyon.

00:44:59.334 --> 00:45:01.768
The canyon was formed over
millions and millions of years

00:45:01.792 --> 00:45:05.518
as the Rio Grande River
cut through

00:45:05.542 --> 00:45:07.709
and carved away
at the limestone rock.

00:45:07.876 --> 00:45:11.310
The canyon walls stand about

00:45:11.334 --> 00:45:12.876 position:20%
1,500 feet above the river.

00:45:13.999 --> 00:45:17.643
The river is a natural border

00:45:17.667 --> 00:45:19.310
between the U.S. and Mexico.

00:45:19.334 --> 00:45:21.685
It just surprises you
at every turn.

00:45:21.709 --> 00:45:24.560 line:20%
♪♪

00:45:24.584 --> 00:45:25.810
When we think about the border,

00:45:25.834 --> 00:45:26.976
we often create
an image in our minds.

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:29.810
But what don't often think of

00:45:29.834 --> 00:45:31.876
is the stunning natural beauty.

00:45:31.999 --> 00:45:35.435
As a Mexican-American,

00:45:35.459 --> 00:45:36.852
I had my own expectations

00:45:36.876 --> 00:45:38.435
of what the border meant.

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But this is showing me how much
I still have to explore.

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:44.626 line:20%
♪♪

00:45:46.250 --> 00:45:48.185 line:20%
Back in El Paso,
Lily and the Mariachi Feminine

00:45:48.209 --> 00:45:50.975 line:20%
are getting ready for
their big comeback performance.

00:45:50.999 --> 00:45:54.018
But I've got one more stop
to make first.

00:45:54.042 --> 00:45:57.143
"La Frontera" draws people
not only from Mexico

00:45:57.167 --> 00:46:00.560
and the U.S.

00:46:00.584 --> 00:46:01.602
-[ Speaks Arabic ]

00:46:01.626 --> 00:46:03.143
Ed Farah and his mom, Salma,

00:46:03.167 --> 00:46:05.560
are opening their newest
restaurant in El Paso,

00:46:05.584 --> 00:46:08.167
featuring Syrian and Lebanese
family recipes.

00:46:08.918 --> 00:46:12.685
And when I say "opening,"
I mean tonight --

00:46:12.709 --> 00:46:15.059
right now!

00:46:15.083 --> 00:46:16.310 line:20%
-So, this is our soft opening.

00:46:16.334 --> 00:46:17.518 line:20%
We're actually three months
behind schedule.

00:46:17.542 --> 00:46:19.643
But I told my contractor,

00:46:19.667 --> 00:46:20.975
"We're having
a special occasion tonight.

00:46:20.999 --> 00:46:22.476
So if you don't get it done,

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.768
you're not getting paid."

00:46:23.792 --> 00:46:25.894
-To celebrate,
they've invited 80 or 90

00:46:25.918 --> 00:46:28.518
of their closest family
and friends

00:46:28.542 --> 00:46:30.560
And me!

00:46:30.584 --> 00:46:31.602
-Hi, Pati, how are you?

00:46:31.626 --> 00:46:32.393
-Hola.

00:46:32.417 --> 00:46:33.476
I'm here crashing your opening.

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:35.018
-No, you're welcome any time.
Thank you for coming.

00:46:35.042 --> 00:46:38.059 line:20%
-What is that?

00:46:38.083 --> 00:46:40.143 line:20%
-This is my...

00:46:40.167 --> 00:46:41.685
-Because it's you're
opening night,

00:46:41.709 --> 00:46:42.975
because you're getting
your kitchen ready.

00:46:42.999 --> 00:46:45.975
I love Middle Eastern food
so much!

00:46:45.999 --> 00:46:49.268
-Thank you.

00:46:49.292 --> 00:46:50.643
This is hummus.
-Hummus?

00:46:50.667 --> 00:46:52.975
-Baba ghanoush,

00:46:52.999 --> 00:46:54.101
[ Speaking Arabic ]

00:46:54.125 --> 00:46:57.268
-You guys speak Spanish?

00:46:57.292 --> 00:46:59.268
-[ Speaks Spanish ]

00:46:59.292 --> 00:47:00.292 line:20%
-I don't speak
as much as she does.

00:47:03.083 --> 00:47:06.310
-Mmm!
-They're good, huh?

00:47:06.334 --> 00:47:07.975
-Mmm!
-There you go.

00:47:07.999 --> 00:47:10.975
-So where does
your family come from?

00:47:10.999 --> 00:47:13.268
-There's two sides.

00:47:13.292 --> 00:47:14.560
My mother's Syrian.
My father Lebanese.

00:47:14.584 --> 00:47:16.810
-Okay.
That's great food!

00:47:16.834 --> 00:47:19.810
Ed and Salma's family immigrated

00:47:19.834 --> 00:47:21.810
to both the U.S. and Mexico.

00:47:21.834 --> 00:47:24.727 line:20%
Some of the family that
immigrated to Mexico

00:47:24.751 --> 00:47:27.351 line:20%
then moved up here
to the border.

00:47:27.375 --> 00:47:30.143
But the people that came
from Syria to Mexico

00:47:30.167 --> 00:47:33.351 position:20%
wanted to come to El Paso.

00:47:33.375 --> 00:47:35.101
-Yes.
-Why?

00:47:35.125 --> 00:47:36.975
-Because it's
better opportunity.

00:47:36.999 --> 00:47:38.975
-Once one person came
from the family...

00:47:38.999 --> 00:47:40.852
-Yeah.
-...the rest started coming.

00:47:40.876 --> 00:47:42.975
-In fact, it's also how
we ended up in a dining room

00:47:42.999 --> 00:47:45.975
full of Syrian
and Lebanese friends.

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♪♪

00:47:49.209 --> 00:47:51.810 position:20%
Coming to the Texas border,

00:47:51.834 --> 00:47:53.643
I did not expect to find myself

00:47:53.667 --> 00:47:55.643
filling a plate with kibbeh,

00:47:55.667 --> 00:47:57.476
baba ghanoush, kebabs...

00:47:57.500 --> 00:48:00.018
But at the same time,
it makes so much sense.

00:48:00.042 --> 00:48:02.975 position:20%
I've see many similarities

00:48:02.999 --> 00:48:04.768
between our two cultures.

00:48:04.792 --> 00:48:06.768
-I'm hearing from all your
family and friends here that

00:48:06.792 --> 00:48:10.185
the Syrian/Lebanese community
is actually pretty big.

00:48:10.209 --> 00:48:13.975
-It's large, yes.
-I want to hear about

00:48:13.999 --> 00:48:15.975
how your family
got into the food business.

00:48:15.999 --> 00:48:18.975
-Okay.
We had a convenience store.

00:48:18.999 --> 00:48:20.602
-Here in El Paso?

00:48:20.626 --> 00:48:21.727
-Here in El Paso.
We were up and down.

00:48:21.751 --> 00:48:22.975
We were trying
to make ends meet.

00:48:22.999 --> 00:48:24.975 position:20%
My mother threw a party
one time, and people said,

00:48:24.999 --> 00:48:27.976
"Oh, it's delicious!
You should sell this food!"

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:31.518
-This old man came,
and he told me,

00:48:31.542 --> 00:48:33.852 position:20%
"You have to make me food.

00:48:33.876 --> 00:48:35.185
I'll pay you whatever you want."

00:48:35.209 --> 00:48:36.976
-Was he from the community?
-He's Lebanese, yes.

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:40.393
-This sparked an idea
for Salma.

00:48:40.417 --> 00:48:42.643
Maybe she was a good enough cook

00:48:42.667 --> 00:48:44.310 position:20%
to open her own restaurant.

00:48:44.334 --> 00:48:46.351
But instead of starting
with Syrian and Lebanese food,

00:48:46.375 --> 00:48:49.310
she took a different approach.

00:48:49.334 --> 00:48:51.143
-It was a Mexican restaurant

00:48:51.167 --> 00:48:52.310
called Casa Verde.
-Mexican!

00:48:52.334 --> 00:48:54.975
-The reason we didn't start
with Arabic food

00:48:54.999 --> 00:48:56.975
is that no one believed
it would sell.

00:48:56.999 --> 00:48:59.393
-Yeah.

00:48:59.417 --> 00:49:00.560
-We were scared
to put it out there.

00:49:00.584 --> 00:49:02.518
But when the Mexican,
the restaurant,

00:49:02.542 --> 00:49:03.852
started dying down,
my mom's orders

00:49:03.876 --> 00:49:05.975
started coming up
for the Arabic stuff.

00:49:05.999 --> 00:49:09.393
-Little by little,
Ed and Salma added

00:49:09.417 --> 00:49:11.727
Syrian and Lebanese food
to their menus.

00:49:11.751 --> 00:49:14.476
Today, Farah's opens with a menu

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:16.810
filled with Middle Eastern food.

00:49:16.834 --> 00:49:18.975
I think they're going to have
plenty of family support!

00:49:18.999 --> 00:49:21.727
-So, the three brothers
are here.

00:49:21.751 --> 00:49:23.351
-Yes.
-There's George.

00:49:23.375 --> 00:49:24.518
-That's George.
-Where is the other son?

00:49:24.542 --> 00:49:27.560
I think I've met
your other brother. Hi!

00:49:27.584 --> 00:49:29.975
-That's my granddaughter.
-Nice to meet you.

00:49:29.999 --> 00:49:33.143
Big family!
-These are all first cousins.

00:49:33.167 --> 00:49:35.268
-This is her brother.

00:49:35.292 --> 00:49:37.518
-Okay, whose brother?
-Your brother.

00:49:37.542 --> 00:49:39.643
-That's my brother, this one.

00:49:39.667 --> 00:49:41.727
-I think I'm gonna need
to see a family tree

00:49:41.751 --> 00:49:43.602 position:20%
to keep track of everyone.

00:49:43.626 --> 00:49:45.393
-Who are you?

00:49:45.417 --> 00:49:46.959
-I am a friend of theirs.

00:49:47.959 --> 00:49:49.250 line:20%
[ Laughter ]

00:49:51.083 --> 00:49:54.935
-These families came here
to the border with nothing,

00:49:54.959 --> 00:49:58.101
and they're proud
of what they've built.

00:49:58.125 --> 00:50:00.518
And you were telling me
how everybody here

00:50:00.542 --> 00:50:02.768
started from scratch.

00:50:02.792 --> 00:50:05.518
-And my Ed with a quarter
in his pocket.

00:50:05.542 --> 00:50:08.185
-With a quarter in his pocket.

00:50:08.209 --> 00:50:09.975
Why do you all love the border,

00:50:09.999 --> 00:50:13.727
and why do you call
El Paso home?

00:50:13.751 --> 00:50:16.852
-Honestly,
because Hispanics and Arabs

00:50:16.876 --> 00:50:19.143
are very close, very similar.

00:50:19.167 --> 00:50:21.143
Family first, large families.

00:50:21.167 --> 00:50:23.935
You come here,
bunch of Arabs coming together.

00:50:23.959 --> 00:50:25.975
I go to my Mexican
friends' houses,

00:50:25.999 --> 00:50:28.310
it's just like this.

00:50:28.334 --> 00:50:29.975 position:20%
We're our own culture here,

00:50:29.999 --> 00:50:31.560
but we love to hang out
with each other.

00:50:31.584 --> 00:50:33.602
It's as simple as that.

00:50:33.626 --> 00:50:34.626 line:20%
♪♪

00:50:36.250 --> 00:50:39.975
-In the heart of downtown
El Paso,

00:50:39.999 --> 00:50:42.643
the Mariachi Feminine Mexicanas

00:50:42.667 --> 00:50:44.894
are making their way
to the stage.

00:50:44.918 --> 00:50:47.101
After over a year
from performing live,

00:50:47.125 --> 00:50:49.894
rebuilding her group,
and months of practice,

00:50:49.918 --> 00:50:52.894
Lily and her girls are
ready for their comeback.

00:50:52.918 --> 00:50:55.976
Their performance
tonight celebrates

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:58.894
the 20th anniversary
of the group.

00:50:58.918 --> 00:51:01.999
Lily!

00:51:03.042 --> 00:51:03.751 line:20%
-I'm so excited!

00:51:06.459 --> 00:51:08.059 line:20%
No!

00:51:08.083 --> 00:51:09.810 position:20% line:20%
-You all look so beautiful!

00:51:09.834 --> 00:51:12.268
Are you feeling okay?

00:51:12.292 --> 00:51:13.975
-I'm just nervous.
-No, look at the crowd.

00:51:13.999 --> 00:51:16.768
Everybody's so happy!

00:51:16.792 --> 00:51:19.518
You all look beautiful!
Just look at this!

00:51:19.542 --> 00:51:22.226
I mean...

00:51:22.250 --> 00:51:23.975
-Good evening, El Paso.
Thank you for coming out today.

00:51:23.999 --> 00:51:27.018
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:51:27.042 --> 00:51:30.351
We have a great show
for you all.

00:51:30.375 --> 00:51:32.685 position:20%
But first,
I'd like to thank everyone

00:51:32.709 --> 00:51:33.975
for supporting
Flores Mexicanas,

00:51:33.999 --> 00:51:37.018
and we're going to
continue to work hard,

00:51:37.042 --> 00:51:41.185
not only for ourselves
but for all of our loved ones

00:51:41.209 --> 00:51:44.975
and all of the support
that we have.

00:51:44.999 --> 00:51:46.999
Thank you, El Paso!

00:51:47.999 --> 00:51:51.209
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:51:52.918 --> 00:51:55.999 line:20%
♪♪

00:51:57.042 --> 00:52:00.292 line:20%
♪♪

00:52:00.999 --> 00:52:04.894 line:20%
-There's such unique energy here
at the border.

00:52:04.918 --> 00:52:08.143 line:20%
I had been wanting
to come here for so long.

00:52:08.167 --> 00:52:11.751 line:20%
Yet I arrived not knowing
quite what to expect.

00:52:12.999 --> 00:52:16.268
But being here,

00:52:16.292 --> 00:52:17.852
watching Lily sing
her heart out,

00:52:17.876 --> 00:52:19.975
holding tightly onto tradition

00:52:19.999 --> 00:52:21.685
as she's able
to break new ground,

00:52:21.709 --> 00:52:24.143
thinking about all of the people

00:52:24.167 --> 00:52:25.643
that welcomed me with open arms

00:52:25.667 --> 00:52:27.518
in both Mexico and the U.S.,

00:52:27.542 --> 00:52:29.727
this layered, complex
border story

00:52:29.751 --> 00:52:32.351
becomes more clear to me.

00:52:32.375 --> 00:52:34.626 line:20%
♪♪

00:52:34.834 --> 00:52:38.602
-To people on both
sides of the border --

00:52:38.626 --> 00:52:41.268
families, friends, chefs,

00:52:41.292 --> 00:52:43.602
artists, musicians -

00:52:43.626 --> 00:52:47.101
their passions, struggle,

00:52:47.125 --> 00:52:49.185
achievements, their food,

00:52:49.209 --> 00:52:51.310
their art, their songs,

00:52:51.334 --> 00:52:53.975
they're all living
this closer together

00:52:53.999 --> 00:52:56.351
than many places without a wall.

00:52:56.375 --> 00:52:58.999 line:20%
♪♪

00:52:59.999 --> 00:53:03.143
The border --

00:53:03.167 --> 00:53:04.351
the place where one thing ends
and another begins.

00:53:04.375 --> 00:53:07.143
The place where there is
supposed to be a divide.

00:53:07.167 --> 00:53:09.976
It is here where
no possibility is final.

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:13.310
Here on La Frontera,

00:53:13.334 --> 00:53:14.975
in the middle
of the West Texas desert,

00:53:14.999 --> 00:53:17.935
miles from nowhere,

00:53:17.959 --> 00:53:20.101
these two cities are one.

00:53:20.125 --> 00:53:23.125 line:20%
♪♪

00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:29.250 line:20%
♪♪

00:53:32.042 --> 00:53:35.292 line:20%
♪♪

00:53:37.999 --> 00:53:41.393 line:20%
Si, señor!

00:53:41.417 --> 00:53:43.268 line:20%
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:53:43.292 --> 00:53:46.143
-Next time on "La Frontera,"

00:53:46.167 --> 00:53:47.975
I'm traveling from Laredo
and Nuevo Laredo

00:53:47.999 --> 00:53:50.435
to the Gulf of Mexico,

00:53:50.459 --> 00:53:52.018
meeting with ranchers,
factory workers, chefs,

00:53:52.042 --> 00:53:55.018
and immigrants living out
the American dream

00:53:55.042 --> 00:53:57.975
to experience
this rich environment,

00:53:57.999 --> 00:54:00.268
foods that bond us,

00:54:00.292 --> 00:54:01.976
and future possibilities
that can only exist here.

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:05.518
And hopefully you can hear
some of the conversation here,

00:54:05.542 --> 00:54:08.101
too, 'cause it's loud.

00:54:08.125 --> 00:54:10.209
♪♪

00:54:15.876 --> 00:54:20.876
♪♪