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>> NARRATOR: Tonight, a special
presentation from "Frontline",

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Independent Lense, and Voces.

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>> I love my country.

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I put my life on the line.

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My country won't let my husband
live here.

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>> Marcos?

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>> Yeah.

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>> It's difficult to live
without my family.

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(shouting)
>> He is missing their entire

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life.

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>> Daddy...

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>> Pele, we will
be together Pele.

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(crying)

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>> You have done everything.

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>> I refuse to say that cause
he's not here.

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>> I just wanna be with you and
the babies.

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>> You can't cross.

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I don't want to take that
chance.

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>> The time is killing me.

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>> How many hoops do you have to
jump through for your family to

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be together?

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>> You want me to move there,
right?

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I'm not talking about the
babies.

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I'm talking about us.

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>> I love you Elizabeth.

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>> I love you Marcos.

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>> NARRATOR: Tonight,
"Marcos Doesn't Live Here

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Anymore".

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>> Staff Sergeant Elizabeth

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Perez, United States Marine
Corps, please come to the front.

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>> Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen.

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As a member of the Lake County
Marine Veterans Honor Guard, I

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present you with these national
colors for the city of East

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Cleveland to fly at City Hall.

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(audience applauds)
>> East Cleveland takes great

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pride in accepting the flag.

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This flag, from you, is super-
special, because we here at East

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Cleveland know the plight of
your journey.

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This flag represents freedom.

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East Cleveland is honored to
accept this flag for everything

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that you represent and who you
represent.

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I thank you.

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>> Thank you, ma'am.

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>> The residents of East
Cleveland are very, very, very

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grateful for your service to the
United States Marine Corps.

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I'd also like to acknowledge Ms.

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Veronica Dahlberg, who is the
executive director of the

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Spanish organization and has
chosen to partner with you,

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Sergeant, as a means to help in
your efforts.

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It's an unfortunate situation
that led to the deportation of

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her husband.

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I, as an individual and a
citizen of the United States, do

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support your efforts in
regaining your husband's

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citizenship to the United
States.

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>> Thank you, sir.

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(audience applauds)
>> If I could say some words

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here, too.

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Thank you so much for having us
today.

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And the gift of the flag was
really just a gesture of

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friendship and goodwill.

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However, I didn't want to leave
without asking, since you want

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to help Elizabeth, because we
have not been able to get any

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help for her case.

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For five long years, she's been
separated from her husband, who

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was deported in 2010.

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And she needs her family to be
together.

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And it just seems like we keep
hitting closed doors everywhere.

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And I think it would be helpful
if we could get a resolution or

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a letter from the city council
in support of Elizabeth's case,

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and we could give it to our
senators and our members of

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Congress saying that the city of
East Cleveland supports the

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reunification of her family.

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As a Marine veteran who has
served ten years, she deserves

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that they cut through the
bureaucratic tape and reunite

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her family.

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So, we're hoping that you can
help us with the resolution.

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Thank you for your time.

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>> We will talk to our law
director and get back to you as

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soon as possible.

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>> Okay, thank you.

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>> Okay, you guys ready to call
Daddy?

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>> Yes!

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(Skype tones playing)
>> Marcos!

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>> Yeah!

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>> Daddy!

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>> Hi, guys.

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>> Hey!

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Can you hear us?

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>> Yeah.

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>> Hi!

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>> Who's that?

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>> Where's my bed?

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Is it at your house?

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>> Yeah, I'm at my house!

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Do you want to come to my house?

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>> Yes!

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>> Yeah, you can come!

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>> Can I go to Daddy's house,
Mom?

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>> You will go later, honey.

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>> You don't want to let me go
to Daddy's house.

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That wasn't nice.

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>> Okay.

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You guys wanna say your prayers
with Daddy?

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>> Yes.

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>> Are you ready, Marcos?

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>> Yeah!

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>> Ready?

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Pelé?

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>> Ready, Pelé?

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>> In the Father, the baby, the
Son, the Holy... and the

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baby.

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>> Okay, Pelé.

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You ready?

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Come on, let's go.

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>> In the name of the Father,
the Son, the Holy Spirit.

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Amen.

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>> Dear Jesus.

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>> Dear Baby.

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>> Thank you for my family,
thank you for my friends, and I

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love you, Jesus.

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Amen.

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>> Night-night, Pelé.

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Night-night, Rocky.

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Besito!

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>> Daddy, are you gonna sleep
for a little bit?

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>> Yeah.

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>> After you woke up?

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>> Aw.

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>> Night-night, Dad.

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>> Night-night, Pelé.

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Night-night, Rocky.

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Love you guys!

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Night night, Pelé.

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>> All right, love you.

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>> Love you.

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>> Forward, march!

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Left, right, lo right.

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Right, left.

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Left, right, lo right.

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Right, left.

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Left, right, hi lo right.

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Lo left, right, lo right.

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Right, left.

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Left, right.

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Right, left.

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(phone ringing)
>> Hello, Leopold and

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Associates.

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Hi, sir.

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Actually, attorney Leopold is in
a meeting right now.

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I can go ahead and take your
name and number, and I'll make

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sure he gets your message.

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>> Hi, Elizabeth, how are you?

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>> I'm good, and you?

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>> Yeah, good.

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So you had no trouble finding us
today?

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>> Nope.

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Got here pretty good, thanks.

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>> Good.

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It's good to see you.

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>> You, too.

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>> Remind me, if you would, of
your, your experience in the

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U.S. Marines.

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When you got in, and, and, and,
ah, what you did there and, and,

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when you left the Marines.

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>> Um, first I joined the Ohio
Army National Guard before the

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Marine Corps, and that was in
1999.

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>> Mm-hmm.

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>> We went to Afghanistan in
2003, January, so it was right

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at the same week when, actually,
the day we got on the plane to

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go to Afghanistan was the day
former President Bush was on TV

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giving Saddam Hussein the 48
hours.

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And then I joined the Marine
Corps.

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And I was in there for five
years.

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>> Mm-hmm.

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>> I love my country.

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I literally, literally put my
life on the line.

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I mean, I was scared a couple of
times about things that could

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happen.

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>> Yeah.

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>> It's not fair.

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My country won't let my husband
live here.

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>> Okay.

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So at some point, you leave the
Marines, you get back here.

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Tell me how you met Marco.

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>> Ah, I met him when I was in
California.

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Um, I actually met him walking
down the street.

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And, yeah, we just hit it off
right away.

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I mean, ever since the day I met
him, we spent every single day

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together.

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>> What I love about Elizabeth
right away, instantly, I get

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interested in having a
relationship with her.

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I never meet somebody like,
like, like her, like so human.

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And she's not really
materialistic.

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And when I'm in Mexico, I never
meet my dad.

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I, ah, I, I don't live really
much with my, with my mom.

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So, when I meet her, she totally
become right away like my

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family.

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That's what, I love her for
that.

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>> So, at the time that Marco
gets picked up by immigration,

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you already knew there was a
problem with his status.

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You had been to a lawyer...

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>> Mm-hmm.

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>> ...hoping to start the
process.

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>> Yeah.

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>> How does it happen that he
got picked up?

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What happened?

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>> He was running through a
yellow light, and the police

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called me on my cell phone.

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They couldn't identify him, and
they're asking me who he was,

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and then the police told me,
"Well, we can just call ICE.

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And ICE can verify who he is."

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And I said, and I was really
respectful, I was, like, "No,

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sir.

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You don't have to do that."

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>> Yeah.

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>> And right when I said that,
right after I said that, my...

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I don't know why my phone
died-- my phone died.

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Like, it just shut off.

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And I couldn't call back.

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>> They were holding him on a
traffic violation.

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>> Yeah.

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The lawyer you talked to told
you not to pay that bail.

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That would give him... to get
him out on a traffic violation,

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because if you did that, then
ICE would come and take him,

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Immigration and Customs
Enforcement would come and take

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him.

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>> Yes.

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>> So you were not to pay the
bail, so that he was held by the

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state authorities.

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>> Yes.

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>> All right.

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And, what happens next?

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>> After he spent his 14 days in
Mayfield Heights, they turned

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him over to immigration, and
then he just called me one day,

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from his cell phone number.

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And I was, like, wow, you know?

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How am I getting a phone call
from him?

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And they had just dropped him at
the border, and he was gonna

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lose reception once he crossed
the bridge or something.

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>> Did you call the lawyer when,
when Marcos was finally

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deported?

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>> Yeah, I told him.

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>> And what'd the lawyer say?

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>> He told me, um, "Well, we'll
just have to file the visa

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paperwork from there."

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In Mexico.

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>> There's a law called the
permanent bar.

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That means that if somebody
enters the United States, and

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then they're deported, and then
they come back, and then they're

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deported again, or they leave
again, they're barred what's

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called permanently.

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So, really, you don't have any
relief at all.

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You can't get him back here for
a minimum of ten years.

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>> He wants to cross the border
and come back now, even.

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Today.

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I mean, he talks to me about it,
like, every week, and I'm, like,

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"No.

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You can't do that."

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>> Yeah.

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That's good that you're telling
him that, because...

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>> But at the same time, it's,
like, my kids.

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Like, just the other day, the
older one actually told me that,

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um...

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Sorry.

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>> Do you need a Kleenex?

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>> No, I'm good.

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He told me, um, we were going
through pictures, and there were

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pictures when we were in Mexico,
and he told me, "Mommy, can we

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go there to Daddy's house and
stay and not come back here?"

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And I was, like, "What?"

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He's so... like, you know, like,
they know what's going on, you

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know?

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They're not stupid.

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They... before, they were
babies, and they were infants.

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Now they're getting older, and
they're starting to, like,

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understand things, and it's
really hard for me.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Especially, like, when I look
at them, and I know, like, how

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much I miss them, even if
they're at school, and think how

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bad... he is missing their
entire life.

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And it's really hard.

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It makes me really mad, because
I have to move if I want to be

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with my family, you know what I
mean?

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>> Mm-hmm.

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>> So, technically, it's like an
exile.

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I have to leave, and find
another country to live, because

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my husband can't live here.

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And I just can't wrap my head
around that.

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>> Nothing's impossible.

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He had some brushes with the
law.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Ah, he got convicted of
possession of stolen property

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and battery.

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>> I wasn't there, and I didn't
know him at the time.

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I'm not condoning anything, as
far as anyone hitting a woman.

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And he kicked her in the leg,
and she called the police.

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>> Okay.

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I'm not questioning whether he's
a good man or a bad man.

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I know if he's married to you,
my view, is he's got to be a

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good guy.

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>> Yeah.

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>> But, people make mistakes in
life, and Marcos made some.

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So, we're gonna have to show
absolute rehabilitation.

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>> Well, he also has, because
these are in 2001, so this is 13

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years ago.

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So, he had nothing.

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>> So, that's actually some good
news.

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It's... in a, in a, in a pile of
bad news.

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I mean, that's where the hope
is.

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There is some hope here, okay?

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>> Well, thank you very much for
your time.

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I really appreciate it.

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>> Good to see you, Elizabeth.

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>> It was good seeing you.

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Thank you so much.

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>> All right, be good.

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>> We'll be in touch.

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>> (chanting): Sí, se puede!

00:11:45.438 --> 00:11:47.073
Sí, se puede!

00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:49.442
Sí, se puede!

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>> I've done a lot of public
speaking, and I feel pretty

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comfortable.

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I mean, when I was in the Marine
Corps, I could talk in front of

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people all the time.

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I've been continuing to do a lot
of advocacy work with HOLA for

00:11:59.652 --> 00:12:03.889
undocumented workers, and I've
been asked to speak at this

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event.

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>> (chanting): We want justice!

00:12:07.293 --> 00:12:09.495
We want justice!

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>> We, we don't want welfare!

00:12:11.263 --> 00:12:12.832
We don't want food stamps!

00:12:12.898 --> 00:12:15.701
We want a fair day's pay for a
fair day of work!

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That's all we want!

00:12:17.069 --> 00:12:19.138
And we want to be treated with
dignity!

00:12:19.205 --> 00:12:21.941
We want to be treated like men
and women that we are, to

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recognize our humanity, not
treat us like dogs that die

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under the trees.

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We shall keep walking justice
together until we realize on

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Earth as it is in heaven.

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(speaks Spanish)
(crowd cheering)

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>> Hey, everybody!

00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:44.563
I can't believe how much power
we just felt going through that

00:12:44.630 --> 00:12:45.598
street.

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This is just awesome!

00:12:47.099 --> 00:12:50.402
(crowd cheering)
The people on the bus that I

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came with, they understand
injustices, as well.

00:12:55.474 --> 00:12:59.378
Many of them, their families
have been ripped apart, and they

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have lost loved ones, but they
are so strong, and they are here

00:13:03.382 --> 00:13:05.551
today.

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I also have had some suffering,
but it's very embarrassing for

00:13:09.288 --> 00:13:12.291
me to talk about that in front
of this group of people that has

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endured a lot of suffering,
also.

00:13:15.494 --> 00:13:18.197
I'm a veteran of both the Ohio
Army National Guard and the

00:13:18.264 --> 00:13:19.965
United States Marine Corps.

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(crowd cheering)
Semper Fidelis is the Marine

00:13:24.904 --> 00:13:26.005
Corps motto.

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Always Faithful.

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Those aren't just words.

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That's a life standard.

00:13:29.975 --> 00:13:36.348
(crowd cheering)
My husband, Marcos, was stopped

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in 2010, he was an undocumented
worker.

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He was scooped up and thrown
away like trash.

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He is not trash.

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Everyone here is a man and a
woman, and you deserve to be

00:13:48.761 --> 00:13:52.331
treated as a man and a woman and
nothing else.

00:13:52.398 --> 00:13:56.869
(crowd cheering)
These injustices are just too

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great: from here, in the fields
of North Carolina, all across

00:14:00.973 --> 00:14:04.310
the United States where families
are being shredded apart.

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And what are our elected
officials doing?

00:14:06.812 --> 00:14:07.880
Nothing!

00:14:07.947 --> 00:14:10.349
The only thing I see is
injustices and families

00:14:10.416 --> 00:14:14.887
separated and people working in
horrible, horrible, wretched

00:14:14.954 --> 00:14:17.890
work conditions, and that is not
satisfactory.

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>> No!

00:14:19.091 --> 00:14:20.759
No!

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>> For ten years, I dedicated
my life to this country.

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I absolutely love this country.

00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:29.902
If in command, I will never
surrender the members of my

00:14:29.969 --> 00:14:33.372
command while they still have
the means to resist.

00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:37.910
This is the means to resist, and
we have the means to resist,

00:14:37.977 --> 00:14:40.512
right here, this is what we're
doing!

00:14:40.579 --> 00:14:43.415
But let's just take a moment of
silence and recognize some real

00:14:43.482 --> 00:14:47.186
heroes: the people who have
separated from their families

00:14:47.253 --> 00:14:49.655
or really work hard for their
family.

00:14:51.090 --> 00:14:52.358
Okay, thanks.

00:14:52.424 --> 00:14:57.997
(crowd cheering)
>> ♪ She worked all night long

00:14:58.063 --> 00:15:01.967
She cleaned up six floors
♪ Her working day is now

00:15:02.034 --> 00:15:06.705
beginning
♪ He worked all day long

00:15:06.772 --> 00:15:11.343
He picked up the crops
♪ His swollen fingers are still

00:15:11.410 --> 00:15:13.379
bleeding.

00:15:13.445 --> 00:15:19.018
♪ They work in the offices
And serve in the restaurants

00:15:19.084 --> 00:15:22.354
♪ His hands keep lifting
America.

00:15:22.421 --> 00:15:27.960
♪ Some came from the South,
Some came from afar

00:15:28.027 --> 00:15:31.830
♪ Tell me, who's the Native
American?

00:15:31.897 --> 00:15:35.634
♪ Do you forget the human?

00:15:35.701 --> 00:15:40.272
And don't you know we are the
same?

00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:45.077
♪ Did you forget you're my
sister, my brother?

00:15:45.144 --> 00:15:49.615
Don't you feel we share your
pain?

00:15:49.682 --> 00:15:53.419
♪ Did you forget the human?

00:15:53.485 --> 00:15:58.791
Don't you know we share your
pain? ♪

00:15:58.857 --> 00:16:07.199
♪ ♪

00:16:07.266 --> 00:16:14.173
♪ Out of the shadows
We're walking together and into

00:16:14.239 --> 00:16:19.978
the light
♪ Out of the shadows

00:16:20.045 --> 00:16:24.350
We're walking together and
into the light

00:16:24.750 --> 00:16:33.492
♪ Estamos unidos
Marchemos juntos...

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:40.766
♪ Estamos unidos
Marchemos juntos... ♪

00:16:40.833 --> 00:16:51.710
♪ ♪

00:16:51.777 --> 00:16:55.848
♪ Did you forget the human?

00:16:55.914 --> 00:16:59.718
Don't you know we are the
same? ♪

00:16:59.785 --> 00:17:11.463
(car horn honking, music fading)

00:17:11.530 --> 00:17:16.235
>> I haven't been with my wife,
Elizabeth, for two years.

00:17:16.301 --> 00:17:17.569
I don't see her.

00:17:17.636 --> 00:17:20.472
I don't see my, my kids, Pelé
and Rocky.

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:23.242
It's been a hard time for me.

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We're in communication.

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We Skype.

00:17:26.178 --> 00:17:29.181
It's not the same, because we
will not touch.

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We will not hug.

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We will not feel.

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At least, when you see them,
you, you know they okay.

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:45.531
(train horn blaring)

00:17:45.597 --> 00:17:48.600
Getting back from United States
to Mexico, it was starting

00:17:48.667 --> 00:17:51.370
another life again.

00:17:51.437 --> 00:17:55.474
Even with my family, when I
leave Mexico, I was a teenager--

00:17:55.541 --> 00:18:00.412
different personality, different
ideas, different life.

00:18:00.479 --> 00:18:01.980
Now, I'm different.

00:18:02.047 --> 00:18:03.549
I'm, like, 43.

00:18:03.615 --> 00:18:09.955
And, and I feel like, when I
come back, uh, I feel like they

00:18:10.022 --> 00:18:11.490
forgot me, or they...

00:18:11.557 --> 00:18:13.125
Because they don't feel me.

00:18:13.192 --> 00:18:16.662
They don't really have
attachment with me and anything.

00:18:16.728 --> 00:18:18.230
We don't talk really close.

00:18:18.297 --> 00:18:19.465
Nothing.

00:18:19.531 --> 00:18:22.568
And I feel like when somebody
die.

00:18:22.634 --> 00:18:27.039
But now, my younger brother and
I become really good friends.

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>> (humming)
>> My younger brother has been

00:18:34.112 --> 00:18:36.582
cutting my hair for five years.

00:18:37.783 --> 00:18:38.951
>> Hey, hi, brother.

00:18:39.017 --> 00:18:41.453
Hi.

00:18:41.520 --> 00:18:42.654
How you doin'?

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Good?

00:18:43.655 --> 00:18:44.289
Good.

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You wanna cut my hair?

00:18:45.190 --> 00:18:46.425
>> Mm-hmm.

00:18:46.492 --> 00:18:49.528
>> He's really having a hard
life, because he cannot hear

00:18:49.595 --> 00:18:51.396
anything at all.

00:18:55.067 --> 00:18:57.703
>> (makes buzzing sounds)
>> All righty.

00:18:57.769 --> 00:18:58.704
>> Yeah?

00:18:58.770 --> 00:19:01.206
>> You know, he's a gay person.

00:19:01.273 --> 00:19:05.210
His sexuality, especially here
in Mexico, people hate him right

00:19:05.277 --> 00:19:06.578
away.

00:19:06.645 --> 00:19:08.413
>> Ha, ha, okay.

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.415
>> (speaks Spanish)
>> Mm-hmm.

00:19:10.482 --> 00:19:11.817
>> Sometimes, they kick him.

00:19:11.884 --> 00:19:14.953
And I always have to go and
protect him, support him.

00:19:15.020 --> 00:19:16.088
Little bit more.

00:19:16.154 --> 00:19:18.023
He's my brother, and I really
love my brother.

00:19:18.090 --> 00:19:20.058
>> Mm-hmm.

00:19:20.125 --> 00:19:21.159
>> Thank you.

00:19:21.226 --> 00:19:26.732
>> (speaks Spanish)

00:19:26.798 --> 00:19:28.367
>> So just be careful.

00:19:28.433 --> 00:19:32.871
All right, see you.

00:19:32.938 --> 00:19:36.608
(whistle blowing)
(applause)

00:19:36.675 --> 00:19:41.480
(conversing in Spanish)
¿Quién es este?

00:19:41.547 --> 00:19:42.748
¿Quién es?

00:19:42.814 --> 00:19:44.483
I always love soccer.

00:19:44.550 --> 00:19:48.554
In Mexico, I become to be a
soccer referee.

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:52.925
(shouting in Spanish)
Sometimes, it's dangerous to be

00:19:52.991 --> 00:19:55.727
a referee.

00:19:55.794 --> 00:20:00.732
If you don't have control in the
game, sometimes you have

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:02.668
problems with the players.

00:20:02.734 --> 00:20:09.675
(conversing in Spanish)

00:20:09.741 --> 00:20:14.646
And sometimes, they get mad, and
they get out of control.

00:20:14.713 --> 00:20:18.116
(conversing in Spanish)
And some referees, they get

00:20:18.183 --> 00:20:21.720
kick.

00:20:21.787 --> 00:20:25.190
So you have to have a good
control in the game.

00:20:25.257 --> 00:20:29.261
(conversing in Spanish)
And now, I'm better.

00:20:29.328 --> 00:20:32.331
I'm in the top referees in the
league where I'm working.

00:20:32.397 --> 00:20:36.134
(conversing in Spanish)
I like the adrenaline.

00:20:36.201 --> 00:20:37.202
I don't know why.

00:20:37.269 --> 00:20:42.174
(conversing in Spanish)
¡Juegan!

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:51.650
(whistle blows, crowd applauds)

00:20:51.717 --> 00:20:57.089
(train horn blaring in distance)

00:20:57.155 --> 00:20:59.625
>> "Oh, no! We are lost," said
the people.

00:20:59.691 --> 00:21:01.927
And the priests and the sisters
began praying.

00:21:01.994 --> 00:21:03.562
"The pasta will cover our town!"

00:21:03.629 --> 00:21:04.963
they cried.

00:21:05.030 --> 00:21:08.333
And it certainly would have, had
Strega Nona not come down the

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:10.168
road, home from her visit.

00:21:10.235 --> 00:21:11.770
>> And Big Anthony!

00:21:11.837 --> 00:21:13.438
>> What is Big Anthony doing?

00:21:13.505 --> 00:21:15.374
(knock at door)
>> Who's that?

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.174
Oh, no...

00:21:16.241 --> 00:21:17.309
>> Hello!

00:21:17.376 --> 00:21:18.276
>> Okay!

00:21:18.343 --> 00:21:20.479
>> (growls)
What are you doing?

00:21:20.545 --> 00:21:21.480
>> Uh-oh, it's Pops!

00:21:21.546 --> 00:21:23.315
>> What are you doing?

00:21:23.382 --> 00:21:24.549
Come back here!

00:21:24.616 --> 00:21:29.921
(roars playfully)
(laughs)

00:21:29.988 --> 00:21:30.989
>> Come on, guys.

00:21:31.056 --> 00:21:32.524
I'm gonna take you upstairs.

00:21:32.591 --> 00:21:35.193
>> Yeah, let me turn this down.

00:21:35.260 --> 00:21:36.361
Oh, well.

00:21:36.428 --> 00:21:38.130
>> All right, you guys go
upstairs.

00:21:38.196 --> 00:21:39.231
>> Okay.

00:21:39.297 --> 00:21:40.399
Don't break any mirrors!

00:21:40.465 --> 00:21:43.101
>> (laughs)
What's up, Pops?

00:21:43.168 --> 00:21:44.236
>> (sighs): The usual.

00:21:44.302 --> 00:21:45.504
Law.

00:21:45.570 --> 00:21:46.605
>> Whaa, whaa, whaa.

00:21:46.672 --> 00:21:50.609
>> Lost two appeals, won one
trial.

00:21:50.676 --> 00:21:52.544
So, how's Marcos doing?

00:21:52.611 --> 00:21:55.514
>> Well, as far... yeah, so as
far as Marcos's case is

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:59.518
concerned, the lawyer basically
told me everything was the same

00:21:59.584 --> 00:22:02.821
from before, about how the
chances are remote.

00:22:04.322 --> 00:22:06.391
And, we have to wait pretty
much ten years, and it's still

00:22:06.458 --> 00:22:08.794
gonna be hard at the ten-year
point.

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:10.395
>> What's happening with Canada?

00:22:10.462 --> 00:22:14.966
>> Well, nothing right now,
because I've got too much stress

00:22:15.033 --> 00:22:18.837
in my life to deal with looking
for a job there, when really I

00:22:18.904 --> 00:22:21.440
feel like this is gonna work
out.

00:22:21.506 --> 00:22:22.808
>> Yeah.

00:22:22.874 --> 00:22:25.077
>> So, I really... I know they
say don't put all your eggs in

00:22:25.143 --> 00:22:27.379
one basket, but I have all my
eggs in this basket.

00:22:27.446 --> 00:22:29.948
Like, I feel like it's gonna
work, I just don't know when, is

00:22:30.015 --> 00:22:30.515
the thing.

00:22:30.582 --> 00:22:32.751
So...

00:22:32.818 --> 00:22:34.119
>> Canada sounds good.

00:22:34.186 --> 00:22:35.687
How about Australia, have you...

00:22:35.754 --> 00:22:37.456
>> Yeah, it's so easy to say
that.

00:22:37.522 --> 00:22:39.558
It's so easy to be, like, "Oh,
yeah, just move to Canada, move

00:22:39.624 --> 00:22:41.560
to Australia where you don't
know anyone, don't have a job,

00:22:41.626 --> 00:22:43.562
don't have a whole bunch of
money."

00:22:43.628 --> 00:22:44.963
Like, oh, yeah, it's so simple.

00:22:45.030 --> 00:22:46.565
>> I, I only mention Australia
because your sister's already

00:22:46.631 --> 00:22:47.866
looked it out.

00:22:47.933 --> 00:22:49.768
>> I looked into a lot of
different countries for social

00:22:49.835 --> 00:22:53.105
work, and what their
requirements are and everything.

00:22:53.171 --> 00:22:58.677
And it's just, it's literally,
like, I can't mentally... I

00:22:58.744 --> 00:22:59.811
can't take it anymore.

00:22:59.878 --> 00:23:00.779
I had to stop.

00:23:00.846 --> 00:23:01.847
>> Okay.

00:23:01.913 --> 00:23:02.881
>> I had to stop.

00:23:02.948 --> 00:23:05.350
I just mentally was, like, not
taking it.

00:23:05.417 --> 00:23:06.518
I couldn't deal.

00:23:06.585 --> 00:23:08.520
>> So, are you looking for jobs
in the U.S. now?

00:23:08.587 --> 00:23:09.554
>> No.

00:23:09.621 --> 00:23:10.889
>> Post grad?

00:23:10.956 --> 00:23:13.024
>> No, no, that's what I'm
saying. I'm giving myself until

00:23:13.091 --> 00:23:16.094
April 15, because I don't know
where we're going to be living

00:23:16.161 --> 00:23:17.262
or anything.

00:23:17.329 --> 00:23:19.865
And then another thing is, is, I
graduate in May.

00:23:19.931 --> 00:23:22.901
My G.I. Bill is done in May.

00:23:22.968 --> 00:23:24.102
That means I'm done.

00:23:24.169 --> 00:23:25.270
>> Yeah.

00:23:25.337 --> 00:23:26.605
>> Yeah, so.

00:23:26.671 --> 00:23:28.874
I have zero idea of what is
happening, because I don't know

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:30.742
if we're going to Mexico.

00:23:30.809 --> 00:23:33.512
I don't know if I'm going to be
looking for jobs in Canada.

00:23:33.578 --> 00:23:35.580
I don't know if I'm going to be
looking for jobs here.

00:23:35.647 --> 00:23:37.816
I don't know if he's going to be
here.

00:23:37.883 --> 00:23:39.217
I have no idea.

00:23:39.284 --> 00:23:42.888
So, it's really hard to, like,
plan anything what I'm gonna do.

00:23:42.954 --> 00:23:44.156
Because I don't know yet.

00:23:44.222 --> 00:23:46.958
>> You've always had
contingencies for everything.

00:23:47.025 --> 00:23:49.161
I mean, this is the first time
you haven't had a contingency.

00:23:49.227 --> 00:23:50.495
>> Yeah.

00:23:50.562 --> 00:23:52.998
>> So, what you're telling me
is, you're just too stressed to

00:23:53.064 --> 00:23:55.200
keep doing what you've been
doing the past three years.

00:23:55.267 --> 00:23:57.169
>> Yep.

00:23:58.904 --> 00:24:05.076
(car horn honking)
I'm getting ready to graduate

00:24:05.143 --> 00:24:07.612
Cleveland State University
Saturday.

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.980
Woo-hoo!

00:24:09.047 --> 00:24:15.453
And, um, I actually feel really
good about it, because I had

00:24:15.520 --> 00:24:19.724
some major accomplishments while
I was there.

00:24:19.791 --> 00:24:23.895
I was, um, in the running for
CLASS-- College of Liberal Arts

00:24:23.962 --> 00:24:27.999
and Social Sciences--
valedictorian.

00:24:28.066 --> 00:24:31.203
There was about 30, I think
there was about 30 students.

00:24:31.269 --> 00:24:34.139
Maybe a handful more or a
handful less, but I didn't get

00:24:34.206 --> 00:24:35.407
it.

00:24:35.473 --> 00:24:38.643
But just the fact that, you
know, I was in that pool of

00:24:38.710 --> 00:24:43.448
students is just awesome to me,
especially since I didn't even

00:24:43.515 --> 00:24:46.017
graduate high school.

00:24:46.084 --> 00:24:52.157
And, um, I did, um, the School
of Social Work gave me the

00:24:52.224 --> 00:24:58.864
student's... Social Work
Bachelor Field Student of the

00:24:58.930 --> 00:25:00.799
Year award for 2014.

00:25:00.866 --> 00:25:02.901
But Marcos isn't gonna be here.

00:25:02.968 --> 00:25:05.237
He just knows what I tell him on
the phone.

00:25:05.303 --> 00:25:08.340
He hasn't physically seen all
the work I had to do.

00:25:08.406 --> 00:25:12.210
And so, like, it's... to me,
it's, like, such a big

00:25:12.277 --> 00:25:15.413
accomplishment, but, I mean, to
him, it's a big accomplishment

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.850
for me, too, but just the fact,
he doesn't really know the whole

00:25:18.917 --> 00:25:20.652
scope of it...

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:24.356
That's a little hard, 'cause I
wish he was there.

00:25:24.422 --> 00:25:30.629
(car horns honking)
("Pomp and Circumstance"

00:25:30.695 --> 00:25:34.466
playing)
>> Yeah, they're doing the

00:25:34.532 --> 00:25:36.001
graduates first.

00:25:36.067 --> 00:25:36.902
>> Okay.

00:25:36.968 --> 00:25:37.903
>> Hey, Bia!

00:25:37.969 --> 00:25:39.104
Wait, do you see me?

00:25:39.170 --> 00:25:40.171
Over here, Ma!

00:25:40.238 --> 00:25:41.273
All the cards, Ma!

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.040
Hey, Bia!

00:25:42.107 --> 00:25:43.441
>> Good afternoon.

00:25:43.508 --> 00:25:46.011
It's my sincere honor to welcome
all of you to the commencement

00:25:46.077 --> 00:25:47.312
ceremony.

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:51.116
I invite each graduate to
reflect on those individuals

00:25:51.182 --> 00:25:56.554
whose support was essential on
your journey to graduation.

00:25:56.621 --> 00:26:01.793
I ask the class of 2014 to stand
and give a round of applause to

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:04.329
those who helped you reach this
moment.

00:26:04.396 --> 00:26:10.568
(crowd cheering)
Let me ask you to hold your

00:26:10.635 --> 00:26:14.806
applause as I talk about
Elizabeth Perez.

00:26:14.873 --> 00:26:20.812
After earning her G.E.D. in
1998, Elizabeth Perez served our

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:25.684
country for ten years in the
Ohio National Guard and as an

00:26:25.750 --> 00:26:27.886
active-duty Marine.

00:26:27.953 --> 00:26:32.023
Her service was highly
decorated, marked by her devoted

00:26:32.090 --> 00:26:34.159
voluntarism.

00:26:34.225 --> 00:26:38.830
In 2008, she enrolled at
Cleveland State University to

00:26:38.897 --> 00:26:43.668
pursue a college education, and
she graduates today with her

00:26:43.735 --> 00:26:46.905
bachelor's degree in social
work.

00:26:46.972 --> 00:26:50.976
I note that throughout her time
at Cleveland State, she has been

00:26:51.042 --> 00:26:54.679
the primary caregiver for her
two young sons.

00:26:54.746 --> 00:26:58.984
Today, on Mothers' Day, they
watch their mom become a college

00:26:59.050 --> 00:27:00.352
graduate.

00:27:00.418 --> 00:27:03.388
Join me in thanking these
veterans for their service and

00:27:03.455 --> 00:27:08.126
sacrifice to our country.

00:27:09.194 --> 00:27:24.075
(train horn blaring)

00:27:24.142 --> 00:27:25.276
>> Bruchim ha-baim.

00:27:25.343 --> 00:27:26.611
Welcome, everyone.

00:27:26.678 --> 00:27:29.681
Blessings to all of you who
come here on Yom Kippur for our

00:27:29.748 --> 00:27:32.984
annual social action lecture.

00:27:33.051 --> 00:27:38.023
>> By show of hands, how many of
you immigrated to this country?

00:27:38.089 --> 00:27:39.557
Keep your hands up.

00:27:39.624 --> 00:27:43.495
How many of your parents
immigrated to this country?

00:27:43.561 --> 00:27:44.763
Wow.

00:27:44.829 --> 00:27:47.332
Okay, I think just about every
hand in the room is up.

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:49.768
I knew that it was a Jewish
issue, that it, that it was an

00:27:49.834 --> 00:27:53.605
issue that affected so many
Americans and so many Jews.

00:27:53.671 --> 00:27:57.509
We are not far-removed from
immigration, even if we're not

00:27:57.575 --> 00:28:00.545
affected by the current
immigration laws.

00:28:00.612 --> 00:28:03.848
I know that we are, as Jews,
commanded in the Torah to love

00:28:03.915 --> 00:28:06.351
the stranger.

00:28:06.418 --> 00:28:11.756
But today's American immigration
problem only made sense to me in

00:28:11.823 --> 00:28:14.426
terms of policy and numbers.

00:28:14.492 --> 00:28:19.731
I knew that 12 million people
live in the shadows.

00:28:19.798 --> 00:28:21.866
I know that they don't have
documentation.

00:28:21.933 --> 00:28:24.936
I know that our immigration
system, therefore, is broken.

00:28:25.003 --> 00:28:27.205
I know that our border is a
mess.

00:28:27.272 --> 00:28:29.140
I know we need more work visas.

00:28:29.207 --> 00:28:33.611
We need family reunification, so
immigration reform is big, and

00:28:33.678 --> 00:28:36.214
today, we're going to hear from
Elizabeth Perez.

00:28:36.281 --> 00:28:38.316
Her family is one of the
millions affected in this

00:28:38.383 --> 00:28:40.985
country by our broken
immigration laws.

00:28:41.052 --> 00:28:42.620
Elizabeth inspires me.

00:28:42.687 --> 00:28:44.089
I want to be like her.

00:28:44.155 --> 00:28:47.859
She fights for her family and is
incredibly courageous.

00:28:47.926 --> 00:28:50.295
She's so courageous that she's
never been to a synagogue before

00:28:50.361 --> 00:28:52.864
today, but was willing to come
and speak to us, so I hope

00:28:52.931 --> 00:28:54.799
you'll join me in welcoming her.

00:28:54.866 --> 00:28:56.634
>> Thanks, Joy.

00:28:56.701 --> 00:28:57.735
>> Yeah.

00:28:57.802 --> 00:28:59.904
(audience applauds)
>> Thank you so much for

00:28:59.971 --> 00:29:02.107
inviting me to be here on the
most holy day, Yom Kippur.

00:29:02.173 --> 00:29:03.842
I'm truly honored.

00:29:03.908 --> 00:29:05.043
My name's Elizabeth.

00:29:05.110 --> 00:29:06.344
I'm your neighbor.

00:29:06.411 --> 00:29:08.379
I literally live five minutes
down the street, right down

00:29:08.446 --> 00:29:10.515
Green Road in Cleveland Heights.

00:29:10.582 --> 00:29:13.384
We don't have a huge
undocumented immigrant

00:29:13.451 --> 00:29:16.988
population in Beachwood, so
before I met my husband, I

00:29:17.055 --> 00:29:19.791
really wasn't aware of a lot of
things, probably like a lot of

00:29:19.858 --> 00:29:22.393
other people in our
neighborhood, in our community,

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.628
aren't aware.

00:29:23.695 --> 00:29:26.197
To me, it was just a political
problem.

00:29:26.264 --> 00:29:28.333
I didn't really understand the
realities.

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:30.568
I'm, like, "Well, people can
apply.

00:29:30.635 --> 00:29:32.871
Why don't they just apply like
everybody else who comes here?"

00:29:32.937 --> 00:29:34.272
That's what I thought.

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:36.141
But not everybody can do that.

00:29:36.207 --> 00:29:38.743
Or, I thought, "Well, if
somebody is married, and they

00:29:38.810 --> 00:29:40.979
have kids, they can stay here,
so what's the big deal?"

00:29:41.045 --> 00:29:43.281
But I was wrong about that,
too.

00:29:43.348 --> 00:29:45.617
It's such an intricate system
that there was a lot of things

00:29:45.683 --> 00:29:48.419
that I thought were real, but
really aren't.

00:29:48.486 --> 00:29:52.023
So I got out of the Marine
Corps, I decided to start my new

00:29:52.090 --> 00:29:53.458
life in California.

00:29:53.525 --> 00:29:54.926
I had a sister there.

00:29:54.993 --> 00:29:57.529
I wasn't looking to meet
anybody, anything like that, but

00:29:57.595 --> 00:29:59.764
that's when those types of
things happen, when you're not

00:29:59.831 --> 00:30:00.999
looking for it.

00:30:01.065 --> 00:30:03.134
When you're looking for
something, you can never find

00:30:03.201 --> 00:30:04.602
it.

00:30:04.669 --> 00:30:06.337
When you don't want it, it just
opens the door and hits you in

00:30:06.404 --> 00:30:08.673
the face, like, and that's what
my husband did.

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.742
He opened the door and hit me in
my face and was, like, "Bam, I'm

00:30:10.808 --> 00:30:11.809
here."

00:30:11.876 --> 00:30:13.778
I fell over, I was, like, "Oh, I
love you!

00:30:13.845 --> 00:30:16.347
This is great."

00:30:16.414 --> 00:30:19.450
And when I became pregnant, like
most women, I wanted to be

00:30:19.517 --> 00:30:22.921
around my mom and my sisters and
my cousins who had kids.

00:30:22.987 --> 00:30:26.558
So, I said to him, "I wanna go
back to Cleveland, where my

00:30:26.624 --> 00:30:28.059
family is.

00:30:28.126 --> 00:30:30.395
So, let's go back there to have
the baby."

00:30:30.461 --> 00:30:32.830
And, I knew his immigration
status was, he didn't have

00:30:32.897 --> 00:30:36.801
papers, but to me, it was just,
from what I thought, growing up

00:30:36.868 --> 00:30:40.605
over here, was, "Oh, we just get
a lawyer, fill out some papers,

00:30:40.672 --> 00:30:43.541
give them some money, fill
some more papers, give them

00:30:43.608 --> 00:30:44.509
more money, and...

00:30:44.576 --> 00:30:45.777
It'll all work out."

00:30:45.843 --> 00:30:48.313
Unfortunately, I was totally
dead wrong.

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:51.182
Eventually, he got a job at a
janitorial company, and I

00:30:51.249 --> 00:30:55.119
started going to CSU to use my
G.I. Bill, and we were just

00:30:55.186 --> 00:30:58.423
living life, you know, doing
great stuff.

00:30:58.489 --> 00:31:02.927
And then I finally ended up
having our son that January.

00:31:02.994 --> 00:31:05.863
And, come that June, I was
pregnant again.

00:31:05.930 --> 00:31:07.265
I told Marcos about it.

00:31:07.332 --> 00:31:08.733
He was really excited.

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:11.803
I was excited, but I was also a
little sick at that point, so I

00:31:11.869 --> 00:31:14.072
went and took a nap with the
baby.

00:31:14.138 --> 00:31:16.307
He went to work, and then the
phone rang.

00:31:16.374 --> 00:31:18.509
It was Mayfield Heights Police
Department, and they said, "We

00:31:18.576 --> 00:31:19.777
have this guy.

00:31:19.844 --> 00:31:20.645
Who is he?

00:31:20.712 --> 00:31:21.679
Where's he going?

00:31:21.746 --> 00:31:22.614
Where do you guys live?

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.482
What's his Social Security
number?"

00:31:24.549 --> 00:31:25.483
I was, like, "I don't know.

00:31:25.550 --> 00:31:27.318
I don't know what his Social
is."

00:31:27.385 --> 00:31:29.220
I was, like, "Oh, I don't know
where it is, I can't find his

00:31:29.287 --> 00:31:30.622
wallet."

00:31:30.688 --> 00:31:32.090
And I realized right away they
weren't going to let him out.

00:31:32.156 --> 00:31:35.326
That's the day...

00:31:35.393 --> 00:31:39.464
that my home became a house.

00:31:39.530 --> 00:31:41.566
I had to look at all of his
stuff.

00:31:41.633 --> 00:31:43.368
I had to look at his toothbrush.

00:31:43.434 --> 00:31:46.170
I had to lay in the bed and
smell his pillow, see his shoes

00:31:46.237 --> 00:31:48.139
at the door, and his clothes.

00:31:48.206 --> 00:31:50.408
And I had the baby, and I was
pregnant, and I'm, like, "What's

00:31:50.475 --> 00:31:51.876
gonna happen?"

00:31:51.943 --> 00:31:54.245
And then, within a month, he was
back in Mexico.

00:31:54.312 --> 00:31:57.015
So, we packed our stuff, and we
moved to Mexico City.

00:31:57.081 --> 00:31:59.484
I didn't last four months in
Mexico City.

00:31:59.550 --> 00:32:00.752
We had no money.

00:32:00.818 --> 00:32:02.620
Our home didn't even have power.

00:32:02.687 --> 00:32:06.090
We didn't have a fridge to put
food for the kids, or whatever.

00:32:06.157 --> 00:32:10.161
It slowly started less and less,
and I wouldn't answer the door.

00:32:10.228 --> 00:32:12.330
I wouldn't answer the phone,
because I didn't want anyone to

00:32:12.397 --> 00:32:14.766
know I speak English, because
then I might be a target.

00:32:14.832 --> 00:32:19.837
So, after two-and-a-half years,
Marcos finally had his visa

00:32:19.904 --> 00:32:24.242
interview, and we were so
excited about it, and he was

00:32:24.309 --> 00:32:26.210
completely denied until 2020.

00:32:26.277 --> 00:32:29.947
Fortunately for me, I was
introduced to David Leopold and

00:32:30.014 --> 00:32:31.449
Veronica Dahlberg.

00:32:31.516 --> 00:32:32.750
I really have hope now.

00:32:32.817 --> 00:32:34.919
And that's something so
different, 'cause I've seen what

00:32:34.986 --> 00:32:36.154
they can do.

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:38.189
I've literally witnessed
families being able to stay

00:32:38.256 --> 00:32:40.625
together and not be ripped apart
because of the work that they're

00:32:40.692 --> 00:32:41.959
doing.

00:32:42.026 --> 00:32:43.795
Now, I feel like my husband,
Marcos, will be coming home

00:32:43.861 --> 00:32:45.096
soon.

00:32:45.163 --> 00:32:47.732
I don't know how, but I have
total faith it's gonna work.

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:50.868
For me, it's not a question of
when, it's a question of if.

00:32:50.935 --> 00:32:54.238
So, I want to thank everybody
for having me here and letting

00:32:54.305 --> 00:32:56.207
me share with you.

00:32:56.274 --> 00:32:59.877
And, um, gmar chatimah tova to
everybody.

00:32:59.944 --> 00:33:05.316
(audience applauds)

00:33:05.383 --> 00:33:11.122
(horn honks)

00:33:11.189 --> 00:33:12.290
>> Okay, Marcos.

00:33:12.357 --> 00:33:13.691
>> Yeah.

00:33:13.758 --> 00:33:16.194
>> So, the fact that you have
this record to deal with make it

00:33:16.260 --> 00:33:20.531
extremely difficult to bring you
back to the United States.

00:33:22.233 --> 00:33:24.836
Even though, even though
these are misdemeanors.

00:33:24.902 --> 00:33:27.839
>> These are in 2001, so this is
13 years ago.

00:33:27.905 --> 00:33:28.806
>> Right.

00:33:28.873 --> 00:33:30.174
>> Yes.

00:33:30.241 --> 00:33:32.110
>> I want you to understand what
we're... you know, how tough

00:33:32.176 --> 00:33:33.277
this is.

00:33:33.344 --> 00:33:34.245
>> I understand.

00:33:34.312 --> 00:33:35.546
>> Okay.

00:33:35.613 --> 00:33:38.182
The flip side of it is, you do
have a U.S. citizen wife.

00:33:38.249 --> 00:33:39.450
>> Yeah.

00:33:39.517 --> 00:33:41.552
>> You do have U.S. citizen
children, and you do have a

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.854
daughter in California.

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.188
>> Yeah.

00:33:44.255 --> 00:33:46.524
>> And you do have strong ties
to the United States.

00:33:46.591 --> 00:33:47.959
>> Okay.

00:33:48.025 --> 00:33:50.128
>> But, if you had been lawfully
admitted to the United States...

00:33:50.194 --> 00:33:51.596
>> Yes.

00:33:51.662 --> 00:33:54.565
>> ...and we had this record to
deal with, it wouldn't keep you,

00:33:54.632 --> 00:33:57.235
necessarily, from getting a
green card.

00:33:57.301 --> 00:34:00.338
You may have to show hardship to
your wife, but you could ask for

00:34:00.405 --> 00:34:02.240
that kind of dispensation.

00:34:02.306 --> 00:34:05.042
In other words, it isn't
necessarily a deal killer.

00:34:05.109 --> 00:34:07.378
But, you're out of the United
States.

00:34:07.445 --> 00:34:10.081
And so we've got a few
different problems that we've

00:34:10.148 --> 00:34:11.416
got to deal with.

00:34:11.482 --> 00:34:14.852
The first problem is, as you
know, somebody who has been

00:34:14.919 --> 00:34:18.589
deported from the United States
and re-enters the United States

00:34:18.656 --> 00:34:22.393
illegally is subject to a
permanent bar.

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:26.330
You can't apply to come back
here for ten years after your

00:34:26.397 --> 00:34:27.632
last departure.

00:34:27.698 --> 00:34:29.000
>> Okay.

00:34:29.067 --> 00:34:31.335
>> And even then, you'd have to
apply for a waiver for the

00:34:31.402 --> 00:34:32.537
convictions.

00:34:32.603 --> 00:34:33.738
All right?

00:34:33.805 --> 00:34:36.841
Any questions so far?

00:34:36.908 --> 00:34:37.942
>> No.

00:34:38.009 --> 00:34:44.115
I mean... (sighs)
No, I'm okay, but...

00:34:44.182 --> 00:34:46.217
>> Yeah, but you need to know, I
mean...

00:34:46.284 --> 00:34:49.687
>> Yeah, I know what can
happen, and, I just... I'm just

00:34:49.754 --> 00:34:53.491
waiting for something... like
for a milagro.

00:34:53.558 --> 00:34:54.525
Like...

00:34:54.592 --> 00:34:55.660
>> A miracle.

00:34:55.726 --> 00:34:57.762
>> Miracle or something happen
or, like...

00:34:57.829 --> 00:34:59.096
>> Okay.

00:34:59.163 --> 00:35:03.568
>> Because, I know what I have,
what I did.

00:35:03.634 --> 00:35:04.969
I know the laws.

00:35:05.036 --> 00:35:09.941
I mean, kind of, like, I have to
respect and go through the laws,

00:35:10.007 --> 00:35:12.610
and it can be really hard.

00:35:12.677 --> 00:35:14.078
I know it's hard.

00:35:14.145 --> 00:35:17.515
>> What's the difference between
you today and you in 2001, like

00:35:17.582 --> 00:35:19.317
13 years ago?

00:35:19.383 --> 00:35:20.618
>> Oh, no.

00:35:20.685 --> 00:35:22.220
>> Is there a different person
I'm dealing with, or am I

00:35:22.286 --> 00:35:23.087
dealing with...

00:35:23.154 --> 00:35:24.455
>> No, no.

00:35:24.522 --> 00:35:26.991
Sometimes, I show my face in the
mirror, I see my face in the

00:35:27.058 --> 00:35:28.626
mirror, and I say, you know...

00:35:28.693 --> 00:35:32.930
(hisses)
So stupid, man.

00:35:32.997 --> 00:35:35.266
I mean, how stupid I was at that
time.

00:35:35.333 --> 00:35:36.767
Now...

00:35:36.834 --> 00:35:39.136
>> So, the only other
possibility under the law is to

00:35:39.203 --> 00:35:44.509
simply ask the government to
take a close look at your case

00:35:44.575 --> 00:35:48.145
and see if they would consider
paroling you into the United

00:35:48.212 --> 00:35:49.514
States.

00:35:49.580 --> 00:35:54.085
But you have to show very
compelling humanitarian reasons.

00:35:54.151 --> 00:35:55.419
>> Okay.

00:35:55.486 --> 00:35:57.989
>> It's not an easy thing, and
the reason that we'll pursue

00:35:58.055 --> 00:36:00.591
this avenue is because we don't
have anything else at the

00:36:00.658 --> 00:36:01.592
moment.

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.860
>> No, I understand.

00:36:02.927 --> 00:36:04.161
>> All right?

00:36:04.228 --> 00:36:07.031
And so, the worst that can
happen is that they'll say no.

00:36:07.098 --> 00:36:08.099
That's the worst.

00:36:08.165 --> 00:36:09.500
You're already in Mexico.

00:36:09.567 --> 00:36:12.904
It can't get any worse than them
saying no.

00:36:12.970 --> 00:36:14.272
But at least we've tried.

00:36:14.338 --> 00:36:15.640
>> Thank you.

00:36:15.706 --> 00:36:18.576
>> Now, the hard part is, is to
be sitting in Mexico and not

00:36:18.643 --> 00:36:21.812
being able to feel like you have
any control over what's going on

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.747
up here.

00:36:22.813 --> 00:36:24.081
>> Yes.

00:36:24.148 --> 00:36:26.017
>> I'm sure there's plenty of
people running around Mexico

00:36:26.083 --> 00:36:30.187
City whispering in your ear, you
know, if you, if you just hire a

00:36:30.254 --> 00:36:34.191
coyote and come back, then what
are you waiting for?

00:36:34.258 --> 00:36:35.293
Right?

00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:36.594
>> Yes.

00:36:36.661 --> 00:36:38.596
>> It's a serious crime to cross
that border without

00:36:38.663 --> 00:36:39.931
documentation.

00:36:39.997 --> 00:36:42.833
Especially after you've been
deported more than once.

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:44.936
>> I'm thinking I have to do
something, because I'm

00:36:45.002 --> 00:36:46.037
desperate.

00:36:46.103 --> 00:36:49.373
But, I'm here for four years
already.

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:52.009
I can wait a little bit more,
so...

00:36:52.076 --> 00:36:53.611
>> Okay, good.

00:36:53.678 --> 00:36:55.947
All right, so, what we're gonna
do is put together a parole

00:36:56.013 --> 00:37:00.251
application to ask the
government to parole you into

00:37:00.318 --> 00:37:01.652
the United States.

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.920
>> Yes.

00:37:02.987 --> 00:37:06.457
>> What gets you back here is,
Elizabeth has an amazing

00:37:06.524 --> 00:37:07.491
history...

00:37:07.558 --> 00:37:08.693
>> Yeah.

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:10.294
>> ...in terms of what she's
done for our country.

00:37:10.361 --> 00:37:12.797
>> Oh, I know what she did for
the country, for me, for a lot

00:37:12.863 --> 00:37:14.966
of people.

00:37:15.032 --> 00:37:16.367
She's a really...

00:37:16.434 --> 00:37:17.535
>> Yeah.

00:37:17.602 --> 00:37:21.138
Do you need a Kleenex, or do you
need a moment?

00:37:21.205 --> 00:37:25.176
So, the application is gonna
emphasize her situation, her

00:37:25.242 --> 00:37:29.714
situation with the kids, and how
much she needs you back here to

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:33.284
be in your role as father, as
husband, and how much your

00:37:33.351 --> 00:37:35.987
absence is an extreme hardship
on her.

00:37:36.053 --> 00:37:36.988
Okay?

00:37:37.054 --> 00:37:39.190
>> Yeah, that's what I want so
bad.

00:37:39.256 --> 00:37:39.890
>> I know you do.

00:37:39.957 --> 00:37:41.258
It's what we all want.

00:37:41.325 --> 00:37:43.260
>> I feel totally confident, we
get this application put in,

00:37:43.327 --> 00:37:44.328
it's gonna be good.

00:37:44.395 --> 00:37:45.730
He's gonna be back here.

00:37:45.796 --> 00:37:49.266
>> You've got an amazing fighter
on your side.

00:37:49.333 --> 00:37:52.603
You've got an amazing, an
amazing fighter on your side.

00:37:52.670 --> 00:37:53.437
>> I know.

00:37:53.504 --> 00:37:54.305
I know.

00:37:54.372 --> 00:37:55.172
She's really good.

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.507
I know.

00:37:56.574 --> 00:38:03.481
>> ♪ Though you're not here
I feel your love living in me

00:38:03.547 --> 00:38:10.287
♪ Though you're not here
I feel your love living in me ♪

00:38:11.122 --> 00:38:17.561
(water splashing)
(Marcos singing "Guantanamera")

00:38:21.666 --> 00:38:28.939
(whistling)

00:38:29.006 --> 00:38:32.643
>> You know, when we put the
petition in, I have 90 days

00:38:32.710 --> 00:38:36.547
supposedly to get an answer.

00:38:36.614 --> 00:38:39.917
But now it's started getting
close to these 90 days, and it's

00:38:39.984 --> 00:38:44.622
like, oof, we're not hearing
anything.

00:38:44.689 --> 00:38:46.357
Okay.

00:38:46.424 --> 00:38:48.793
I have to wait and pray.

00:38:48.859 --> 00:38:52.596
We don't wanna think about what
are we gonna do.

00:38:52.663 --> 00:38:57.268
But if my petition turned down,
and I can't come back to the

00:38:57.334 --> 00:39:02.173
United States, I've been
thinking to have my family in

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:03.174
Mexico.

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:06.977
They have to live here with me.

00:39:07.044 --> 00:39:08.813
All righty.

00:39:12.917 --> 00:39:14.485
>> So, how was work?

00:39:14.552 --> 00:39:15.820
>> It was good.

00:39:15.886 --> 00:39:18.956
It was a lot of referees today,
and I have just one today.

00:39:19.023 --> 00:39:20.191
>> Yeah.

00:39:20.257 --> 00:39:22.626
>> Then next week, I go back for
my normal schedule.

00:39:22.693 --> 00:39:23.694
>> Yeah?

00:39:23.761 --> 00:39:25.996
>> So, how's everything with
Pelé and Rocky?

00:39:26.063 --> 00:39:27.098
>> They're fine.

00:39:27.164 --> 00:39:28.899
They're in their room watching
TV right now.

00:39:28.966 --> 00:39:30.735
I'm gonna let them watch TV
until dinner time, and then

00:39:30.801 --> 00:39:31.936
that's it.

00:39:32.002 --> 00:39:33.370
Pelé had his piano lesson today.

00:39:33.437 --> 00:39:34.672
My mom took him.

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:38.275
So, I mean the truth is, is, he
really doesn't practice.

00:39:38.342 --> 00:39:41.412
I should probably have him doing
something like track instead of

00:39:41.479 --> 00:39:42.713
piano.

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:44.682
>> Oh, okay.

00:39:44.749 --> 00:39:46.784
Well, that's good.

00:39:46.851 --> 00:39:51.155
I was thinking about the
petition.

00:39:51.222 --> 00:39:52.690
>> Yeah?

00:39:52.757 --> 00:39:55.226
>> And, um, I really expecting
everything gets good, and I

00:39:55.292 --> 00:39:56.660
really wanna be with you.

00:39:56.727 --> 00:39:59.530
>> I feel like we're, like,
right at the top.

00:39:59.597 --> 00:40:01.665
We just have to wait at this
point.

00:40:01.732 --> 00:40:03.934
I've been working with Veronica,
gathering letters from

00:40:04.001 --> 00:40:07.772
veterans... I mean, there's not
a whole, whole lot more to do

00:40:07.838 --> 00:40:10.074
but just really kinda wait.

00:40:10.141 --> 00:40:14.712
Veronica contacted that lady in
Washington, DC, who's, you

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:19.784
know, trying to find out the
status and trying to help push

00:40:19.850 --> 00:40:21.786
it through and everything like
that.

00:40:21.852 --> 00:40:24.688
So, hopefully we'll hear
something from her this coming-

00:40:24.755 --> 00:40:26.157
up week.

00:40:26.223 --> 00:40:29.894
>> You know what, lately I been
just, like, dreaming, like, I'm

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:34.198
with you and the babies, and
now, finally, we get to the

00:40:34.265 --> 00:40:36.801
normal... our normal life.

00:40:36.867 --> 00:40:40.704
And, I'm dreaming you're, like,
playing with the babies in the

00:40:40.771 --> 00:40:44.775
park, going to eat something.

00:40:44.842 --> 00:40:46.076
Doing a lot of stuff.

00:40:46.143 --> 00:40:49.480
But, let's wait.

00:40:49.547 --> 00:40:51.215
Let's see what happens, so...

00:40:51.282 --> 00:40:54.351
>> The hardest part is because
we're so close, and now it's

00:40:54.418 --> 00:40:58.155
just a lot harder than before,
because it's, like, now it's

00:40:58.222 --> 00:41:00.090
almost just waiting almost every
day, like, we could hear

00:41:00.157 --> 00:41:01.425
something.

00:41:01.492 --> 00:41:03.861
>> Sometimes, I don't wanna
think, what about if something

00:41:03.928 --> 00:41:09.133
is negative, and I don't wanna
talk about it, but I'm really in

00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:14.171
the line, like, I just wanna
cross and be with you and the

00:41:14.238 --> 00:41:15.172
babies.

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:16.440
>> Yeah, but you can't do that.

00:41:16.507 --> 00:41:17.808
You can't cross.

00:41:17.875 --> 00:41:22.413
You can't even think about that,
because if you do that, one,

00:41:22.479 --> 00:41:25.049
this whole five years that we've
already been waiting would be

00:41:25.115 --> 00:41:26.450
for nothing.

00:41:26.517 --> 00:41:29.053
You know, you'd get caught-- I
don't wanna take that chance.

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:32.256
And besides, it's so much better
if you're back, and you can live

00:41:32.323 --> 00:41:35.292
free, live your life free, and
not have to look over your

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:36.827
shoulder every three seconds.

00:41:36.894 --> 00:41:40.197
I don't want you coming back in
five years, six years from now.

00:41:40.264 --> 00:41:43.601
Pelé and Rocky are, like, in
middle school, and then they see

00:41:43.667 --> 00:41:46.003
you one morning and then you're
gone again because you got

00:41:46.070 --> 00:41:49.006
picked up at a stop sign or
something on your way to work

00:41:49.073 --> 00:41:50.307
again.

00:41:50.374 --> 00:41:53.444
And then they have to live
through all that trash again.

00:41:53.510 --> 00:41:54.745
>> Yeah, but...

00:41:54.812 --> 00:41:57.281
>> It's almost, like, let's
get it out of the way now, but

00:41:57.348 --> 00:41:59.316
at the same time, you know, I
never thought it would be this

00:41:59.383 --> 00:42:00.718
long.

00:42:00.784 --> 00:42:02.786
>> The time is killing me, like,
waiting and waiting, you know.

00:42:02.853 --> 00:42:04.121
>> Yeah.

00:42:04.188 --> 00:42:09.126
>> I want somebody is close to
me, sleep with me, love me.

00:42:09.193 --> 00:42:10.394
I love you, Flaquita.

00:42:10.461 --> 00:42:11.729
>> Love you, Marcos.

00:42:11.795 --> 00:42:16.267
>> Let's see, so... let's pray
and have faith, and probably

00:42:16.333 --> 00:42:18.636
soon something can happen soon.

00:42:18.702 --> 00:42:20.771
>> Just try to keep yourself
occupied, because we're almost

00:42:20.838 --> 00:42:21.705
done.

00:42:21.772 --> 00:42:22.706
All right?

00:42:22.773 --> 00:42:23.874
>> So just be careful, so...

00:42:23.941 --> 00:42:25.175
>> All right.

00:42:25.242 --> 00:42:29.480
(Skype call ends)

00:42:29.546 --> 00:42:34.018
>> (sighs)

00:42:34.084 --> 00:42:51.035
(train horn blaring)

00:42:51.101 --> 00:42:57.174
("Jingle Bells" playing)
>> It's Christmastime, and

00:42:57.241 --> 00:42:59.043
Marcos isn't here yet.

00:42:59.109 --> 00:43:03.314
We haven't heard anything about
his petition, and I'm feeling

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:05.382
totally depressed about it.

00:43:07.251 --> 00:43:10.254
I get really, like, sad and all
that stuff.

00:43:10.321 --> 00:43:12.523
You know, I can't let anybody
see that.

00:43:12.589 --> 00:43:16.694
No one that's really close to me
really knows, but it's really,

00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:18.862
really wearing on me bad.

00:43:18.929 --> 00:43:22.199
I'm really tired of this whole
situation.

00:43:26.737 --> 00:43:29.139
Be careful with that stuff,
Pelé.

00:43:29.206 --> 00:43:30.307
>> I'm always careful.

00:43:30.374 --> 00:43:31.775
>> All right, Pelé.

00:43:31.842 --> 00:43:32.943
I'm going to plug it in.

00:43:33.010 --> 00:43:34.478
>> Okay, Mommy.

00:43:34.545 --> 00:43:35.713
Whoa!

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.947
Lights! Lights!

00:43:37.014 --> 00:43:39.149
Did you put the pine cones on
yet?

00:43:39.216 --> 00:43:40.217
>> Yeah.

00:43:40.284 --> 00:43:41.452
>> Yay!

00:43:41.518 --> 00:43:43.087
>> Put the pine cones on.

00:43:43.153 --> 00:43:44.054
>> Okay.

00:43:44.121 --> 00:43:45.055
You stay.

00:43:45.122 --> 00:43:46.824
>> It's not gonna stay like
that.

00:43:46.890 --> 00:43:47.891
Put it right there.

00:43:47.958 --> 00:43:48.926
>> Put it right here?

00:43:48.993 --> 00:43:49.860
>> See?

00:43:49.927 --> 00:43:53.297
>> That's much better.

00:43:53.364 --> 00:43:54.732
Who made this, Mommy?

00:43:54.798 --> 00:43:56.500
>> I think... you made this!

00:43:56.567 --> 00:43:57.534
>> Yeah.

00:43:57.601 --> 00:44:00.070
Who made this?

00:44:00.137 --> 00:44:02.706
♪ I'm Mr. Snow ♪
Hey!

00:44:02.773 --> 00:44:03.640
>> Bia made that.

00:44:03.707 --> 00:44:04.675
Go hang it up, Pelé.

00:44:04.742 --> 00:44:06.010
>> Okay, Mommy.

00:44:06.076 --> 00:44:07.711
>> Put the balls on.

00:44:07.778 --> 00:44:08.812
Put them down over here.

00:44:08.879 --> 00:44:09.980
>> Okay, Mommy.

00:44:10.047 --> 00:44:11.815
This present is for Mommy!

00:44:11.882 --> 00:44:13.650
Happy Christmas, Mom!

00:44:13.717 --> 00:44:15.452
>> Who's this one for?

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.254
>> That one's for Mommy.

00:44:17.321 --> 00:44:18.455
>> Who's this one for?

00:44:18.522 --> 00:44:19.456
>> Daddy.

00:44:19.523 --> 00:44:20.324
>> Who's that one for?

00:44:20.391 --> 00:44:21.225
>> Bia.

00:44:21.291 --> 00:44:22.292
>> What about Daddy?

00:44:22.359 --> 00:44:23.827
What are you gonna get Daddy
for Christmas?

00:44:23.894 --> 00:44:24.895
>> I don't know.

00:44:24.962 --> 00:44:27.064
I forgot... Wait a second!

00:44:27.131 --> 00:44:28.565
I have an idea!

00:44:28.632 --> 00:44:29.600
>> What?

00:44:29.666 --> 00:44:32.503
>> Baby Jesus!

00:44:32.569 --> 00:44:35.572
♪ Oh, little baby Jesus ♪
(laughs)

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:37.274
Happy Christmas, Mom!

00:44:37.341 --> 00:44:38.208
>> Thanks, Pelé!

00:44:38.275 --> 00:44:39.209
What is it?

00:44:39.276 --> 00:44:40.444
(gasps): What'd you get me?

00:44:40.511 --> 00:44:42.112
>> Pine cones.

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:44.448
>> (gasps)
You got me pine cones?!

00:44:44.515 --> 00:44:46.950
(Pelé laughs)
You're a pine cone.

00:44:47.017 --> 00:44:51.755
>> Jesus, please, please,
bring Daddy home now.

00:44:51.822 --> 00:44:53.824
>> Why are you making jokes,
Pelé?

00:44:53.891 --> 00:44:55.025
>> I'm not making jokes.

00:44:55.092 --> 00:44:56.994
>> So you wanted to ask Jesus to
bring Daddy home?

00:44:57.061 --> 00:45:00.364
>> I said now.

00:45:00.431 --> 00:45:06.603
(car horn honking)

00:45:06.670 --> 00:45:16.346
(music playing on radio)

00:45:16.413 --> 00:45:17.281
>> Hello?

00:45:17.347 --> 00:45:18.215
>> Hello.

00:45:18.282 --> 00:45:19.216
>> Hey, David Leopold!

00:45:19.283 --> 00:45:20.150
How's it going?

00:45:20.217 --> 00:45:21.118
>> Um, listen.

00:45:21.185 --> 00:45:22.619
I gotta talk to you about
something.

00:45:22.686 --> 00:45:24.588
Um, and, this is a very
difficult call.

00:45:24.655 --> 00:45:29.927
I, I got... I got a notification
this morning from ICE.

00:45:29.993 --> 00:45:30.894
>> Yeah?

00:45:30.961 --> 00:45:33.630
>> That they denied our
petition.

00:45:33.697 --> 00:45:35.899
>> You're kidding.

00:45:35.966 --> 00:45:36.900
>> Hello?

00:45:36.967 --> 00:45:38.302
>> You're kidding.

00:45:38.368 --> 00:45:39.670
>> No, I'm not kidding.

00:45:39.736 --> 00:45:44.108
They, they, they denied the
petition, they basically... it's

00:45:44.174 --> 00:45:48.178
a very short letter, and it says
that they weighed the equities,

00:45:48.245 --> 00:45:52.382
but they're not able to grant
parole at this point.

00:45:52.449 --> 00:45:53.650
Um...

00:45:53.717 --> 00:45:55.619
>> Wait, are you serious or are
you joking with me?

00:45:55.686 --> 00:45:56.420
>> No, no.

00:45:56.487 --> 00:45:57.354
I'm not, I'm not joking.

00:45:57.421 --> 00:45:58.388
I'm, I'm serious.

00:45:58.455 --> 00:45:59.523
Totally serious.

00:45:59.590 --> 00:46:01.525
>> No, you're... you're joking
with me, right?

00:46:01.592 --> 00:46:02.559
>> Elizabeth.

00:46:02.626 --> 00:46:04.995
I would not joke about something
like this.

00:46:05.062 --> 00:46:06.597
I'm totally serious.

00:46:06.663 --> 00:46:08.765
I'm sorry, but I am totally
serious.

00:46:08.832 --> 00:46:10.000
>> Wait.

00:46:10.067 --> 00:46:13.036
Are you telling me they actually
denied the petition?

00:46:13.103 --> 00:46:14.204
>> Um, yeah.

00:46:14.271 --> 00:46:15.439
They denied it.

00:46:15.506 --> 00:46:20.177
And it was denied apparently on
February 6.

00:46:20.244 --> 00:46:21.478
So...

00:46:21.545 --> 00:46:23.280
>> Like, you're telling me right
now that they denied the

00:46:23.347 --> 00:46:24.014
petition.

00:46:24.081 --> 00:46:25.015
Right?

00:46:25.082 --> 00:46:25.983
That's what you're telling me?

00:46:26.049 --> 00:46:26.950
Like, seriously?

00:46:27.017 --> 00:46:29.153
Like, they seriously denied it?

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:31.121
>> They denied it, yes.

00:46:31.188 --> 00:46:32.389
I am not joking about this.

00:46:32.456 --> 00:46:36.760
I, I would never, ever joke
about something like this.

00:46:36.827 --> 00:46:38.162
Yes, they denied it.

00:46:38.228 --> 00:46:41.498
And that doesn't mean that there
may not be other remedies, but

00:46:41.565 --> 00:46:44.635
you need to know, and I wanted
Marcos to know, so I'm gonna,

00:46:44.701 --> 00:46:48.472
I'm gonna put it in writing, and
this is what I think, okay?

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:51.341
Um, I would like to, to arrange
a meeting.

00:46:51.408 --> 00:46:54.545
I'd like to get together so that
we can go over exactly what's

00:46:54.611 --> 00:46:58.482
gone on here, and exactly what
the, what the options are.

00:46:58.549 --> 00:47:02.319
Um... okay?

00:47:02.386 --> 00:47:04.454
>> No, you gotta be joking me
right now.

00:47:04.521 --> 00:47:06.757
Like, I totally, totally am not
hearing this.

00:47:06.823 --> 00:47:09.159
Like, they totally did not deny
this petition.

00:47:09.226 --> 00:47:11.161
I mean, you really gotta be
joking right now.

00:47:11.228 --> 00:47:13.330
Like, I'm so pissed right now.

00:47:13.397 --> 00:47:14.698
I'm really pissed.

00:47:14.765 --> 00:47:16.733
I really just... whoever denied
the petition, I want them to

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:18.635
come to my house for five
minutes.

00:47:18.702 --> 00:47:19.536
I wanna kill them.

00:47:19.603 --> 00:47:21.004
I'm gonna kill them.

00:47:21.071 --> 00:47:23.707
I cannot believe they seriously,
seriously, seriously denied the

00:47:23.774 --> 00:47:25.008
petition.

00:47:25.075 --> 00:47:26.176
For what?

00:47:26.243 --> 00:47:29.046
What was their actual reason why
they denied it?

00:47:29.112 --> 00:47:31.748
>> I mean, they did say that
they recognize the evidence that

00:47:31.815 --> 00:47:35.586
we presented, but on a balance,
they denied it.

00:47:35.652 --> 00:47:39.623
Um, I mean, my preference would
be, of course, to tell you in

00:47:39.690 --> 00:47:40.657
person.

00:47:40.724 --> 00:47:42.593
But I needed you to know right
away.

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.927
I, I need Marcos to know.

00:47:43.994 --> 00:47:44.962
Okay?

00:47:45.028 --> 00:47:46.263
>> Mmm.

00:47:46.330 --> 00:47:48.799
>> Tell you what, um, take care
driving.

00:47:48.865 --> 00:47:51.201
Please give me a call when you
get home, okay?

00:47:51.268 --> 00:47:53.370
All right.

00:47:54.037 --> 00:47:58.976
(Marcos's car engine revving)
>> (groans)

00:48:03.847 --> 00:48:07.017
Elizabeth called me to give
me the bad news about my

00:48:07.084 --> 00:48:09.219
petition get denied.

00:48:09.286 --> 00:48:14.558
But I was expecting to get
positive news, because we are

00:48:14.625 --> 00:48:19.429
really being planning our life
for the future to be together.

00:48:19.496 --> 00:48:23.367
So, it was really a sad day.

00:48:23.433 --> 00:48:28.038
I start feeling like I don't
wanna talk with nobody.

00:48:28.105 --> 00:48:32.109
I just wanna be inside, but I
start thinking, "You know what?

00:48:32.175 --> 00:48:35.345
You have to accept it, Marcos.

00:48:35.412 --> 00:48:36.380
Life is like that.

00:48:36.446 --> 00:48:39.049
It's the way how it is, and it's
real."

00:48:39.116 --> 00:48:42.119
So, I have to go forward.

00:48:42.185 --> 00:48:46.056
I fully think now... I still
can't have my family, my kids,

00:48:46.123 --> 00:48:47.024
everything.

00:48:47.090 --> 00:48:49.359
Why not?

00:48:49.426 --> 00:48:52.596
So, now I'm really thinking,
like, we're gonna get together

00:48:52.663 --> 00:48:55.832
pretty soon in Mexico.

00:48:55.899 --> 00:48:59.503
(sighs)
(engine revs)

00:49:01.204 --> 00:49:08.679
(car horn honking in distance)

00:49:08.745 --> 00:49:09.846
>> Hey, Elizabeth.

00:49:09.913 --> 00:49:10.781
So good to see you.

00:49:10.847 --> 00:49:11.848
>> You, too.

00:49:12.282 --> 00:49:13.717
>> The last time we talked, it
was a pretty tough conversation.

00:49:13.784 --> 00:49:15.085
>> Yep.

00:49:15.152 --> 00:49:18.188
>> What we tried to do, you
know, when we got into this, you

00:49:18.255 --> 00:49:22.726
said to me that if you don't try
it, if you don't try, you won't

00:49:22.793 --> 00:49:24.594
know that you tried everything.

00:49:24.661 --> 00:49:26.263
You have done everything.

00:49:26.330 --> 00:49:27.331
>> No.

00:49:27.397 --> 00:49:28.365
I cannot say that.

00:49:28.432 --> 00:49:29.533
>> Well...

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:31.468
>> I refuse to say that, 'cause
he's not here.

00:49:31.535 --> 00:49:33.570
>> But you have done everything
so far-- so far.

00:49:33.637 --> 00:49:35.806
It doesn't mean you won't
continue to do things.

00:49:35.872 --> 00:49:37.874
Let's talk about where we're
going to go from here.

00:49:37.941 --> 00:49:38.809
>> Okay.

00:49:38.875 --> 00:49:40.177
>> Okay?

00:49:40.243 --> 00:49:42.879
Um, continuing to pursue this on
Capitol Hill with, with Ohio

00:49:42.946 --> 00:49:44.214
senators.

00:49:44.281 --> 00:49:50.520
But also, there's been a change
in your, in your status.

00:49:50.587 --> 00:49:51.555
>> Mm-hmm.

00:49:51.621 --> 00:49:52.589
>> Right?

00:49:52.656 --> 00:49:54.424
From the Veterans
Administration.

00:49:54.491 --> 00:49:57.594
>> Well, they increased my
anxiety rating, my

00:49:57.661 --> 00:50:01.665
service-connected percentage, to
80%.

00:50:01.732 --> 00:50:03.066
And it was at 30.

00:50:03.133 --> 00:50:03.867
>> Okay.

00:50:03.934 --> 00:50:06.303
Disa... disability rating.

00:50:06.370 --> 00:50:07.304
>> Yeah.

00:50:07.371 --> 00:50:08.472
You could use that word.

00:50:08.538 --> 00:50:09.806
>> Okay.

00:50:09.873 --> 00:50:12.676
Well, I mean, it's important,
not because... I don't think

00:50:12.743 --> 00:50:15.078
anybody who knows you is ever
gonna claim that you, you've

00:50:15.145 --> 00:50:17.347
stood in any disability.

00:50:17.414 --> 00:50:19.116
Your strength speaks for itself.

00:50:19.182 --> 00:50:25.789
>> Yeah, and, what they did was,
they changed my anxiety rating

00:50:25.856 --> 00:50:29.226
to a much higher level, which
ended up bringing the entire

00:50:29.292 --> 00:50:30.827
percentage up.

00:50:30.894 --> 00:50:32.028
>> All right.

00:50:32.095 --> 00:50:33.830
>> And...

00:50:33.897 --> 00:50:37.768
Although, I mean, it's really
clear, even in my records that,

00:50:37.834 --> 00:50:42.072
um, although it's, you know,
started from when I was in the

00:50:42.139 --> 00:50:47.144
Marine Corps, but that this
entire situation has agitated

00:50:47.210 --> 00:50:48.678
it up to that level.

00:50:48.745 --> 00:50:49.913
>> Okay.

00:50:49.980 --> 00:50:52.482
>> I feel like that could be a
strong player in this

00:50:52.549 --> 00:50:53.750
reconsideration.

00:50:53.817 --> 00:50:55.986
>> And, so, asking for
reconsideration.

00:50:56.052 --> 00:50:57.254
>> Mm-hmm.

00:50:57.320 --> 00:51:00.290
>> Pointing out that in fact
your, you know, disability

00:51:00.357 --> 00:51:05.529
rating has increased as a result
of the anxiety related to this

00:51:05.595 --> 00:51:08.732
deportation and this separation
from Marcos, and the children,

00:51:08.799 --> 00:51:10.734
and everything you're dealing
with.

00:51:10.801 --> 00:51:11.735
>> Yeah.

00:51:11.802 --> 00:51:13.904
>> This is clearly affecting
your life.

00:51:13.970 --> 00:51:14.871
But you know what?

00:51:14.938 --> 00:51:16.206
Here's the thing.

00:51:16.273 --> 00:51:18.508
I'm gonna need you and Marcos
to both be invested in this,

00:51:18.575 --> 00:51:19.676
too.

00:51:19.743 --> 00:51:20.844
>> It's not so easy, though.

00:51:20.911 --> 00:51:21.978
>> No, I know.

00:51:22.045 --> 00:51:23.346
I know.

00:51:23.413 --> 00:51:26.283
But, you take your mental break,
but you've gotta, you know,

00:51:26.349 --> 00:51:29.419
you've gotta get back to where
you were.

00:51:29.486 --> 00:51:32.322
And, it's easy for me to say
that, I know, but...

00:51:32.389 --> 00:51:33.490
>> It's been five years.

00:51:33.557 --> 00:51:36.092
I'm not gonna lose my marriage
over this fight.

00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:38.395
My marriage could be in
crumbles.

00:51:38.462 --> 00:51:39.796
Like, this is ridiculous.

00:51:39.863 --> 00:51:41.331
I'm not going to keep fighting
this and then look back and it's

00:51:41.398 --> 00:51:42.566
been nine years.

00:51:42.632 --> 00:51:43.967
You know?

00:51:44.034 --> 00:51:46.970
>> Well, we also have to face
the very realistic possibility

00:51:47.037 --> 00:51:52.609
that, you know, at some point,
we have to go to another plan.

00:51:52.676 --> 00:51:56.847
And, legally speaking, that
other plan, at this point, is,

00:51:56.913 --> 00:52:02.586
is, you know, waiting for those
five years to pass and bringing

00:52:02.652 --> 00:52:03.653
him back.

00:52:03.720 --> 00:52:05.155
>> I'm not waiting five years.

00:52:05.222 --> 00:52:06.456
>> Okay.

00:52:06.523 --> 00:52:10.827
But I want to be honest with
you, that is the next thing.

00:52:14.464 --> 00:52:16.566
>> This whole thing is just
crap.

00:52:16.633 --> 00:52:18.835
They wanna have this permanent
bar for ten years.

00:52:18.902 --> 00:52:20.971
That's a huge chunk of time.

00:52:21.037 --> 00:52:24.140
So, when he comes back, I'll be
in my 40s.

00:52:24.207 --> 00:52:27.177
My sons will be ten and nine--
pretty much got one foot out the

00:52:27.244 --> 00:52:28.411
door already.

00:52:28.478 --> 00:52:31.581
And that's when we're gonna
start our life together?

00:52:31.648 --> 00:52:34.684
Everybody says the system is
broken, and then in the

00:52:34.751 --> 00:52:37.654
meantime, my family is paying
for this broken system.

00:52:37.721 --> 00:52:39.489
It's ridiculous.

00:52:39.556 --> 00:52:44.961
(car horns honking)

00:52:45.028 --> 00:52:48.131
>> You know we've been working
with Elizabeth on her case.

00:52:48.198 --> 00:52:51.167
You know her husband was
deported in 2010.

00:52:51.234 --> 00:52:54.304
I want everyone to know that the
petition was denied to bring her

00:52:54.371 --> 00:52:55.872
husband back.

00:52:55.939 --> 00:52:59.075
So, what this means is, are we
just gonna give up?

00:52:59.142 --> 00:53:00.544
>> No.

00:53:00.610 --> 00:53:02.412
>> Okay, are we gonna leave it
like that and just say, "Oh, it

00:53:02.479 --> 00:53:03.179
was denied.

00:53:03.246 --> 00:53:04.447
Too bad"?

00:53:04.514 --> 00:53:05.715
>> No.

00:53:05.782 --> 00:53:08.418
>> Okay, so what we gotta do is,
we're gonna do a march.

00:53:08.485 --> 00:53:10.887
(audience applauds)
And I want Elizabeth to hear

00:53:10.954 --> 00:53:12.889
from you guys, because she's
counting on us.

00:53:12.956 --> 00:53:14.157
>> Mm-hmm.

00:53:14.224 --> 00:53:15.292
>> This is the only hope.

00:53:15.358 --> 00:53:17.861
What did the lawyer say when
you talked to him?

00:53:17.928 --> 00:53:20.864
>> He said I need to wait five
more years, and then we can

00:53:20.931 --> 00:53:22.732
apply to get him back.

00:53:22.799 --> 00:53:26.603
>> So, the only hope Elizabeth
has right now is with us and

00:53:26.670 --> 00:53:27.871
HOLA.

00:53:27.938 --> 00:53:29.306
But, it's gonna be hard.

00:53:29.372 --> 00:53:32.542
So please, everybody, we gotta
give it all we got.

00:53:32.609 --> 00:53:36.146
On May 4, the reason why is
because if the media comes on

00:53:36.212 --> 00:53:39.015
May 4, it's gonna be in the
papers, hopefully, on Cinco de

00:53:39.082 --> 00:53:40.450
Mayo.

00:53:40.517 --> 00:53:43.353
And the people can see, Cinco de
Mayo, while you're enjoying your

00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:46.790
margaritas and your sombrero,
think about all the people in

00:53:46.856 --> 00:53:49.259
our community who are suffering
with this broken immigration

00:53:49.326 --> 00:53:50.460
system.

00:53:50.527 --> 00:53:52.495
Just contemplate that.

00:53:52.562 --> 00:53:55.632
And so, for this march for
Elizabeth, because it's such a

00:53:55.699 --> 00:53:58.101
tough case, we're gonna need
double the people.

00:53:58.168 --> 00:54:00.737
Okay, everybody raise your hand,
who's gonna participate in this

00:54:00.804 --> 00:54:02.038
march for them.

00:54:02.105 --> 00:54:03.173
Okay.

00:54:03.239 --> 00:54:05.375
>> Una fuerte aplaus para todos
y gracias.

00:54:05.442 --> 00:54:06.309
>> Thank you.

00:54:06.376 --> 00:54:09.045
(audience applauds)
Okay.

00:54:09.112 --> 00:54:10.146
6:00 a.m.

00:54:10.213 --> 00:54:11.314
Maybe-- can we do 7:00?

00:54:11.381 --> 00:54:12.182
Yeah, okay.

00:54:12.248 --> 00:54:13.183
7:00.

00:54:13.249 --> 00:54:16.119
(laughing)
So, let's make sure that we

00:54:16.186 --> 00:54:18.588
bring Elizabeth's husband back
on May 4.

00:54:18.655 --> 00:54:19.656
¿Sí?

00:54:19.723 --> 00:54:20.724
>> Sí.

00:54:20.790 --> 00:54:21.625
>> Okay.

00:54:21.691 --> 00:54:22.525
Ay, esto fue muy débil.

00:54:22.592 --> 00:54:23.927
That was weak!

00:54:23.994 --> 00:54:26.363
(laughing)
Let's make sure we get

00:54:26.429 --> 00:54:28.031
Elizabeth's husband back.

00:54:28.098 --> 00:54:29.899
>> (more loudly): ¡Sí!

00:54:29.966 --> 00:54:31.401
>> Are we gonna wait five years?

00:54:31.468 --> 00:54:33.703
>> No!

00:54:39.576 --> 00:54:42.512
(people conversing in Spanish)
>> Gracias a todos por estar

00:54:42.579 --> 00:54:43.613
aquí hoy.

00:54:43.680 --> 00:54:45.582
Thank you to everybody for being
here today.

00:54:45.649 --> 00:54:46.883
We need a miracle.

00:54:46.950 --> 00:54:48.351
>> Yeah!

00:54:48.418 --> 00:54:50.220
>> And so we're gonna sacrifice
a little bit by walking the 20

00:54:50.286 --> 00:54:53.356
miles and hope that our pleas
are heard.

00:54:53.423 --> 00:54:54.391
>> Woo-hoo!

00:54:54.457 --> 00:54:58.328
(drums beating)
>> Okay, the first rule is,

00:54:58.395 --> 00:55:03.099
we're gonna walk together, not
separate, because, um, I'm

00:55:03.166 --> 00:55:06.236
always the last one, and I don't
want to be, like, all the way

00:55:06.302 --> 00:55:07.303
in the back.

00:55:07.370 --> 00:55:08.838
So, Elizabeth, you want to say
some words?

00:55:08.905 --> 00:55:10.140
>> Okay.

00:55:10.206 --> 00:55:11.141
>> Elizabeth!

00:55:11.207 --> 00:55:12.075
Whoo!

00:55:12.142 --> 00:55:13.443
>> Okay.

00:55:13.510 --> 00:55:15.211
My husband, Marcos, is on the
phone, and that's how I live my

00:55:15.278 --> 00:55:19.449
life, with him on my side but at
the phone.

00:55:19.516 --> 00:55:23.820
I wanna say thank you to every
single person here.

00:55:23.887 --> 00:55:25.255
Thank you.

00:55:25.321 --> 00:55:29.793
Thank you, thank you to come out
here to help for my family, too.

00:55:29.859 --> 00:55:31.027
Yo se que tienen que...

00:55:31.094 --> 00:55:34.898
I was really down after Marcos's
parole was denied.

00:55:34.964 --> 00:55:37.067
I know a lot of people are
missing work...

00:55:37.133 --> 00:55:39.703
But I'm back, and we are ready
to roll.

00:55:39.769 --> 00:55:42.105
I don't like words, I like
action.

00:55:42.172 --> 00:55:43.273
Thank you to HOLA.

00:55:43.339 --> 00:55:47.177
HOLA is the only reason I have
hope for my family.

00:55:47.243 --> 00:55:50.613
The only reason I feel my
husband is gonna come home is

00:55:50.680 --> 00:55:53.450
solo HOLA.

00:55:53.516 --> 00:55:55.952
>> Okay, well, let's get on the
sidewalk and get in formation.

00:55:56.019 --> 00:55:59.089
>> We have David Leopold, the
lawyer is out here.

00:55:59.155 --> 00:56:00.190
My mom's here.

00:56:00.256 --> 00:56:02.125
My mom's ready to walk 21 miles.

00:56:02.192 --> 00:56:04.494
>> Elizabeth, we've got to turn
left.

00:56:04.561 --> 00:56:06.730
>> My cousin Davey flew in
from Utah just to come to this

00:56:06.796 --> 00:56:07.864
march.

00:56:07.931 --> 00:56:10.567
>> Elizabeth, we gotta follow
the sign for 20.

00:56:10.633 --> 00:56:13.236
>> The weather is beautiful out
here.

00:56:13.303 --> 00:56:15.939
There is a chance of
thunderstorms, but I have total

00:56:16.005 --> 00:56:19.309
faith that we're gonna make it.

00:56:19.375 --> 00:56:23.012
We got almost 100 HOLA warriors
organized, ready to do this

00:56:23.079 --> 00:56:25.882
march from Mentor, Ohio, to St.

00:56:25.949 --> 00:56:29.786
Casimir's to ask Our Lady of
Czestochowa to bring my family

00:56:29.853 --> 00:56:30.720
back.

00:56:30.787 --> 00:56:32.689
Well, why can't my husband be
here?

00:56:32.756 --> 00:56:34.357
We're in this to win this.

00:56:34.424 --> 00:56:35.291
That's how I feel.

00:56:35.358 --> 00:56:36.426
It's too long.

00:56:36.493 --> 00:56:37.393
It's five years.

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:38.461
It's way too much time.

00:56:38.528 --> 00:56:39.496
>> (chanting): Sí se puede.

00:56:39.562 --> 00:56:41.030
Sí se puede.

00:56:41.097 --> 00:56:42.732
Sí se puede.

00:56:42.799 --> 00:56:44.868
>> People have brought their
kids out here and have baby

00:56:44.934 --> 00:56:46.836
strollers, and they're ready to
walk.

00:56:46.903 --> 00:56:52.075
This walk is gonna take us all
day long, and I'm very humbled

00:56:52.142 --> 00:56:55.845
and proud of all of the Mexican
community that's out here.

00:56:55.912 --> 00:56:58.548
I've been there for their family
when it was a threat of a

00:56:58.615 --> 00:57:02.018
deportation, and those families
are out here today.

00:57:02.085 --> 00:57:03.620
>> Yes, we can!

00:57:03.686 --> 00:57:06.556
>> We're gonna draw attention to
my family and get people in

00:57:06.623 --> 00:57:08.892
power to bring Marcos home.

00:57:08.958 --> 00:57:13.496
(man speaking Spanish)
(crowd cheering)

00:57:13.563 --> 00:57:15.231
It's getting darker out here.

00:57:15.298 --> 00:57:17.233
Rain clouds are forming above
us.

00:57:17.300 --> 00:57:20.904
We felt a little light drizzle,
but we can hear the bells of St.

00:57:20.970 --> 00:57:24.774
Casimir's ringing, and we are
gonna make it.

00:57:24.841 --> 00:57:26.009
>> Yes, we can.

00:57:26.075 --> 00:57:27.777
Yes, we can.

00:57:27.844 --> 00:57:29.946
Yes, we can.

00:57:32.982 --> 00:57:34.918
>> I love you, Dada.

00:57:34.984 --> 00:57:36.252
>> Are you happy?

00:57:36.319 --> 00:57:37.320
>> Yeah.

00:57:37.387 --> 00:57:39.556
Daddy, why are you not here now?

00:57:39.622 --> 00:57:42.358
I want you to be here now, now,
now.

00:57:42.425 --> 00:57:44.327
>> One day we're gonna be
together!

00:57:44.394 --> 00:57:45.361
That's the good part.

00:57:45.428 --> 00:57:46.596
>> I miss you.

00:57:46.663 --> 00:57:48.031
I want you to come back now.

00:57:48.097 --> 00:57:49.165
>> Pelé?

00:57:49.232 --> 00:57:50.600
Just remember Daddy loves you.

00:57:50.667 --> 00:57:53.002
I miss you, Pelé.

00:57:53.069 --> 00:57:55.805
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna go
back and go drop you in the

00:57:55.872 --> 00:57:58.575
school and go after school and
go play with you.

00:57:58.641 --> 00:57:59.943
>> Mm-hmm.

00:58:00.009 --> 00:58:01.978
>> How do you feel when you see
your friends with, with their

00:58:02.045 --> 00:58:02.879
dads?

00:58:02.946 --> 00:58:03.746
How do you feel?

00:58:03.813 --> 00:58:04.714
>> Huh?

00:58:04.781 --> 00:58:07.050
Their dads are in Ohio.

00:58:07.116 --> 00:58:08.251
>> Oh, really?

00:58:08.318 --> 00:58:12.088
>> You are the only dad who's in
Mexico.

00:58:12.155 --> 00:58:15.992
>> How do you feel about, like,
you're there, and I'm here?

00:58:16.059 --> 00:58:17.026
>> Bad.

00:58:17.093 --> 00:58:18.294
Hate it.

00:58:18.361 --> 00:58:22.432
Why is your daddy in Mexico, and
I'm in Ohio?

00:58:22.498 --> 00:58:23.766
That's bad.

00:58:23.833 --> 00:58:26.903
Very, very, very bad.

00:58:26.970 --> 00:58:29.205
>> Don't play with your food,
Pelé.

00:58:29.272 --> 00:58:30.506
>> Other kids have their dad.

00:58:30.573 --> 00:58:33.476
(crying): But I don't have my
dad.

00:58:33.543 --> 00:58:37.380
>> Pelé, I love you.

00:58:37.447 --> 00:58:39.349
>> (crying): Mommy!

00:58:39.415 --> 00:58:41.417
Mommy!

00:58:41.484 --> 00:58:44.921
I want Daddy!

00:58:44.988 --> 00:58:51.661
(crying)
Daddy!

00:58:51.728 --> 00:58:52.829
>> Pelé.

00:58:52.896 --> 00:58:54.330
We will be together, Pelé.

00:58:54.397 --> 00:58:55.832
I'm gonna see you so much.

00:58:55.899 --> 00:58:58.768
>> Daddy!

00:59:05.775 --> 00:59:12.215
♪ ♪
(car horns honking)

00:59:18.187 --> 00:59:24.694
♪ ♪
(men singing in Spanish)

00:59:34.737 --> 00:59:41.311
(men singing in Spanish)
>> What do you feel like?

00:59:41.377 --> 00:59:42.645
What do you want to eat?

00:59:42.712 --> 00:59:46.416
>> I want those tamales from
that guy who puts the whole

00:59:46.482 --> 00:59:47.684
drumstick in the tamale.

00:59:47.750 --> 00:59:48.685
>> Mm-hmm.

00:59:48.751 --> 00:59:50.687
>> You know who I'm talking
about?

00:59:50.753 --> 00:59:51.688
>> Yeah.

00:59:51.754 --> 00:59:52.689
>> By your grandma's?

00:59:52.755 --> 00:59:53.690
We gotta go over there.

00:59:53.756 --> 00:59:54.557
>> Yeah, let's go.

00:59:54.624 --> 00:59:55.692
We can go.

00:59:55.758 --> 00:59:58.127
Just let, um, I gotta go take a
shower.

00:59:58.194 --> 00:59:59.095
>> Oh, okay.

00:59:59.162 --> 01:00:00.163
>> Before we go there.

01:00:00.229 --> 01:00:01.764
>> Oh, okay.

01:00:01.831 --> 01:00:04.400
>> And...

01:00:04.467 --> 01:00:06.269
Yeah.

01:00:06.336 --> 01:00:09.005
Oh, tomorrow, before I forget,
like I, we gotta go play soccer.

01:00:09.072 --> 01:00:10.106
I gotta go play soccer.

01:00:10.173 --> 01:00:11.140
You wanna go with me?

01:00:11.207 --> 01:00:12.075
>> Yeah.

01:00:12.141 --> 01:00:13.676
I'm not gonna stay here by
myself!

01:00:13.743 --> 01:00:14.978
>> Yeah.

01:00:15.044 --> 01:00:17.513
How about, like, if you wanna
go, like, to the pyramids?

01:00:17.714 --> 01:00:18.982
>> Or dancing?

01:00:19.048 --> 01:00:20.383
>> Go dancing.

01:00:20.450 --> 01:00:22.518
>> Or take, or take me out to
eat?

01:00:22.585 --> 01:00:23.553
>> Yeah.

01:00:23.619 --> 01:00:24.487
>> On a date?

01:00:24.554 --> 01:00:25.388
>> Yeah.

01:00:25.455 --> 01:00:26.356
>> And the movies?

01:00:26.422 --> 01:00:27.256
>> We can go.

01:00:27.323 --> 01:00:28.491
We can go out with my sister.

01:00:28.558 --> 01:00:30.059
>> No, but...

01:00:30.126 --> 01:00:32.962
There's been something I need
to tell you.

01:00:33.029 --> 01:00:37.667
Um, I'm here in Mexico, I've
been here for a little while,

01:00:37.734 --> 01:00:42.772
and I just found out me and
Marcos are having another baby.

01:00:42.839 --> 01:00:46.209
(groans)

01:00:46.275 --> 01:00:51.114
I was here a little while ago,
and I hadn't seen Marcos in

01:00:51.180 --> 01:00:56.285
almost two years, and...

01:00:56.352 --> 01:00:57.987
We had so much fun.

01:00:58.054 --> 01:01:00.423
We did not plan for this to
happen at all, but we didn't

01:01:00.490 --> 01:01:03.192
prevent from it to happen,
either.

01:01:03.259 --> 01:01:05.828
But, to be totally honest, at
the end of the day, I was

01:01:05.895 --> 01:01:08.865
completely shocked that, you
know, this is real, that we're

01:01:08.931 --> 01:01:11.501
really having another baby.

01:01:11.567 --> 01:01:14.437
And, um, it changes a lot of
things.

01:01:14.504 --> 01:01:16.873
We got a whole 'nother life to
think about.

01:01:16.939 --> 01:01:19.075
It's almost like a second
chance.

01:01:19.142 --> 01:01:23.880
We can have this baby and raise
it together.

01:01:23.946 --> 01:01:26.315
I'm gonna stay in Cleveland and
have the baby there, for

01:01:26.382 --> 01:01:27.817
insurance purposes.

01:01:27.884 --> 01:01:31.421
And then, I'm really, really
hoping Marcos can come back

01:01:31.487 --> 01:01:33.656
before this baby's born.

01:01:33.723 --> 01:01:39.095
But if he's not, then we have a
whole lot to think about.

01:01:39.162 --> 01:01:41.197
It feels so weird to be here
without Pelé and Rocky.

01:01:41.264 --> 01:01:42.665
>> Yes.

01:01:42.732 --> 01:01:45.868
>> So, by the time this baby is
born, no matter what, if I gotta

01:01:45.935 --> 01:01:48.171
move, if you're not in the
United States, I'm coming to

01:01:48.237 --> 01:01:51.307
Mexico, because there's no way
I'm having another baby by

01:01:51.374 --> 01:01:52.675
myself.

01:01:52.742 --> 01:01:57.280
I did Pelé by myself, Rocky all
by myself, and I'm definitely

01:01:57.346 --> 01:01:59.115
not doing it by myself again.

01:01:59.182 --> 01:02:00.416
>> Mm-hmm.

01:02:00.483 --> 01:02:02.518
>> The truth of the matter is,
is that when we come here,

01:02:02.585 --> 01:02:06.889
you really gotta understand how
it is with them all the time,

01:02:06.956 --> 01:02:08.224
like, long-term.

01:02:08.291 --> 01:02:10.593
You know what I mean?

01:02:10.660 --> 01:02:11.994
>> Yeah.

01:02:12.061 --> 01:02:13.362
>> And then, and then I...

01:02:13.429 --> 01:02:15.865
Talking about that depending on
where we're gonna live, where

01:02:15.932 --> 01:02:17.567
we're gonna move.

01:02:17.633 --> 01:02:20.169
I mean I, I like that apartment,
but I don't wanna stay in that

01:02:20.236 --> 01:02:22.939
apartment with Pelé, Rocky, and
another baby, where every time

01:02:23.005 --> 01:02:25.741
we gotta go outside, one of us
has to go outside with them,

01:02:25.808 --> 01:02:27.376
really you.

01:02:27.443 --> 01:02:33.282
So, um, it's something you
really gotta, really, really...

01:02:33.349 --> 01:02:35.985
I know it's hard, because you're
not with them all the time, but

01:02:36.052 --> 01:02:37.820
you gotta think of it in that
angle, too.

01:02:37.887 --> 01:02:39.555
Like, more realistic.

01:02:39.622 --> 01:02:41.524
Not just, like, it's so simple.

01:02:41.591 --> 01:02:43.059
>> Yeah.

01:02:43.126 --> 01:02:44.427
>> It's not as simple as that.

01:02:44.494 --> 01:02:46.562
It's actually kinda complicated.

01:02:46.629 --> 01:02:47.864
With them.

01:02:47.930 --> 01:02:49.599
>> Yeah.

01:02:49.665 --> 01:02:53.503
>> I mean, if we move to Mexico,
I mean, I'm hoping that's not

01:02:53.569 --> 01:02:58.541
what happens, but if that's what
happens...

01:02:58.608 --> 01:02:59.642
>> I like that picture.

01:02:59.709 --> 01:03:00.743
>> Yeah.

01:03:00.810 --> 01:03:01.844
>> Nice picture.

01:03:01.911 --> 01:03:05.314
>> We really got to really,
really have a plan.

01:03:05.381 --> 01:03:07.950
You know, we're not just gonna
come down here and throw Pelé in

01:03:08.017 --> 01:03:09.986
whatever school and be, like,
"Oh, he's a big boy, he can

01:03:10.052 --> 01:03:11.487
figure it out."

01:03:11.554 --> 01:03:12.889
No, I don't wanna do that.

01:03:12.955 --> 01:03:15.491
I wanna find something that's
gonna be comfortable for them,

01:03:15.558 --> 01:03:16.559
too.

01:03:16.626 --> 01:03:17.527
Not just, "Oh, they're kids.

01:03:17.593 --> 01:03:19.862
They can figure it out on their
own.

01:03:19.929 --> 01:03:20.997
Kids are strong.

01:03:21.063 --> 01:03:23.399
I had to figure stuff I out when
I was young."

01:03:23.466 --> 01:03:26.068
That's what they call the
dinosaur mentality.

01:03:26.135 --> 01:03:30.473
So, I wanna do for them... like,
for me, them is my priority

01:03:30.540 --> 01:03:32.008
about moving to Mexico.

01:03:32.074 --> 01:03:33.943
Not us and what we want.

01:03:34.010 --> 01:03:36.078
>> It's really hard to think
about.

01:03:36.145 --> 01:03:37.413
>> Oh, shoot.

01:03:37.480 --> 01:03:40.783
These are the pictures of the 43
students that disappeared.

01:03:40.850 --> 01:03:41.851
>> Yeah.

01:03:41.918 --> 01:03:44.086
>> That's what all of these are
for?

01:03:44.153 --> 01:03:45.254
>> Yeah.

01:03:45.321 --> 01:03:46.389
Yeah.

01:03:46.455 --> 01:03:47.490
>> That's crazy.

01:03:47.557 --> 01:03:49.559
They still don't know what
happened to them?

01:03:49.625 --> 01:03:50.793
>> No.

01:03:50.860 --> 01:03:53.029
>> So, what do you want to do
now?

01:03:53.095 --> 01:03:55.831
>> What do you feel like?

01:03:58.201 --> 01:04:01.270
You know, Elizabeth, the baby's
going to be here next year.

01:04:01.337 --> 01:04:03.573
When you planning to come to
Mexico?

01:04:03.639 --> 01:04:07.443
I bet you it's going to be until
June next year, July or more.

01:04:07.510 --> 01:04:09.612
And it's gonna extend a little,
little, and then it's going to

01:04:09.679 --> 01:04:10.813
be the same thing all the time.

01:04:10.880 --> 01:04:11.881
"Wait for me."

01:04:11.948 --> 01:04:12.848
Two years.

01:04:12.915 --> 01:04:13.816
"Wait for me."

01:04:13.883 --> 01:04:14.850
Three years.

01:04:14.917 --> 01:04:15.685
And I'm in jail.

01:04:15.751 --> 01:04:16.953
Do you know how it feels?

01:04:17.019 --> 01:04:18.487
Why we gotta be like that?

01:04:18.554 --> 01:04:20.790
I mean, I'm with you hundred
percent already.

01:04:20.856 --> 01:04:22.892
Five years, going for six years.

01:04:22.959 --> 01:04:26.662
What are you gonna do, wait
another four, five years?

01:04:26.729 --> 01:04:27.997
>> Yeah, but Marcos, I...

01:04:28.064 --> 01:04:29.832
Just stop, like, "I'm tell you
this, this, this, this, and

01:04:29.899 --> 01:04:30.833
that."

01:04:30.900 --> 01:04:31.834
I was on... I keep telling you.

01:04:31.901 --> 01:04:32.868
I'm on the same thing.

01:04:32.935 --> 01:04:35.004
I'm going through the same crap
as you.

01:04:35.071 --> 01:04:37.440
It's not like I'm sitting here,
"Okay, Marcos.

01:04:37.506 --> 01:04:40.476
Wait three months so I can sit
here in America and eat pancakes

01:04:40.543 --> 01:04:41.877
all (bleep) day."

01:04:41.944 --> 01:04:44.847
I'm on the same damn thing as
you, where I feel so bad, "Oh,

01:04:44.914 --> 01:04:45.815
this is about to happen.

01:04:45.881 --> 01:04:46.849
He's about to come home."

01:04:46.916 --> 01:04:48.618
(sighs)
You're not the only one waiting,

01:04:48.684 --> 01:04:49.785
being good and all that crap.

01:04:49.852 --> 01:04:52.154
I do the same crap!

01:04:52.221 --> 01:04:53.089
>> I don't care.

01:04:53.155 --> 01:04:55.658
I want family.

01:04:55.725 --> 01:04:59.362
Really, I mean, that's what I
want.

01:04:59.428 --> 01:05:04.634
I want somebody's close to me,
sleep with me, love me.

01:05:04.700 --> 01:05:06.802
Like those, those, those...

01:05:06.869 --> 01:05:10.806
I... nobody told me, "I love
you," or how much I want to be

01:05:10.873 --> 01:05:15.778
with you in my life except Pelé
and Rocky.

01:05:15.845 --> 01:05:20.416
So, when you don't catch all the
stops, like, I'm not innocent.

01:05:20.483 --> 01:05:21.917
I'm not stupid.

01:05:21.984 --> 01:05:23.085
I'm not the king.

01:05:23.152 --> 01:05:25.054
I'm not the best one.

01:05:25.121 --> 01:05:29.625
But I'm one of the few... I want
to have a family, to be

01:05:29.692 --> 01:05:33.029
responsible, to be a dad, to be
next to you.

01:05:33.095 --> 01:05:34.297
That's what I want.

01:05:34.363 --> 01:05:36.632
I don't care anymore anything.

01:05:36.699 --> 01:05:40.236
If you wanna be in Australia,
wherever, let's do it.

01:05:40.303 --> 01:05:41.270
You wanna wait somewhere?

01:05:41.337 --> 01:05:42.838
Let's do it.

01:05:42.905 --> 01:05:43.839
>> Mm-hmm.

01:05:43.906 --> 01:05:44.907
>> I don't care.

01:05:44.974 --> 01:05:46.075
You know time kills everything?

01:05:46.142 --> 01:05:47.810
You're gonna be better, you go
down another road.

01:05:47.877 --> 01:05:48.978
What's the problem, man?

01:05:49.045 --> 01:05:50.680
What's the problem?

01:05:50.746 --> 01:05:52.782
I know that feeling already.

01:05:52.848 --> 01:05:55.685
I don't wanna get old and not
having nobody, my kids already

01:05:55.751 --> 01:05:57.219
grown and all the stuff.

01:05:57.286 --> 01:05:58.688
No.

01:05:58.754 --> 01:06:01.724
So, let's see next year, are we
together, we not together, or I

01:06:01.791 --> 01:06:03.492
don't know.

01:06:05.294 --> 01:06:07.930
>> No.

01:06:09.865 --> 01:06:29.185
♪ ♪

01:06:29.251 --> 01:06:46.001
(woman singing in Spanish)

01:06:46.068 --> 01:06:53.776
(woman singing in Spanish)

01:06:53.843 --> 01:06:56.679
>> It's gonna be a long day
today, because Congressman Jim

01:06:56.746 --> 01:07:01.917
Jordan is doing free haircuts
for veterans on Veterans' Day.

01:07:01.984 --> 01:07:08.758
So, my quest to bring Marcos
back here is taking me to a

01:07:08.824 --> 01:07:14.897
whole 'nother place, and
sometimes I question, like, if

01:07:14.964 --> 01:07:16.465
it's even worth it.

01:07:16.532 --> 01:07:17.867
I don't care.

01:07:17.933 --> 01:07:20.703
I have to push myself and do it,
which is what I'm doing right

01:07:20.770 --> 01:07:22.138
now.

01:07:22.204 --> 01:07:27.710
Jordan is actually a Tea
Partier.

01:07:27.777 --> 01:07:31.647
So, uh...

01:07:31.714 --> 01:07:35.484
Normally they're more not for
immigration or anything that

01:07:35.551 --> 01:07:37.453
has to do with it at all.

01:07:37.520 --> 01:07:41.290
A lot of people have a vision
that Democrats are more

01:07:41.357 --> 01:07:45.694
compassionate or helpful, but
that's a bunch of crap.

01:07:45.761 --> 01:07:47.730
It's not true at all.

01:07:47.797 --> 01:07:50.633
And Republicans, supposedly
everyone thinks they're just

01:07:50.699 --> 01:07:53.736
white supremacists or something,
but a lot of them have helped

01:07:53.803 --> 01:07:56.405
with so many cases to bring...

01:07:56.472 --> 01:07:58.874
make sure undocumented
immigrants have not been

01:07:58.941 --> 01:08:03.345
deported and have stepped in to
stop it.

01:08:03.412 --> 01:08:05.147
So it's, like, which one is it?

01:08:05.214 --> 01:08:07.049
I don't really care.

01:08:07.116 --> 01:08:11.720
I just know that Congressman
Jordan might be a Tea Partier.

01:08:11.787 --> 01:08:13.856
He's still also a human being.

01:08:13.923 --> 01:08:16.859
I'm just gonna talk to him like,
"What if I was your daughter?"

01:08:16.926 --> 01:08:17.993
I don't want a damn haircut.

01:08:18.060 --> 01:08:20.029
I want my husband home.

01:08:20.095 --> 01:08:24.099
(train horn blaring)
Well, here we are, parking

01:08:24.166 --> 01:08:27.670
spots and all.

01:08:27.736 --> 01:08:28.971
Whew, all right.

01:08:29.038 --> 01:08:36.378
Hopefully he's here, and
hopefully they do women's hair.

01:08:41.550 --> 01:08:44.453
Maybe he'll just think I'm a
veteran's spouse and not an

01:08:44.520 --> 01:08:47.256
actual veteran, because I'm a
woman.

01:08:47.323 --> 01:08:48.991
Down those stairs.

01:08:51.026 --> 01:08:53.128
>> Well, we got one more here
somewhere...

01:08:53.195 --> 01:08:54.263
>> Hey.

01:08:54.330 --> 01:08:55.297
Number 21?

01:08:55.364 --> 01:08:56.332
>> You want me to cut your hair?

01:08:56.398 --> 01:08:57.366
>> Yeah-- ready for me?

01:08:57.433 --> 01:08:59.068
>> I've never cut a woman's hair
before.

01:08:59.134 --> 01:09:00.035
>> Are you for real?

01:09:00.102 --> 01:09:00.836
>> I'm serious.

01:09:00.903 --> 01:09:02.104
Never, ever.

01:09:02.171 --> 01:09:04.340
>> How do we get free haircuts?

01:09:04.406 --> 01:09:06.675
>> Yeah, that, that might not be
a good idea.

01:09:06.742 --> 01:09:07.710
>> Really?

01:09:07.776 --> 01:09:08.644
>> Yeah.

01:09:08.711 --> 01:09:09.545
Never, ever.

01:09:09.612 --> 01:09:10.412
>> How about a shave?

01:09:10.479 --> 01:09:11.447
>> No.

01:09:11.514 --> 01:09:12.314
>> Thanks for being honest.

01:09:12.381 --> 01:09:13.015
>> Yeah.

01:09:13.082 --> 01:09:14.683
Absolutely, no problem.

01:09:14.750 --> 01:09:16.418
>> You're the first lady we've
had.

01:09:16.485 --> 01:09:17.319
>> Really?

01:09:17.386 --> 01:09:18.087
>> You serve in, in the Army?

01:09:18.153 --> 01:09:18.888
Marine Corps?

01:09:18.954 --> 01:09:19.855
What... Navy?

01:09:19.922 --> 01:09:21.790
>> Both, Army and Marine Corps.

01:09:21.857 --> 01:09:23.025
>> Yeah.

01:09:23.092 --> 01:09:24.894
>> You remember meeting me in
your office in, in DC?

01:09:24.960 --> 01:09:25.794
With Veronica?

01:09:25.861 --> 01:09:26.929
>> Oh!

01:09:26.996 --> 01:09:27.897
>> Last year?

01:09:27.963 --> 01:09:28.931
>> That's right.

01:09:28.998 --> 01:09:29.965
Sure, that's why.

01:09:30.032 --> 01:09:31.200
Yes, I do.

01:09:31.267 --> 01:09:33.035
>> Yeah, and you came in and
talked to us personally.

01:09:33.102 --> 01:09:34.503
>> Yeah.

01:09:34.570 --> 01:09:36.138
>> And I remember at that time,
I was getting ready to put in a

01:09:36.205 --> 01:09:37.139
petition for my husband.

01:09:37.206 --> 01:09:38.173
You... is it coming back to you?

01:09:38.240 --> 01:09:39.008
>> Mm-hmm.

01:09:39.074 --> 01:09:40.175
>> Well, it was denied.

01:09:40.242 --> 01:09:41.977
>> And were you, did we meet
with you in Norwalk?

01:09:42.044 --> 01:09:42.912
>> Ah, nope.

01:09:42.978 --> 01:09:44.046
I haven't been in Norwalk.

01:09:44.113 --> 01:09:45.514
>> Okay, so you, you were in our
office in DC.

01:09:45.581 --> 01:09:46.315
>> Yeah, mm-hmm.

01:09:46.382 --> 01:09:47.583
>> Yeah, okay.

01:09:47.650 --> 01:09:49.184
>> Well, that's a little
separate than what I wanted to

01:09:49.251 --> 01:09:49.885
talk to you about.

01:09:49.952 --> 01:09:51.453
>> Okay.

01:09:51.520 --> 01:09:52.555
>> As you can see...

01:09:52.621 --> 01:09:53.422
>> Yeah?

01:09:53.489 --> 01:09:54.423
>> I'm kind of in a hurry...

01:09:54.490 --> 01:09:55.424
>> Yeah.

01:09:55.491 --> 01:09:57.126
>> ...for my husband to get back
here.

01:09:57.192 --> 01:09:58.427
>> Yeah.

01:09:58.494 --> 01:10:01.397
>> So, um, I know we talked
about it, like, a year-and-a-

01:10:01.463 --> 01:10:03.232
half ago, or about a year ago,
but I'm hoping, I'm gonna be

01:10:03.299 --> 01:10:04.900
putting in a new application,
and so I'm hoping maybe you can

01:10:04.967 --> 01:10:05.701
help me with it.

01:10:05.768 --> 01:10:06.902
>> Okay.

01:10:06.969 --> 01:10:07.870
>> Endorse it, help me get it...

01:10:07.937 --> 01:10:08.938
>> And, your husband is in...

01:10:09.004 --> 01:10:11.206
been sent to...

01:10:11.273 --> 01:10:12.041
>> Mexico.

01:10:12.107 --> 01:10:12.975
>> Back to Mexico, right.

01:10:13.042 --> 01:10:13.742
Right, okay.

01:10:13.809 --> 01:10:14.777
>> Been almost six years.

01:10:14.843 --> 01:10:15.978
>> Yeah.

01:10:16.045 --> 01:10:17.112
>> That's how long this struggle
has been going on.

01:10:17.179 --> 01:10:18.180
>> Yeah.

01:10:18.247 --> 01:10:19.481
>> He can apply in 2020.

01:10:19.548 --> 01:10:20.616
>> Okay.

01:10:20.683 --> 01:10:22.151
>> But, I need him back here,
like, yesterday.

01:10:22.217 --> 01:10:23.118
>> Yeah.

01:10:23.185 --> 01:10:24.787
>> And now we're having another
baby.

01:10:24.853 --> 01:10:26.755
And I really, really need
somebody...

01:10:26.822 --> 01:10:28.157
>> Mm-hmm.

01:10:28.223 --> 01:10:32.161
>> ...and I'm hoping it's you,
to help me to get him back here.

01:10:32.227 --> 01:10:33.929
Because I get so much lip
service.

01:10:33.996 --> 01:10:34.797
>> Okay.

01:10:34.863 --> 01:10:35.864
We'll, we'll, we'll look at it.

01:10:35.931 --> 01:10:37.700
>> Maybe he'll do something to
help Marcos.

01:10:37.766 --> 01:10:39.034
Maybe not.

01:10:39.101 --> 01:10:40.669
>> Is there certain paperwork
that you have to give us, or

01:10:40.736 --> 01:10:42.838
file, or... we got all the
information we need, for our

01:10:42.905 --> 01:10:44.173
office to look at?

01:10:44.239 --> 01:10:47.343
>> Well, I can get it to you,
because I'm gonna file a new

01:10:47.409 --> 01:10:49.812
humanitarian visa, because the
last one...

01:10:49.878 --> 01:10:50.746
I'm glad I came.

01:10:50.813 --> 01:10:52.581
I need to keep trying.

01:10:52.648 --> 01:10:54.116
You can refile another one.

01:10:54.183 --> 01:10:56.118
>> We gotta look at the whole
history and look at the file...

01:10:56.185 --> 01:10:58.520
>> You're looking at a lot of
history.

01:10:58.587 --> 01:10:59.855
>> Yeah, I understand.

01:10:59.922 --> 01:11:01.090
And we're looking at someone
who served our country, and we

01:11:01.156 --> 01:11:01.890
certainly appreciate that.

01:11:01.957 --> 01:11:03.192
So, we'll take a look at it.

01:11:03.259 --> 01:11:05.127
>> And I would definitely
appreciate that a lot more than

01:11:05.194 --> 01:11:06.228
a haircut.

01:11:06.295 --> 01:11:07.296
>> Yeah.

01:11:07.363 --> 01:11:09.131
>> Okay?

01:11:09.198 --> 01:11:10.065
I understand.

01:11:10.132 --> 01:11:11.000
Thank you so much.

01:11:11.066 --> 01:11:12.001
>> Nice to meet you, by the way.

01:11:12.067 --> 01:11:12.801
I'm gonna steal a doughnut.

01:11:12.868 --> 01:11:13.669
>> I'm Dick Bear.

01:11:13.736 --> 01:11:15.004
>> Oh!

01:11:15.070 --> 01:11:17.373
(dog barking)
>> Women service members must

01:11:17.439 --> 01:11:22.111
work three times as hard to be
seen as equal to our male

01:11:22.177 --> 01:11:23.979
counterparts.

01:11:24.046 --> 01:11:26.649
"Good afternoon, Congressman
Jordan and staff.

01:11:26.715 --> 01:11:29.852
Last week, I read an article
calling for Ohio veterans to

01:11:29.918 --> 01:11:32.621
come get a haircut paid for by
the congressman.

01:11:32.688 --> 01:11:35.224
Unfortunately, the article did
not state that it was a

01:11:35.290 --> 01:11:39.028
male-only barber, and women vets
would not be able to get a cut.

01:11:39.094 --> 01:11:42.031
I felt that ever-too-familiar
sting of a reality that a

01:11:42.097 --> 01:11:45.567
Congress member, who represents
an entire area of people, only

01:11:45.634 --> 01:11:49.071
represents whom they choose-- in
this case, male veterans.

01:11:49.138 --> 01:11:52.608
This is not a simple mistake,
but reflects the fact that our

01:11:52.675 --> 01:11:55.411
sacrifices are not considered
equal, whether it's

01:11:55.477 --> 01:11:58.447
subconsciously or not.

01:11:58.514 --> 01:12:01.350
Yesterday, I traveled three
hours from Cleveland to

01:12:01.417 --> 01:12:02.651
Bluffton.

01:12:02.718 --> 01:12:04.620
Like all of the veterans there,
I did not go for the free

01:12:04.687 --> 01:12:05.954
haircut.

01:12:06.021 --> 01:12:07.956
I went for an opportunity to
speak to the congressman about

01:12:08.023 --> 01:12:12.628
an issue: my husband who was
deported in 2010.

01:12:12.695 --> 01:12:15.898
However, I feel disrespected
that my decade of service is not

01:12:15.964 --> 01:12:18.801
even worth a haircut because
I'm a woman.

01:12:18.867 --> 01:12:22.037
It is not even the cut, it's the
blatant disregard of an entire

01:12:22.104 --> 01:12:24.273
group of veterans' sacrifices.

01:12:24.339 --> 01:12:26.909
I almost did not say anything,
since I want the congressman to

01:12:26.975 --> 01:12:30.412
help me with my husband's return
to our family, yet I am still a

01:12:30.479 --> 01:12:33.749
Marine and still live by those
values which compel me to speak

01:12:33.816 --> 01:12:35.884
above everything else.

01:12:35.951 --> 01:12:38.821
Yesterday's event was wrong and
disregarded the service of over

01:12:38.887 --> 01:12:42.725
two million veterans, the amount
of female vets in the U.S.

01:12:42.791 --> 01:12:45.260
I hope that in the future,
veterans' events will be

01:12:45.327 --> 01:12:49.364
inclusive of all, not just what
some think a veteran is.

01:12:49.431 --> 01:12:51.934
I will be sending you a copy of
my petition for my husband in

01:12:52.000 --> 01:12:53.669
the next week for your review.

01:12:53.736 --> 01:12:56.672
I hope that you can find a way
to advocate for this veteran and

01:12:56.739 --> 01:12:58.107
my family.

01:12:58.173 --> 01:13:00.509
Thank you for your time in this
matter.

01:13:00.576 --> 01:13:05.681
Feel free to contact me with any
questions or concerns."

01:13:05.748 --> 01:13:06.582
Send.

01:13:06.648 --> 01:13:10.052
(mouse clicks)
(door opening)

01:13:10.119 --> 01:13:11.186
>> Mom.

01:13:11.253 --> 01:13:12.554
It's... noisy upstairs.

01:13:12.621 --> 01:13:14.523
>> Get your ass upstairs, boy.

01:13:14.590 --> 01:13:15.457
>> Yeah.

01:13:15.524 --> 01:13:16.291
>> I swear to God.

01:13:16.358 --> 01:13:17.693
I am really pissed off at you.

01:13:17.760 --> 01:13:18.827
Rocky!

01:13:18.894 --> 01:13:19.795
>> No!

01:13:19.862 --> 01:13:20.863
>> Get your butt upstairs now!

01:13:20.929 --> 01:13:22.131
And I am not telling you again!

01:13:22.197 --> 01:13:23.699
Up there now!

01:13:23.766 --> 01:13:24.900
You are out of control!

01:13:24.967 --> 01:13:26.869
Get up there and sit down!

01:13:26.935 --> 01:13:27.803
Quiet!

01:13:27.870 --> 01:13:45.654
(train horn blaring)

01:13:45.721 --> 01:13:49.224
I am currently in my third
trimester, and you know how

01:13:49.291 --> 01:13:51.093
people say girls are different?

01:13:51.160 --> 01:13:55.798
This pregnancy has been way
different than the last two, but

01:13:55.864 --> 01:13:59.101
really, the weird thing is,
because of everything that's

01:13:59.168 --> 01:14:02.671
going on with Marcos, I'm so
anxious all the time about this

01:14:02.738 --> 01:14:05.774
whole situation, you know, when
the baby's gonna be born being

01:14:05.841 --> 01:14:07.242
the deadline.

01:14:07.309 --> 01:14:11.313
Like, living together in Mexico
or going our separate ways if we

01:14:11.380 --> 01:14:14.049
weren't gonna work out and be
together.

01:14:14.116 --> 01:14:21.423
So, I've got less than two
months, and then she'll be here.

01:14:21.490 --> 01:14:41.043
(baby fussing)

01:14:41.109 --> 01:14:42.077
>> Hey!

01:14:42.144 --> 01:14:43.011
>> Hey, Dora!

01:14:43.078 --> 01:14:43.846
What's going on?

01:14:43.912 --> 01:14:44.746
How are you?

01:14:44.813 --> 01:14:45.747
>> Pretty good.

01:14:45.814 --> 01:14:47.216
>> Congratulations on the
citizenship!

01:14:47.282 --> 01:14:48.050
>> Thank you.

01:14:48.116 --> 01:14:48.817
>> How's it feel?

01:14:48.884 --> 01:14:49.985
>> It feels great.

01:14:50.052 --> 01:14:51.720
Thank you, come on in.

01:14:51.787 --> 01:14:53.055
>> Sure.

01:14:53.121 --> 01:14:54.323
>> It was amazing, because that
same court was gonna decide

01:14:54.389 --> 01:14:57.226
whether I was deported or
stayed.

01:14:57.292 --> 01:14:58.627
>> Yeah.

01:14:58.694 --> 01:15:00.696
>> So, it was amazing walking
out of there five years later,

01:15:00.762 --> 01:15:01.897
being a U.S. citizen.

01:15:01.964 --> 01:15:03.165
>> In the same building.

01:15:03.232 --> 01:15:04.299
>> The same building.

01:15:04.366 --> 01:15:05.267
>> I'm so happy for you.

01:15:05.334 --> 01:15:06.969
>> How's Marcos's case going?

01:15:07.035 --> 01:15:08.503
>> It's going.

01:15:08.570 --> 01:15:14.076
I mean, it's just, it's, um,
that's a battle, too.

01:15:14.142 --> 01:15:15.944
Like, the same thing I'm saying.

01:15:16.011 --> 01:15:19.014
It's, like, how much, how many
hoops do you have to jump

01:15:19.081 --> 01:15:21.216
through, you know, for your
family to be together?

01:15:21.283 --> 01:15:23.852
Like, I put in a visa
application for him for the

01:15:23.919 --> 01:15:25.721
humanitarian parole last year.

01:15:25.787 --> 01:15:27.089
You know, it was denied.

01:15:27.155 --> 01:15:29.558
I put in another one this year,
it was denied.

01:15:29.625 --> 01:15:31.627
I just mailed in another one
again.

01:15:31.693 --> 01:15:33.395
I'm, like, I'm just gonna keep
sending them.

01:15:33.462 --> 01:15:35.497
>> Do you think you would go
back to Mexico if they denied

01:15:35.564 --> 01:15:37.299
it again?

01:15:37.366 --> 01:15:39.701
>> I don't think I have a choice
anymore.

01:15:39.768 --> 01:15:42.571
If I keep staying here, and he
keeps staying there, then it's

01:15:42.638 --> 01:15:44.006
not gonna work.

01:15:44.072 --> 01:15:46.842
Not that neither one of us would
want it to, but it's like

01:15:46.909 --> 01:15:49.378
already, this summer's gonna be
six years.

01:15:49.444 --> 01:15:50.846
>> Uh-huh.

01:15:50.913 --> 01:15:53.215
>> So, it's, like, I feel like,
if they're not gonna approve it,

01:15:53.282 --> 01:15:55.751
then I, I need to move there.

01:15:55.817 --> 01:15:56.852
>> Yep.

01:15:56.919 --> 01:16:00.155
So, basically in order to save
your family...

01:16:00.222 --> 01:16:01.189
>> Yeah.

01:16:01.256 --> 01:16:02.257
>> You have to move.

01:16:02.324 --> 01:16:03.325
>> Yeah.

01:16:03.392 --> 01:16:04.626
That's, that's what I think.

01:16:04.693 --> 01:16:06.161
And my husband's always been
pressuring me a lot, like, I

01:16:06.228 --> 01:16:07.162
gotta move there.

01:16:07.229 --> 01:16:08.230
>> Uh-huh.

01:16:08.297 --> 01:16:09.798
>> But I don't want to move to
Mexico City.

01:16:09.865 --> 01:16:10.866
I told him that.

01:16:10.933 --> 01:16:12.200
I don't wanna live there.

01:16:12.267 --> 01:16:13.835
You hear, like, the travel
department putting out warnings

01:16:13.902 --> 01:16:16.038
right for where my husband
lives, and then he makes me

01:16:16.104 --> 01:16:18.840
paranoid about not wanting me to
speak English on the street,

01:16:18.907 --> 01:16:22.511
because it's a target, and he's
been, you know, like, on the

01:16:22.577 --> 01:16:23.845
bus, you know, they...

01:16:23.912 --> 01:16:26.548
People come on and rob the
entire bus when he's been on the

01:16:26.615 --> 01:16:27.883
bus a couple of times.

01:16:27.950 --> 01:16:30.519
I don't wanna worry about my
kids walking home from school,

01:16:30.585 --> 01:16:32.321
somebody, like, takes them.

01:16:32.387 --> 01:16:34.923
And I don't know if, like,
sometimes I don't know if I,

01:16:34.990 --> 01:16:37.259
like, go too much into that,
like, thinking that, or it's

01:16:37.326 --> 01:16:41.396
really... I feel like it's a
valid worry, you know?

01:16:41.463 --> 01:16:44.700
>> I think it is, because if I
go down there for two or three

01:16:44.766 --> 01:16:48.403
weeks, we watch out for the same
things.

01:16:48.470 --> 01:16:53.742
Like, we're just down there on
vacation, um, and we're always

01:16:53.809 --> 01:16:54.910
watching.

01:16:54.977 --> 01:16:57.179
Like, my son, I'll be, like,
"Shh, don't sp..."

01:16:57.245 --> 01:16:58.113
I'll be, like, the same way.

01:16:58.180 --> 01:16:59.247
>> Yeah?

01:16:59.314 --> 01:17:00.248
>> Because I'm paranoid.

01:17:00.315 --> 01:17:01.583
Because they are.

01:17:01.650 --> 01:17:03.552
There's people that are just
watching, and they do things.

01:17:03.618 --> 01:17:04.786
>> Yeah.

01:17:04.853 --> 01:17:06.555
>> The danger and the
kidnappings and all of that are

01:17:06.621 --> 01:17:08.523
out of hand.

01:17:08.590 --> 01:17:10.726
They'll kill you for 20 pesos
down there.

01:17:10.792 --> 01:17:11.793
>> Jeez.

01:17:11.860 --> 01:17:13.528
That's not even two dollars.

01:17:13.595 --> 01:17:17.532
>> I think Marcos loves his kids
so much, and he's afraid,

01:17:17.599 --> 01:17:19.334
because he sees how things are.

01:17:19.401 --> 01:17:20.669
>> Yeah.

01:17:20.736 --> 01:17:23.205
>> I mean, if you were just
Mexican, lived there your whole

01:17:23.271 --> 01:17:25.841
life, I think they wouldn't care
about you.

01:17:25.907 --> 01:17:30.412
But, for you to be American and
go down there...

01:17:30.479 --> 01:17:31.480
>> Mm-hmm.

01:17:31.546 --> 01:17:34.116
>> You're, like he says, a
target right away.

01:17:34.182 --> 01:17:39.354
For somebody like me or the kids
who were raised up here, we're a

01:17:39.421 --> 01:17:44.126
target, because they feel like,
"Oh, they have more family in

01:17:44.192 --> 01:17:45.193
the U.S.

01:17:45.260 --> 01:17:48.330
We can kidnap them and get
money."

01:17:48.397 --> 01:17:51.433
>> So, you agree with me, like,
you would feel the same way,

01:17:51.500 --> 01:17:55.303
like, you don't know if you want
to take your kids there, too.

01:17:55.370 --> 01:17:58.473
>> No, I... well...

01:17:58.540 --> 01:18:02.210
(sighs, clears throat): When he
was almost deported, when Luis

01:18:02.277 --> 01:18:06.314
was almost deported, I was the
same way.

01:18:06.381 --> 01:18:09.551
Like, I would flip-flop and be,
like, "Well, we can just... we

01:18:09.618 --> 01:18:10.585
can make it work."

01:18:10.652 --> 01:18:11.520
>> Yeah.

01:18:11.586 --> 01:18:12.621
>> But no.

01:18:12.687 --> 01:18:14.723
You just don't have that
security.

01:18:14.790 --> 01:18:16.792
My sister, when I went last
time, she was, like, "You don't

01:18:16.858 --> 01:18:20.462
hold him like this, Dora,
because they can slip, they can

01:18:20.529 --> 01:18:21.863
just slip him right out.

01:18:21.930 --> 01:18:23.432
You hold him like this.

01:18:23.498 --> 01:18:26.802
If they try to pull him from
you, you, it'll be harder for

01:18:26.868 --> 01:18:28.703
them to snatch him."

01:18:28.770 --> 01:18:30.072
>> Wow.

01:18:30.138 --> 01:18:31.973
I get really nervous, like, if
something happened to my kids.

01:18:32.040 --> 01:18:33.542
Like I think any woman does.

01:18:33.608 --> 01:18:36.378
>> If you live in Mexico City,
you're basically putting your

01:18:36.445 --> 01:18:37.712
whole family at risk.

01:18:37.779 --> 01:18:41.583
It's, like, taking a broken
family and just dealing with it

01:18:41.650 --> 01:18:46.688
here, but taking your... or,
taking your entire family and

01:18:46.755 --> 01:18:50.392
putting it at risk in a really
dangerous place.

01:18:50.459 --> 01:18:54.729
That's a tough sit... that's a
tough, tough decision.

01:18:54.796 --> 01:18:58.333
>> I feel like... you know,
something I think about a lot

01:18:58.400 --> 01:19:01.002
is, like, you bel... you know,
you're spiritual, right?

01:19:01.069 --> 01:19:02.137
>> Yeah.

01:19:02.204 --> 01:19:04.139
>> Like, God doesn't care, like,
where you're at.

01:19:04.206 --> 01:19:06.575
It's just, the most important
thing is, like, having your

01:19:06.641 --> 01:19:09.144
family unit and being together,
right?

01:19:09.211 --> 01:19:10.512
>> Uh-huh.

01:19:10.579 --> 01:19:13.815
>> So, sometimes I feel like, by
me staying here, am I, like,

01:19:13.882 --> 01:19:17.819
withholding from our family unit
by not going there?

01:19:17.886 --> 01:19:20.622
That's something, like, I
struggle with, like, internally.

01:19:20.689 --> 01:19:22.090
You know what I'm saying?

01:19:22.157 --> 01:19:24.559
>> I think, at the, in the long
run, you just gotta do whatever

01:19:24.626 --> 01:19:28.763
you feel is best for your family
and just try it.

01:19:28.830 --> 01:19:31.666
Because you guys have to be
together.

01:19:31.733 --> 01:19:35.203
You've struggled too much on
your own, and I think you

01:19:35.270 --> 01:19:37.172
deserve that.

01:19:37.239 --> 01:19:39.908
You're in a tough, tough
situation.

01:19:39.975 --> 01:19:42.043
>> Well, I'm glad you're out of
yours, Dora.

01:19:42.110 --> 01:19:43.311
>> Yeah.

01:19:43.378 --> 01:19:45.780
But it's crazy how I had to
become a U.S. citizen, and

01:19:45.847 --> 01:19:48.750
you're already a U.S. citizen,
and a Marine.

01:19:48.817 --> 01:19:51.419
You still have to put this big
fight.

01:19:51.486 --> 01:19:52.254
>> Yeah.

01:19:52.320 --> 01:20:13.108
♪ ♪

01:20:13.175 --> 01:20:14.075
>> Hello?

01:20:14.142 --> 01:20:15.477
>> I'm right here!

01:20:15.544 --> 01:20:16.912
>> Oh, look at you!

01:20:16.978 --> 01:20:17.979
>> Yup, yup.

01:20:18.046 --> 01:20:19.714
>> See Gorgey Georgie?

01:20:19.781 --> 01:20:20.448
>> Wow.

01:20:20.515 --> 01:20:21.883
She's just getting big.

01:20:21.950 --> 01:20:23.118
>> Yeah.

01:20:23.185 --> 01:20:24.786
She got, she got big fast, huh?

01:20:24.853 --> 01:20:28.023
(Marcos calls to baby)
>> So, um...

01:20:28.089 --> 01:20:29.257
>> Yeah?

01:20:29.324 --> 01:20:31.226
>> We got a lot to talk about
today.

01:20:31.293 --> 01:20:32.194
>> Mm-hmm.

01:20:32.260 --> 01:20:33.728
>> You've talked to all the
schools?

01:20:33.795 --> 01:20:34.663
>> Yep.

01:20:34.729 --> 01:20:36.464
>> On that whole list that we
had?

01:20:36.531 --> 01:20:38.333
So today we have to decide
before we get off this phone

01:20:38.400 --> 01:20:40.569
call, like, are we staying here
for an extra year?

01:20:40.635 --> 01:20:42.938
Are we gonna come there?

01:20:43.004 --> 01:20:46.341
>> Like right now, I want to get
prepared, get my G.E.D., have it

01:20:46.408 --> 01:20:48.643
all set for the next year.

01:20:48.710 --> 01:20:53.081
And see if I can get a job where
I can have medical and you guys

01:20:53.148 --> 01:20:56.384
can move here to Mexico next
year.

01:20:56.451 --> 01:20:59.487
>> I remember us talking
about, I'm always gonna have a

01:20:59.554 --> 01:21:02.624
reason, and it's gonna be this
many months until we come there,

01:21:02.691 --> 01:21:06.161
and now I feel like I wanna say
the same thing to you, too.

01:21:06.228 --> 01:21:09.264
If we stay here another year, I
mean, part of me feels like I

01:21:09.331 --> 01:21:15.237
want to, maybe for selfish
reasons, like, because, you

01:21:15.303 --> 01:21:17.772
know, the kids' school and,
like, we're comfortable with,

01:21:17.839 --> 01:21:20.442
like, the insurance and all that
type of stuff.

01:21:20.508 --> 01:21:22.877
And then another part of me is
like, I just wanna have a

01:21:22.944 --> 01:21:26.348
decision, whatever we're doing,
like, we do something.

01:21:26.414 --> 01:21:27.849
You're here or we're there.

01:21:27.916 --> 01:21:30.518
Like, I hate this, like, limbo
stuff.

01:21:30.585 --> 01:21:32.854
And we're just gonna be, like,
limbo for another year.

01:21:32.921 --> 01:21:37.659
And now, I got the V.A. pension,
so we have a better opportunity

01:21:37.726 --> 01:21:39.728
to make it moving there.

01:21:39.794 --> 01:21:43.498
And I feel like you just
flip-flop on it a lot, too.

01:21:43.565 --> 01:21:46.568
You know, it just kinda makes me
wonder, like, with this year,

01:21:46.635 --> 01:21:48.770
because coming from you, it
really surprised me.

01:21:48.837 --> 01:21:49.738
>> Yes.

01:21:49.804 --> 01:21:51.373
>> So let me ask you this.

01:21:51.439 --> 01:21:52.974
>> What?

01:21:53.041 --> 01:21:56.044
>> You want me to move there,
right?

01:21:56.111 --> 01:21:58.246
I'm not talking about the
babies.

01:21:58.313 --> 01:22:00.148
I'm talking about us.

01:22:00.215 --> 01:22:01.316
>> Yes.

01:22:01.383 --> 01:22:02.784
Yes, Elizabeth.

01:22:02.851 --> 01:22:06.187
For you... we are family,
Elizabeth.

01:22:06.254 --> 01:22:08.089
I don't want to just say yes for
you-- for everybody.

01:22:08.156 --> 01:22:10.225
>> I know for everybody, but I'm
not talking about just our

01:22:10.292 --> 01:22:11.293
family.

01:22:11.359 --> 01:22:12.794
I'm talking about us.

01:22:12.861 --> 01:22:13.995
>> Yes, Elizabeth.

01:22:14.062 --> 01:22:14.996
Family.

01:22:15.063 --> 01:22:15.964
>> Really?

01:22:16.031 --> 01:22:16.965
>> We are family.

01:22:17.032 --> 01:22:17.966
We're married, right?

01:22:18.033 --> 01:22:20.001
>> Yeah, I mean, I feel that
way.

01:22:20.068 --> 01:22:22.203
But I just gotta throw it out
there, because we're going on

01:22:22.270 --> 01:22:24.306
six years, and this isn't
normal.

01:22:24.372 --> 01:22:27.942
So, we have to focus on, like,
what is our plan, like, because

01:22:28.009 --> 01:22:32.113
I don't want it to be nine years
and then all of a sudden it's

01:22:32.180 --> 01:22:35.650
like, "Oh, well it's been nine
years already, and..."

01:22:35.717 --> 01:22:36.951
>> Yeah.

01:22:37.018 --> 01:22:40.221
>> I don't want, um, you know,
something crazy to happen.

01:22:40.288 --> 01:22:41.489
>> I love you.

01:22:41.556 --> 01:22:44.259
>> Ten years, and then you
finally come back here, and

01:22:44.326 --> 01:22:46.261
we're finally living together,
and we've been married for,

01:22:46.328 --> 01:22:49.831
like, 12 years and living
together for one of them.

01:22:49.898 --> 01:22:52.133
You know?

01:22:52.200 --> 01:22:54.703
You're gonna have, like, you
know, you got your whole family

01:22:54.769 --> 01:22:56.938
here, and you're there by
yourself.

01:22:57.005 --> 01:22:58.940
You gotta get prepared for that,
too, Marcos.

01:22:59.007 --> 01:23:01.476
Because when we come there,
we're coming there.

01:23:01.543 --> 01:23:02.811
>> Yeah.

01:23:02.877 --> 01:23:05.046
>> You know, it's, it's your,
the way you're living now, by

01:23:05.113 --> 01:23:06.581
yourself, is gonna change.

01:23:06.648 --> 01:23:08.650
I know you're gonna be happy
about it, but I mean, you gotta

01:23:08.717 --> 01:23:13.388
recognize, too, like, next year,
we're coming there.

01:23:13.455 --> 01:23:19.494
(baby fussing, Marcos exhales)
>> Ready, set, go.

01:23:19.561 --> 01:23:20.695
>> No.

01:23:20.762 --> 01:23:23.798
>> Come on, Pelé.

01:23:23.865 --> 01:23:26.468
>> The pine cone game.

01:23:26.534 --> 01:23:28.002
>> Are we going to Mexico?

01:23:28.069 --> 01:23:30.171
Am I not going to Mexico?

01:23:30.238 --> 01:23:33.108
The truth of the matter is, is,
I'm going completely, completely

01:23:33.174 --> 01:23:34.843
insane.

01:23:34.909 --> 01:23:36.111
Come here.

01:23:36.177 --> 01:23:38.146
And I don't know how much
more of this I can take by

01:23:38.213 --> 01:23:39.414
myself.

01:23:39.481 --> 01:23:42.150
>> You want to play rock, paper,
scissors?

01:23:42.217 --> 01:23:46.187
>> It's, like, we can't continue
doing this for another three

01:23:46.254 --> 01:23:48.423
years, or a little more than
three years.

01:23:48.490 --> 01:23:51.626
And then, even still, in three
years, there's a huge chance it

01:23:51.693 --> 01:23:53.495
might not even get approved,
period.

01:23:53.561 --> 01:23:55.597
I mean, he might have to live in
Mexico forever.

01:23:55.663 --> 01:23:56.865
We don't know anything.

01:23:56.931 --> 01:24:00.235
It's, like, the, the future is
this big, huge unknown.

01:24:00.301 --> 01:24:02.103
>> I had paper.

01:24:02.170 --> 01:24:04.706
You had scissors.

01:24:04.773 --> 01:24:07.375
I am not enjoying this walk.

01:24:07.442 --> 01:24:09.911
Mommy...

01:24:09.978 --> 01:24:14.916
(grunts)
>> Get up right now!

01:24:14.983 --> 01:24:16.317
You are really making me mad.

01:24:16.384 --> 01:24:17.886
You need to stop it right now.

01:24:17.952 --> 01:24:18.887
Do you understand me?

01:24:18.953 --> 01:24:20.955
>> (screaming)
>> You stop it.

01:24:21.022 --> 01:24:23.391
>> (screaming)
>> Gimme that.

01:24:23.458 --> 01:24:25.160
You are misbehaving.

01:24:25.226 --> 01:24:26.327
Don't start crying.

01:24:26.394 --> 01:24:27.629
Look at me right now.

01:24:27.695 --> 01:24:28.863
Look at me right now.

01:24:28.930 --> 01:24:33.635
>> (wails)
>> Stop it, right now.

01:24:33.701 --> 01:24:36.171
>> (screams)
>> Stop.

01:24:36.237 --> 01:24:39.674
Stop it right now.

01:24:39.741 --> 01:24:41.075
Look at me.

01:24:41.142 --> 01:24:42.710
You are misbehaving.

01:24:42.777 --> 01:24:44.813
You need to stop, and you're
doing it on purpose.

01:24:44.879 --> 01:24:46.347
Don't start playing games.

01:24:46.414 --> 01:24:47.282
Stop.

01:24:47.348 --> 01:24:48.416
Look at me.

01:24:48.483 --> 01:24:50.985
Do not start playing games.

01:24:51.052 --> 01:24:52.353
You will... look at me.

01:24:52.420 --> 01:24:53.555
You will hold my hand.

01:24:53.621 --> 01:24:54.656
Do you understand me?

01:24:54.722 --> 01:24:56.891
>> (wailing)
>> You will not say a word.

01:24:56.958 --> 01:24:57.926
Do you got it?

01:24:57.992 --> 01:25:00.261
>> (wailing)
>> Nope, shh-- quiet.

01:25:00.328 --> 01:25:02.163
I'm gonna squeeze it every time
you cry.

01:25:02.230 --> 01:25:03.097
No crying.

01:25:03.164 --> 01:25:04.299
Shh, shh.

01:25:04.365 --> 01:25:06.067
Quiet.

01:25:06.134 --> 01:25:07.001
Shh.

01:25:07.068 --> 01:25:08.102
Hey!

01:25:08.169 --> 01:25:09.571
I said no crying.

01:25:09.637 --> 01:25:11.139
>> I'm trying.

01:25:11.206 --> 01:25:13.408
>> That doesn't matter.

01:25:17.078 --> 01:25:26.287
♪ ♪

01:25:26.354 --> 01:25:31.860
(sniffles)

01:25:31.926 --> 01:25:38.366
(sighs and sniffles)

01:25:38.433 --> 01:25:43.705
(sighs)
Here we are again.

01:25:51.112 --> 01:25:55.783
Oh, Mary, I don't know how much
more of this I can take.

01:25:55.850 --> 01:25:58.052
Please, please, please.

01:25:58.119 --> 01:26:02.390
(sniffles)

01:26:02.457 --> 01:26:05.159
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.

01:26:05.226 --> 01:26:07.829
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done, on Earth as it is in

01:26:07.896 --> 01:26:09.130
Heaven.

01:26:09.197 --> 01:26:11.099
Give us this day our daily
bread, and forgive us our

01:26:11.165 --> 01:26:12.500
trespasses.

01:26:12.567 --> 01:26:14.702
We forgive those who trespass
against us.

01:26:14.769 --> 01:26:17.405
Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.

01:26:17.472 --> 01:26:19.173
Amen.

01:26:19.240 --> 01:26:22.076
Hail Mary, full of grace, the
Lord is with thee.

01:26:22.143 --> 01:26:24.746
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy

01:26:24.812 --> 01:26:26.447
womb, Jesus.

01:26:26.514 --> 01:26:29.350
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now and at the

01:26:29.417 --> 01:26:30.418
hour of our death.

01:26:30.485 --> 01:26:31.719
Amen.

01:26:31.786 --> 01:26:33.187
Please, Mary.

01:26:33.254 --> 01:26:36.724
I really need Marcos back here.

01:26:36.791 --> 01:26:40.895
I really need him to come back
home.

01:26:40.962 --> 01:26:44.499
I'll do whatever you want.

01:26:44.566 --> 01:26:48.303
Whatever you guys want.

01:26:48.369 --> 01:26:53.541
But please, can this happen
soon?

01:26:53.608 --> 01:26:57.045
I just can't take it anymore.

01:26:57.111 --> 01:26:59.714
I try to have so much faith like
it's gonna work, and I believe

01:26:59.781 --> 01:27:02.016
in you and everything.

01:27:02.083 --> 01:27:04.485
It's just really weighing on me.

01:27:04.552 --> 01:27:06.220
Please.

01:27:06.287 --> 01:27:08.856
I trust you for everything.

01:27:08.923 --> 01:27:10.258
I love you.

01:27:10.325 --> 01:27:11.225
Amen.

01:27:11.292 --> 01:27:12.260
Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

01:27:12.327 --> 01:27:14.162
Amen.

01:27:14.228 --> 01:27:20.802
(sighs, sniffles)
♪ ♪

01:27:24.172 --> 01:27:29.611
>> ♪ Thank you, oh, dear Lord
For the many blessings that you

01:27:29.677 --> 01:27:36.784
always give me
♪ Thank you for your love

01:27:36.851 --> 01:27:43.825
and your Holy Spirit
that is always near me

01:27:43.891 --> 01:27:48.896
♪ While down on my knees
I feel so unworthy

01:27:48.963 --> 01:27:56.671
♪ And I cry I'm sorry
♪ And my soul rejoices

01:27:56.738 --> 01:28:05.013
giving you the glory
For all you've done for me ♪

01:28:05.079 --> 01:28:16.691
(train horn blaring)

01:28:16.758 --> 01:28:18.226
>> I'm exhausted.

01:28:18.292 --> 01:28:20.028
I really hope this works.

01:28:20.094 --> 01:28:21.062
>> Yeah.

01:28:21.129 --> 01:28:22.997
>> I know you put a lot into
this, and..

01:28:23.064 --> 01:28:26.267
>> This is a lot of sacrifice on
a lot of people's part.

01:28:26.334 --> 01:28:29.203
My parents, you, Hilda,
Stephanie.

01:28:29.270 --> 01:28:33.441
Very costly, and I'm really
hoping that it works and Marcos

01:28:33.508 --> 01:28:34.676
comes home.

01:28:34.742 --> 01:28:37.045
>> Won't that be amazing if they
let him in?

01:28:37.111 --> 01:28:38.513
>> Yeah.

01:28:38.579 --> 01:28:39.881
>> But wait, you didn't get him
a ticket back, so what are you

01:28:39.947 --> 01:28:40.782
gonna do?

01:28:40.848 --> 01:28:41.716
>> Drive.

01:28:41.783 --> 01:28:42.617
>> Drive? How?

01:28:42.684 --> 01:28:43.418
>> Yeah.

01:28:43.484 --> 01:28:44.752
We would drive home.

01:28:44.819 --> 01:28:48.322
So, here we are in McAllen,
Texas, and we're in McAllen,

01:28:48.389 --> 01:28:51.726
Texas, for one reason, 'cause
we're gonna bring Marcos home.

01:28:51.793 --> 01:28:52.960
Take a couple of days.

01:28:53.027 --> 01:28:55.830
We're gonna do it in a
different way than how we've

01:28:55.897 --> 01:28:58.733
been attempting the humanitarian
parole before.

01:28:58.800 --> 01:29:01.235
>> I could reach out to the
Mexican consulate.

01:29:01.302 --> 01:29:04.706
>> What we've been doing is
sending it to ICE, and it's five

01:29:04.772 --> 01:29:08.309
times I've sent it to them,
but it's been denied.

01:29:08.376 --> 01:29:09.610
It does seem like a long shot.

01:29:09.677 --> 01:29:13.748
I spoke to a lawyer, and she
informed me we can go to the

01:29:13.815 --> 01:29:16.584
U.S.-Mexican border, Marcos
would have to come up with the

01:29:16.651 --> 01:29:20.755
petition, and present it to
Border Patrol, and Border

01:29:20.822 --> 01:29:24.092
Patrol would then have the
discretion to let him come into

01:29:24.158 --> 01:29:25.927
the country or, of course, deny
the petition.

01:29:27.061 --> 01:29:28.563
It's like a shot in the dark.

01:29:28.629 --> 01:29:30.698
But if there's a chance for
Marcos to come home, I want to

01:29:30.765 --> 01:29:32.100
do it.

01:29:32.166 --> 01:29:34.469
Me and Veronica looked it up,
and there's not a whole lot of

01:29:34.535 --> 01:29:37.371
information about, can this
really work?

01:29:37.438 --> 01:29:40.641
So, we're kind of out on a
little bit of a limb with this

01:29:40.708 --> 01:29:42.143
attempt.

01:29:42.210 --> 01:29:44.245
>> I really hope they let him
in.

01:29:44.312 --> 01:29:45.980
They've got to do the right
thing and let him in.

01:29:46.047 --> 01:29:49.117
>> My daughter simply fell in
love with a man in America, and

01:29:49.183 --> 01:29:52.353
the government told her that
they needed their approval for

01:29:52.420 --> 01:29:53.855
him to live with her.

01:29:53.921 --> 01:29:55.823
I find that very bizarre.

01:29:55.890 --> 01:29:57.191
>> Where's our car at?

01:29:57.258 --> 01:30:01.496
>> Marcos, he's hard-working,
and the only thing that any

01:30:01.562 --> 01:30:05.199
father asks of a son-in-law is,
do you love the children?

01:30:06.067 --> 01:30:08.469
And he's a great lover of his
children.

01:30:08.536 --> 01:30:13.207
And the separation I have seen
over the past six years has not

01:30:13.274 --> 01:30:17.044
worked well for the family.

01:30:17.111 --> 01:30:20.648
Now we're down at Border
Patrol, trying to convince them

01:30:20.715 --> 01:30:24.252
to let Marcos into the country.

01:30:24.318 --> 01:30:25.753
>> So, where are we going now?

01:30:25.820 --> 01:30:28.389
>> We gotta go to the car
rental place.

01:30:28.456 --> 01:30:32.193
>> Then we'll have a little
meeting tonight to discuss our

01:30:32.260 --> 01:30:33.094
plans.

01:30:33.161 --> 01:30:35.329
>> Yeah.

01:30:41.636 --> 01:30:44.372
>> I just got a call this
morning from the Mexican

01:30:44.438 --> 01:30:47.909
consulate here in McAllen,
Texas, and it's horrible.

01:30:47.975 --> 01:30:49.710
Horrible news.

01:30:49.777 --> 01:30:52.747
They reached out to the Border
Patrol, and were told that if

01:30:52.814 --> 01:30:55.383
Marcos shows up at the
checkpoint so that we could

01:30:55.449 --> 01:31:00.021
submit his petition, that he
will be arrested and detained

01:31:00.087 --> 01:31:02.323
and held for up to two years.

01:31:02.390 --> 01:31:05.493
This is shocking, because we
were told that we could do this.

01:31:05.560 --> 01:31:07.595
It's unbelievable.

01:31:07.662 --> 01:31:10.998
This could have been a disaster.

01:31:11.065 --> 01:31:13.634
I hate to have to give him the
news, though.

01:31:13.701 --> 01:31:14.769
You know what I mean? Like...

01:31:14.836 --> 01:31:15.636
>> Yeah, yeah.

01:31:15.703 --> 01:31:17.605
Yeah.

01:31:17.672 --> 01:31:19.507
>> How do you think he's gonna
take it?

01:31:19.574 --> 01:31:20.308
>> I don't know.

01:31:20.374 --> 01:31:21.342
I don't know.

01:31:21.409 --> 01:31:23.878
>> It's a super-cruel, harsh
punishment.

01:31:23.945 --> 01:31:26.214
>> He's gonna be upset, but he's
gonna be so happy to, like, see

01:31:26.280 --> 01:31:28.449
everybody at the same time.

01:31:28.516 --> 01:31:30.718
It's gonna be really important
for him to see my dad.

01:31:30.785 --> 01:31:32.053
>> Yeah.

01:31:32.119 --> 01:31:33.421
>> Really, really, really,
Veronica, that's the big thing.

01:31:33.487 --> 01:31:34.589
>> I know.

01:31:34.655 --> 01:31:35.489
Take it easy.

01:31:35.556 --> 01:31:36.657
Don't stress too much.

01:31:36.724 --> 01:31:40.995
>> (exhales)
Okay, yo puedo entrar?

01:31:41.062 --> 01:31:42.163
Can I go in now?

01:31:42.230 --> 01:31:42.964
Sí?

01:31:43.030 --> 01:31:44.498
Yes?

01:31:44.565 --> 01:31:45.433
>> Hi, Veronica.

01:31:45.499 --> 01:31:46.200
>> Hola.

01:31:46.267 --> 01:31:47.034
¿Cómo estás?

01:31:47.101 --> 01:31:47.969
>> How are you?

01:31:48.035 --> 01:31:48.769
>> Good.

01:31:48.836 --> 01:31:50.171
I'm so sorry.

01:31:50.238 --> 01:31:51.105
Marcos...

01:31:51.172 --> 01:31:52.139
>> No, that's...

01:31:52.206 --> 01:31:53.774
>> We did not get the petition
approved.

01:31:53.841 --> 01:31:54.809
We did not get it approved.

01:31:54.876 --> 01:31:55.910
>> It's okay.

01:31:55.977 --> 01:31:56.744
>> I'm sorry.

01:31:56.811 --> 01:31:58.279
>> It's okay.

01:31:58.346 --> 01:31:59.180
>> Mm.

01:31:59.247 --> 01:32:00.214
>> Hello!

01:32:00.281 --> 01:32:01.182
>> What's up?

01:32:01.249 --> 01:32:05.119
(both laughing)
I missed you so much.

01:32:05.186 --> 01:32:07.788
>> Mm.

01:32:11.492 --> 01:32:13.461
>> Man, look at you.

01:32:13.527 --> 01:32:15.796
You look so good.

01:32:15.863 --> 01:32:16.831
>> I changed my...

01:32:16.898 --> 01:32:19.233
>> I think no ladies are
allowed in here.

01:32:19.300 --> 01:32:21.669
>> I changed my shirt, like
million times, 'cause it's so

01:32:21.736 --> 01:32:22.637
hot.

01:32:22.703 --> 01:32:23.604
>> Yeah.

01:32:23.671 --> 01:32:24.472
>> Marcos.

01:32:24.538 --> 01:32:30.378
>> (laughing)
Hey, what's up?

01:32:30.444 --> 01:32:32.546
>> I love you.

01:32:32.613 --> 01:32:33.814
I love you.

01:32:33.881 --> 01:32:35.583
>> Ah, my suegra.

01:32:35.650 --> 01:32:37.118
My mother-in-law.

01:32:37.184 --> 01:32:38.252
Wow.

01:32:38.319 --> 01:32:39.587
It's incredible she's here.

01:32:39.654 --> 01:32:42.890
I remember, she cook for me
and give me all the attention.

01:32:42.957 --> 01:32:44.759
She's a really nice person.

01:32:44.825 --> 01:32:47.461
Anyway, thanks for everything.

01:32:47.528 --> 01:32:48.362
>> Hey.

01:32:48.429 --> 01:32:49.430
>> So what's up, suegro?

01:32:49.497 --> 01:32:52.533
Long time I wanna see you.

01:32:52.600 --> 01:32:53.801
>> So, you been working at all?

01:32:53.868 --> 01:32:54.869
>> Yeah.

01:32:54.936 --> 01:32:56.771
I'm so happy to see my
father-in-law, John.

01:32:56.837 --> 01:32:57.905
>> Come, come with me.

01:32:57.972 --> 01:33:01.142
>> I know he's really happy to
see me.

01:33:01.208 --> 01:33:03.678
>> You know, be nice for you to
get back when we can still pick

01:33:03.744 --> 01:33:05.079
up a hammer together.

01:33:05.146 --> 01:33:06.347
>> Yeah, sure.

01:33:06.414 --> 01:33:08.916
We have a really good time
talking about when we worked

01:33:08.983 --> 01:33:10.251
together.

01:33:10.318 --> 01:33:14.155
But I can see he's started
getting older, and he always

01:33:14.221 --> 01:33:15.423
made me laugh.

01:33:15.489 --> 01:33:17.491
>> ...and they went and broke
the real estate market...

01:33:17.558 --> 01:33:20.628
>> He's a really nice guy, and I
love him so much.

01:33:20.695 --> 01:33:22.396
>> Oh, wow.

01:33:22.463 --> 01:33:24.365
You're so cute!

01:33:24.432 --> 01:33:26.100
>> She's just like me.

01:33:26.167 --> 01:33:27.868
>> No.

01:33:27.935 --> 01:33:29.503
What's up?

01:33:29.570 --> 01:33:31.105
You know who I am?

01:33:31.172 --> 01:33:32.306
No?

01:33:32.373 --> 01:33:34.742
'Cause you're looking at me like
that, yeah?

01:33:34.809 --> 01:33:36.210
You are smiling?

01:33:36.277 --> 01:33:39.013
Where's your smile?

01:33:39.080 --> 01:33:41.315
I'm really excited to see my
daughter Georgia for the first

01:33:41.382 --> 01:33:42.283
time.

01:33:42.350 --> 01:33:43.351
>> She's gonna eat your finger.

01:33:43.417 --> 01:33:45.052
>> She's really tiny.

01:33:45.119 --> 01:33:47.888
Emotionally, it's kind of
complicated, because I have

01:33:47.955 --> 01:33:50.324
another daughter in California.

01:33:50.391 --> 01:33:52.660
She's 20 years old.

01:33:52.727 --> 01:33:55.963
And now I have Georgia, my new
baby.

01:33:56.030 --> 01:33:59.600
It remind me how depressed I get
sometimes thinking about what I

01:33:59.667 --> 01:34:03.204
want for my first daughter,
Daisy.

01:34:03.270 --> 01:34:06.040
I have all these dreams, all
these goals to grow, like, a

01:34:06.107 --> 01:34:07.508
family for her.

01:34:07.575 --> 01:34:08.909
She looks exactly like me.

01:34:08.976 --> 01:34:12.079
Now Georgia, she's leaving
me, getting back to United

01:34:12.146 --> 01:34:13.347
States.

01:34:13.414 --> 01:34:14.515
>> She looks like me.

01:34:14.582 --> 01:34:15.916
You look like Mama, right?

01:34:15.983 --> 01:34:19.553
>> It's difficult to live
without her, without my family.

01:34:19.620 --> 01:34:23.924
But I know, one day, we will be
together.

01:34:23.991 --> 01:34:26.027
>> All right, what time's your
flight at?

01:34:26.093 --> 01:34:27.495
>> I gotta be there early.

01:34:27.561 --> 01:34:29.397
>> So, we're gonna go up to the
bridge and cross the bridge, and

01:34:29.463 --> 01:34:34.435
then you've got your taxi coming
to take you to the airport.

01:34:34.502 --> 01:34:35.703
>> Yeah.

01:34:35.770 --> 01:34:39.173
Progresso, Mexico, is a border
town.

01:34:39.240 --> 01:34:42.643
It's one of the toughest and
dangerous states in Mexico.

01:34:42.710 --> 01:34:44.712
>> I'm really sorry this didn't
work.

01:34:44.779 --> 01:34:46.380
But at least we tried.

01:34:46.447 --> 01:34:49.784
>> After Elizabeth leave and go
back to United States, I wanna

01:34:49.850 --> 01:34:54.555
get out of here, take my flight,
and go back to Mexico City.

01:34:54.622 --> 01:34:55.589
>> Okay.

01:34:55.656 --> 01:34:56.757
>> All right.

01:34:56.824 --> 01:34:58.459
Well, I think we're... I'm gonna
go straight now.

01:34:58.526 --> 01:34:59.527
>> Yeah.

01:34:59.593 --> 01:35:00.828
>> And I'll call you tonight.

01:35:00.895 --> 01:35:01.829
I'll see you.

01:35:01.896 --> 01:35:02.830
Okay?

01:35:02.897 --> 01:35:04.498
>> See you.

01:35:04.565 --> 01:35:05.566
Okay?

01:35:05.633 --> 01:35:06.700
I love you.

01:35:06.767 --> 01:35:09.270
>> Take care of yourself.

01:35:09.336 --> 01:35:10.604
I love you.

01:35:10.671 --> 01:35:13.908
Don't forget that.

01:35:13.974 --> 01:35:15.676
Mm.

01:35:15.743 --> 01:35:18.245
Next time I see you, Pelé and
Rocky will be bouncing all over

01:35:18.312 --> 01:35:19.847
the place.

01:35:19.914 --> 01:35:21.115
>> Yeah.

01:35:21.182 --> 01:35:22.750
>> Say bye to Miss Georgia.

01:35:22.817 --> 01:35:24.785
>> Ah.

01:35:27.721 --> 01:35:29.023
>> All right, love you.

01:35:29.090 --> 01:35:30.257
Take care.

01:35:30.324 --> 01:35:31.592
All right.

01:35:31.659 --> 01:35:34.395
Oh, my gosh.

01:35:34.462 --> 01:35:41.602
♪ ♪

01:35:41.669 --> 01:35:46.707
>> ♪ Thank you, oh, dear Lord
For the many blessings that you

01:35:46.774 --> 01:35:52.580
always give me ♪
(car horns honking)

01:35:52.646 --> 01:36:06.193
(man speaking Spanish on radio)

01:36:06.260 --> 01:36:08.629
>> As you know, I've been
depressed.

01:36:08.696 --> 01:36:14.201
I've been stressful and anxious
being away from my family.

01:36:14.268 --> 01:36:19.607
That's why I decide to join this
holistic wellness center.

01:36:19.673 --> 01:36:22.743
One of the activities I did
there is Zumba dancing.

01:36:22.810 --> 01:36:28.983
♪ ♪

01:36:29.049 --> 01:36:31.752
(woman giving instructions in
Spanish)

01:36:31.819 --> 01:36:34.255
>> It refreshes my brain.

01:36:34.321 --> 01:36:36.290
It moves my mind.

01:36:36.357 --> 01:36:39.593
It makes me feel positive,
active.

01:36:39.660 --> 01:36:41.495
It makes me feel good.

01:36:41.562 --> 01:36:44.498
(woman giving instructions in
Spanish)

01:36:44.565 --> 01:36:51.505
(class cheers, Marcos laughs)
(man speaking Spanish)

01:36:55.910 --> 01:36:57.912
>> I try everything there.

01:36:57.978 --> 01:36:59.046
I take yoga...

01:37:04.518 --> 01:37:05.853
I talk with a psychologic.

01:37:14.495 --> 01:37:16.030
It doesn't always work.

01:37:17.998 --> 01:37:19.667
But I try to get better.

01:37:37.117 --> 01:37:55.970
(group singing)

01:37:56.036 --> 01:38:10.184
(group singing)

01:38:10.251 --> 01:38:24.898
(car horns honking)

01:38:24.965 --> 01:38:28.102
>> You know we've been working
with Elizabeth on her case.

01:38:28.168 --> 01:38:29.737
>> ¡Sí!

01:38:29.803 --> 01:38:32.106
>> She's somebody who doesn't
give up.

01:38:32.172 --> 01:38:35.909
We filed the seventh petition on
her case with ICE, and it was

01:38:35.976 --> 01:38:37.344
denied.

01:38:37.411 --> 01:38:40.648
People are in HOLA, they fight
their cases, and they leave.

01:38:40.714 --> 01:38:42.583
They fight their case, they
leave.

01:38:42.650 --> 01:38:44.251
But Elizabeth is still fighting.

01:38:44.318 --> 01:38:47.655
Six years, and she's still here.

01:38:47.721 --> 01:38:50.224
And we've tried everything, but
there's some things that are out

01:38:50.291 --> 01:38:51.592
of our control.

01:38:51.659 --> 01:38:54.962
Like ICE and what is happening
there, which... they're out of

01:38:55.029 --> 01:38:56.597
control, basically.

01:38:56.664 --> 01:38:59.033
So, Elizabeth, do you want to
say anything?

01:38:59.099 --> 01:38:59.967
>> Yeah.

01:39:00.034 --> 01:39:01.702
>> ¿Quieres decir algo a la
gente?

01:39:01.769 --> 01:39:03.037
>> Hello, everyone.

01:39:03.103 --> 01:39:07.274
So, um, Veronica just gave a
little bit of the update that

01:39:07.341 --> 01:39:10.944
the petition was denied again.

01:39:11.011 --> 01:39:13.347
Seven times.

01:39:13.414 --> 01:39:18.385
And this last time, I was for
sure it was gonna get approved.

01:39:18.452 --> 01:39:23.324
And what makes it even harder is
recently we did an inquiry, and,

01:39:23.390 --> 01:39:26.460
um, they said that no matter
what we do for this petition,

01:39:26.527 --> 01:39:28.662
they're just not gonna approve
it.

01:39:28.729 --> 01:39:30.898
They're not gonna approve it no
matter what, is what they said.

01:39:30.964 --> 01:39:33.734
I'm still gonna mail another
one, probably next week, and

01:39:33.801 --> 01:39:36.103
we're just waiting for a letter,
because I'm not gonna take that

01:39:36.170 --> 01:39:37.504
answer.

01:39:37.571 --> 01:39:40.774
>> But, um, I'm sure a lot of
people in here know how hard it

01:39:40.841 --> 01:39:44.845
is when your spouse is in
another country and you just

01:39:44.912 --> 01:39:47.681
gotta try to keep it all
together.

01:39:47.748 --> 01:39:53.120
And we're in our seventh year,
and it's really, really hard.

01:39:53.187 --> 01:39:55.322
I mean, it's really hard on my
husband.

01:39:55.389 --> 01:39:58.692
It's hard for me to watch him,
like, see how hard it is for

01:39:58.759 --> 01:40:01.962
him, because he's a father, and
he has no opportunity to be a

01:40:02.029 --> 01:40:03.430
father.

01:40:03.497 --> 01:40:06.600
We have three children now, and
he hasn't been with any of them.

01:40:06.667 --> 01:40:09.370
One of them for five months,
that's it.

01:40:09.436 --> 01:40:10.404
That's it.

01:40:10.471 --> 01:40:12.272
So, that's his only opportunity
he's had.

01:40:12.339 --> 01:40:16.443
And it's really, like, draining
on my entire family.

01:40:16.510 --> 01:40:19.446
And I'm really thinking most
likely that we're just gonna go

01:40:19.513 --> 01:40:20.914
there.

01:40:20.981 --> 01:40:24.952
And I don't want anybody to feel
like I'm giving up on HOLA, I'm

01:40:25.018 --> 01:40:27.554
giving up on immigration,
nothing.

01:40:27.621 --> 01:40:29.456
'Cause even when I'm there, I'm
still gonna be sending

01:40:29.523 --> 01:40:32.126
petitions, I'm still gonna be
doing whatever I gotta do.

01:40:32.192 --> 01:40:36.029
But the most important thing is,
I gotta have my family together,

01:40:36.096 --> 01:40:39.833
and I feel spiritually
conflicted.

01:40:39.900 --> 01:40:42.336
It shouldn't matter what land
you're standing in, what house

01:40:42.403 --> 01:40:44.905
you live in, what clothes you
have on the back.

01:40:44.972 --> 01:40:47.908
You should have the people you
love together with you.

01:40:47.975 --> 01:40:50.844
But it's really hard, 'cause I
moved to Mexico before, and we

01:40:50.911 --> 01:40:51.912
didn't make it.

01:40:51.979 --> 01:40:53.046
Like, we were hungry.

01:40:53.113 --> 01:40:55.749
And when I say hungry, I mean
hungry.

01:40:55.816 --> 01:40:57.985
So, it's, like, it was really
hard.

01:40:58.051 --> 01:41:00.421
So I've always had this
conflict, for the last, like,

01:41:00.487 --> 01:41:02.122
six years.

01:41:02.189 --> 01:41:06.560
And now I just feel like I'm
called, like, I, if I cannot get

01:41:06.627 --> 01:41:09.530
him home this year, before the
ki... when the kids get out of

01:41:09.596 --> 01:41:11.532
school, I gotta, I gotta do it.

01:41:11.598 --> 01:41:15.536
I gotta make sure...

01:41:15.602 --> 01:41:18.138
that we're not divorced ten
years from now.

01:41:18.205 --> 01:41:20.674
I gotta make sure that when we
have grandkids, we're all at the

01:41:20.741 --> 01:41:24.144
same table, that this stupid
immigration system doesn't

01:41:24.211 --> 01:41:26.880
destroy my family, 'cause it's
not gonna happen.

01:41:26.947 --> 01:41:28.048
They're not gonna win that.

01:41:28.115 --> 01:41:29.817
They've won this separation.

01:41:29.883 --> 01:41:31.585
They've won a lot of things.

01:41:31.652 --> 01:41:33.854
They're not gonna win that.

01:41:33.921 --> 01:41:44.698
(train horn blaring)

01:41:44.765 --> 01:41:46.433
All right, listen to me, guys.

01:41:46.500 --> 01:41:48.535
I wanna talk to you guys about
Mexico, okay?

01:41:48.602 --> 01:41:49.937
>> Yes.

01:41:50.003 --> 01:41:51.572
>> You know we might be moving
to Mexico when you get out of

01:41:51.638 --> 01:41:52.639
first grade, Pelé.

01:41:52.873 --> 01:41:54.808
>> I'm not gonna play with my
friends anymore.

01:41:54.875 --> 01:41:57.177
>> Don't you think you'll get
new friends in Mexico?

01:41:57.244 --> 01:42:01.215
>> I, I'm really, I might get
used to them.

01:42:01.281 --> 01:42:02.883
But then...

01:42:02.950 --> 01:42:05.419
But then how can I speak their
language?

01:42:05.486 --> 01:42:06.453
>> Well, you'll figure it out.

01:42:06.520 --> 01:42:08.088
You're really smart, Pelé.

01:42:08.155 --> 01:42:09.256
You're really...

01:42:09.323 --> 01:42:10.591
>> Should I copy the other kids?

01:42:10.657 --> 01:42:12.226
>> Is that hot dog cooked?

01:42:12.292 --> 01:42:13.627
>> Nope.

01:42:13.694 --> 01:42:17.264
>> (laughing)
Lord help you.

01:42:17.331 --> 01:42:18.465
Lemme see that.

01:42:18.532 --> 01:42:20.868
Let me just touch it and see if
it's at least warm!

01:42:20.934 --> 01:42:22.736
Okay.

01:42:22.803 --> 01:42:24.905
You'll be fine.

01:42:24.972 --> 01:42:26.673
You'll learn how to speak
Spanish.

01:42:26.740 --> 01:42:27.541
It's not that hard.

01:42:27.608 --> 01:42:28.509
You're really smart.

01:42:28.575 --> 01:42:29.510
You'll figure it out.

01:42:29.576 --> 01:42:31.478
You guys are both really, really
smart.

01:42:31.545 --> 01:42:32.646
You do really good in school.

01:42:32.713 --> 01:42:34.548
You'll do really good in school
there, too.

01:42:34.615 --> 01:42:36.783
You're just gonna have to work a
little bit harder.

01:42:36.850 --> 01:42:37.951
Okay?

01:42:38.018 --> 01:42:38.986
Okay?

01:42:39.052 --> 01:42:40.821
>> Yeah, but now I'm in second
grade.

01:42:40.888 --> 01:42:42.723
And I'll be in second grade next
year.

01:42:42.789 --> 01:42:45.559
>> You're gonna be in second
grade in Mexico, okay?

01:42:45.626 --> 01:42:46.727
And you're gonna go to school.

01:42:46.793 --> 01:42:49.563
And you gotta learn how to speak
Spanish, okay?

01:42:49.630 --> 01:42:51.598
And it's probably gonna be
really hard for you in the

01:42:51.665 --> 01:42:52.933
beginning.

01:42:53.000 --> 01:42:55.269
But you'll figure it out,
because you're really smart.

01:42:55.335 --> 01:42:56.403
Okay?

01:42:56.470 --> 01:42:57.437
>> Yeah.

01:42:57.504 --> 01:42:58.605
>> What is gonna make you happy?

01:42:58.672 --> 01:43:00.340
>> Playing soccer with Daddy.

01:43:00.407 --> 01:43:01.341
>> Yeah?

01:43:01.408 --> 01:43:03.143
Does Daddy always play soccer
with you?

01:43:03.210 --> 01:43:04.344
>> Yeah.

01:43:04.411 --> 01:43:05.312
>> Rocky.

01:43:05.379 --> 01:43:06.547
Come here, Rock.

01:43:06.613 --> 01:43:08.749
Why do you not want to move to
Mexico?

01:43:08.815 --> 01:43:15.022
>> Because maybe the teacher
will ask us a Mexican word, how

01:43:15.088 --> 01:43:17.791
do you say in Spanish, and we
don't know what it is.

01:43:17.858 --> 01:43:20.093
>> But you're gonna learn
Spanish!

01:43:20.160 --> 01:43:21.528
>> No.

01:43:21.595 --> 01:43:23.497
We forget.

01:43:23.564 --> 01:43:26.033
>> You will learn Spanish,
Rocky, and you'll learn how to

01:43:26.099 --> 01:43:27.100
speak Spanish.

01:43:27.167 --> 01:43:29.102
>> No, I don't wanna move there.

01:43:29.169 --> 01:43:31.138
>> Why do you not wanna move
there?

01:43:31.204 --> 01:43:34.474
>> Because we, we don't want to
learn any Spanish.

01:43:34.541 --> 01:43:36.343
We forget it.

01:43:36.410 --> 01:43:38.712
We don't know Spanish.

01:43:38.779 --> 01:43:40.447
>> You'll learn Spanish, Rocky.

01:43:40.514 --> 01:43:41.582
>> No!

01:43:41.648 --> 01:43:43.817
>> Why are you so angry about
going to Mexico?

01:43:43.884 --> 01:43:47.888
>> Because the teacher will tell
us what's Spanish, and me and

01:43:47.955 --> 01:43:49.823
Pelé don't know.

01:43:49.890 --> 01:43:52.159
>> But you're gonna learn how to
speak Spanish!

01:43:52.225 --> 01:43:55.195
>> No, I'm not going to Mexico.

01:43:55.262 --> 01:43:57.631
>> Aren't you gonna be happy to
see Daddy and live with Daddy

01:43:57.698 --> 01:44:00.033
and live in the same house with
Daddy?

01:44:00.100 --> 01:44:03.570
>> If we do not go to a school.

01:44:03.637 --> 01:44:05.405
>> But if we go to Mexico,
you're gonna have to go to

01:44:05.472 --> 01:44:06.807
school in Mexico.

01:44:06.873 --> 01:44:08.241
>> No!

01:44:08.308 --> 01:44:09.810
>> We are going to Mexico.

01:44:09.876 --> 01:44:11.078
>> No!

01:44:11.144 --> 01:44:12.946
>> And you're going to school in
Mexico.

01:44:13.013 --> 01:44:15.649
>> But the schools just want
Spanish.

01:44:15.716 --> 01:44:21.221
They just want Spanish, Mexico
people there, not Ohio.

01:44:21.288 --> 01:44:24.625
And I don't know Spanish.

01:44:24.691 --> 01:44:26.960
>> Okay, well, we're going to
Mexico.

01:44:27.027 --> 01:44:28.061
>> No!

01:44:28.128 --> 01:44:30.631
>> We are going to Mexico.

01:44:30.697 --> 01:44:42.009
♪ ♪

01:44:42.075 --> 01:44:51.852
(man chanting over loudspeaker)

01:44:51.918 --> 01:45:00.661
♪ ♪

01:45:00.727 --> 01:45:03.130
>> What Spanish words did you
guys learn today?

01:45:03.196 --> 01:45:05.866
>> Rocky, how do you say in
Spanish 49?

01:45:05.932 --> 01:45:07.034
>> Cuarenta nueve.

01:45:07.100 --> 01:45:08.235
>> Yeah.

01:45:08.301 --> 01:45:10.070
>> Daddy, remember you heard me
say it in the car?

01:45:10.137 --> 01:45:11.204
I can count to a hundred.

01:45:11.271 --> 01:45:12.239
>> Mm-hmm.

01:45:12.305 --> 01:45:13.106
>> How you say 15?

01:45:13.173 --> 01:45:13.774
>> Um...

01:45:13.840 --> 01:45:15.008
>> You should know.

01:45:15.075 --> 01:45:16.009
>> 15?

01:45:16.076 --> 01:45:17.077
>> Yeah.

01:45:17.144 --> 01:45:19.246
>> Doce, trece, catorce, y?

01:45:19.312 --> 01:45:20.981
>> Um... quince?

01:45:21.048 --> 01:45:22.315
>> Yeah.

01:45:22.382 --> 01:45:24.685
>> How about this, how about
this?

01:45:24.751 --> 01:45:25.585
Count as high as you can count.

01:45:25.652 --> 01:45:27.454
Let me see how high you can go.

01:45:27.521 --> 01:45:28.822
From the beginning.

01:45:28.889 --> 01:45:29.756
>> Okay.

01:45:29.823 --> 01:45:30.457
>> Me, too?

01:45:30.524 --> 01:45:31.191
>> Nope.

01:45:31.258 --> 01:45:32.125
Rocky first.

01:45:32.192 --> 01:45:35.262
>> (counting in Spanish)
>> Pelé.

01:45:35.328 --> 01:45:38.331
>> (counting in Spanish)
>> We've been in the Yucatan for

01:45:38.398 --> 01:45:40.434
a while now.

01:45:40.500 --> 01:45:44.271
We have another baby here, so we
have four children now to take

01:45:44.337 --> 01:45:45.906
care of.

01:45:45.972 --> 01:45:48.575
So that just throws extra work
into the mix.

01:45:48.642 --> 01:45:49.976
>> I forget which one I was on!

01:45:50.043 --> 01:45:54.247
>> (speaking Spanish)
>> (grunts in frustration)

01:45:54.314 --> 01:45:56.116
>> You better... don't do that.

01:45:56.183 --> 01:45:58.719
Pelé and Rocky have been in
school for a while.

01:45:58.785 --> 01:46:00.387
>> That's why I try to remind
you.

01:46:00.454 --> 01:46:01.354
>> No!

01:46:01.421 --> 01:46:02.622
>> You gotta calm down, Pelé.

01:46:02.689 --> 01:46:04.291
Long enough to recognize that
they each have their own

01:46:04.357 --> 01:46:06.693
challenges with the transition
and the language.

01:46:06.760 --> 01:46:08.095
>> I know I know.

01:46:08.161 --> 01:46:09.362
>> The next one?

01:46:09.429 --> 01:46:11.631
>> (speaking Spanish)
>> Pelé will push himself trying

01:46:11.698 --> 01:46:13.366
to be the best he can.

01:46:13.433 --> 01:46:16.636
>> (speaking Spanish)
>> Rocky's having trouble,

01:46:16.703 --> 01:46:19.172
ripping up his book in school,
getting mad.

01:46:19.239 --> 01:46:20.407
>> Pelé, you're not looking!

01:46:20.474 --> 01:46:21.541
>> No! I can't...

01:46:21.608 --> 01:46:23.710
>> Just things that with time
will get better.

01:46:23.777 --> 01:46:24.978
...or you're fired.

01:46:25.045 --> 01:46:27.314
>> Oh, yeah, you called me
fired?

01:46:27.380 --> 01:46:28.582
Then you get a whuppin'.

01:46:28.648 --> 01:46:31.451
>> Okay, if you find it at once,
Dad, then you are out.

01:46:31.518 --> 01:46:33.787
So, Daddy goes first.

01:46:33.854 --> 01:46:34.988
Okay, Dad.

01:46:35.055 --> 01:46:36.723
>> Okay, yours is yellow?

01:46:36.790 --> 01:46:38.692
>> Wait, I was supposed to go
first!

01:46:38.759 --> 01:46:40.293
Okay, is your guy yellow?

01:46:40.360 --> 01:46:41.928
>> Yep.

01:46:41.995 --> 01:46:43.830
>> Yep.

01:46:43.897 --> 01:46:45.265
Okay.

01:46:45.332 --> 01:46:46.633
>> Are you blue?

01:46:46.700 --> 01:46:49.936
>> Okay, this is a blue, let's
see... this is a blue.

01:46:50.003 --> 01:46:51.705
>> Wait, why are you opening the
blues?

01:46:51.772 --> 01:46:53.440
>> 'Cause Daddy asked if it was
blue.

01:46:53.507 --> 01:46:54.674
>> It's orange?

01:46:54.741 --> 01:46:56.676
>> No, you said it was orange
first, so it's orange.

01:46:56.743 --> 01:46:59.012
So you have to say it's orange,
so you have to flip all the ones

01:46:59.079 --> 01:47:00.080
that are orange.

01:47:00.147 --> 01:47:01.181
>> You said it is orange!

01:47:01.248 --> 01:47:04.017
>> I said it's not orange.

01:47:04.084 --> 01:47:05.418
>> So now it's yellow?

01:47:05.485 --> 01:47:07.053
>> Ah, yeah.

01:47:07.120 --> 01:47:09.689
>> Is... is yours sea lion?

01:47:09.756 --> 01:47:10.757
>> Yes!

01:47:10.824 --> 01:47:12.559
Hey, you heard that!

01:47:12.626 --> 01:47:13.260
>> What I hear?

01:47:13.326 --> 01:47:15.095
>> You... you cheated!

01:47:15.162 --> 01:47:16.229
I win!

01:47:16.296 --> 01:47:18.832
>> (laughing)
>> (laughing)

01:47:18.899 --> 01:47:20.000
>> You cheated!

01:47:20.066 --> 01:47:22.502
>> Okay, now let, now let's
start over, come on.

01:47:22.569 --> 01:47:23.370
>> It was just a joke!

01:47:23.436 --> 01:47:24.538
>> He cheated!

01:47:24.604 --> 01:47:25.172
>> Okay.

01:47:25.238 --> 01:47:26.039
>> He cheated!

01:47:26.106 --> 01:47:27.174
>> Chill out.

01:47:27.240 --> 01:47:28.608
>> Mommy, now we're doing the
people Guess Who.

01:47:28.675 --> 01:47:29.276
>> Okay.

01:47:29.342 --> 01:47:30.410
>> Again?

01:47:36.216 --> 01:47:41.154
>> You know, since Marcos was
deported in 2010, we have not

01:47:41.221 --> 01:47:45.826
lived together more than a
couple of months at a time.

01:47:45.892 --> 01:47:49.362
In essence, he has been a
bachelor, and I have been a

01:47:49.429 --> 01:47:52.566
single mom.

01:47:52.632 --> 01:47:56.069
Now we're finally living
together, after all these years,

01:47:56.136 --> 01:48:00.173
and we have to learn to live
together again.

01:48:00.240 --> 01:48:01.908
And it's really not easy.

01:48:01.975 --> 01:48:04.711
We have a lot of tension.

01:48:04.778 --> 01:48:10.517
A big problem that we have here
is, Marcos can't find a job.

01:48:10.584 --> 01:48:14.988
And it's definitely not for a
lack of trying.

01:48:15.055 --> 01:48:17.891
He was offered a job as a
security guard.

01:48:17.958 --> 01:48:21.161
He would work 60 hours a week,
and he would get paid

01:48:21.228 --> 01:48:22.829
approximately 55 U.S.

01:48:22.896 --> 01:48:24.231
dollars.

01:48:24.297 --> 01:48:26.733
And I told him, that's really
not the kind of money that we

01:48:26.800 --> 01:48:28.635
need to be making.

01:48:28.702 --> 01:48:32.072
He feels emasculated, because
he's not working and bringing in

01:48:32.138 --> 01:48:34.174
money.

01:48:34.241 --> 01:48:40.947
And all of these things I feel
like he takes out on me.

01:48:41.014 --> 01:48:44.584
We're getting money from the
V.A. pension in my name.

01:48:44.651 --> 01:48:48.221
He feels like he has to do
everything I say, because I'm

01:48:48.288 --> 01:48:50.557
the one bringing money in.

01:48:50.624 --> 01:48:53.059
>> But for me it's, like, I
don't need all this stuffs.

01:48:53.126 --> 01:48:55.795
I told her, we can live a little
bit cheaper, in a little bit

01:48:55.862 --> 01:48:57.097
cheaper place.

01:48:57.163 --> 01:48:59.332
>> You're the one that picked
this place, not me.

01:48:59.399 --> 01:49:00.467
>> No, I understand that.

01:49:00.533 --> 01:49:01.401
>> You picked this place.

01:49:01.468 --> 01:49:03.103
>> No, it's not nothing like
that.

01:49:03.169 --> 01:49:04.738
It's because you feel
comfortable.

01:49:04.804 --> 01:49:07.007
>> So then you keep throwing it
in my face that we moved here.

01:49:07.073 --> 01:49:08.475
>> Because you feel comfortable.

01:49:08.541 --> 01:49:09.743
>> Well, then, stop throwing it
in my face I feel comfortable.

01:49:09.809 --> 01:49:10.744
>> You feel comfortable.

01:49:10.810 --> 01:49:12.545
I saw you, like, you feel
comfortable.

01:49:12.612 --> 01:49:13.713
I can see you.

01:49:13.780 --> 01:49:15.115
I mean, I'm not guessing.

01:49:15.181 --> 01:49:16.483
I can see you where, where you
feel comfortable, where you feel

01:49:16.549 --> 01:49:17.350
happy.

01:49:17.417 --> 01:49:18.752
Otherwise, you, you not happy.

01:49:18.818 --> 01:49:20.687
And then what happen right now
is, like, you have to adjust and

01:49:20.754 --> 01:49:23.890
accept it, like, you not gonna
see your mom, you not gonna have

01:49:23.957 --> 01:49:24.824
your friends.

01:49:24.891 --> 01:49:26.259
>> I already know that.

01:49:26.326 --> 01:49:27.861
>> You not gonna work with HOLA,
you not gonna have your friends,

01:49:27.928 --> 01:49:29.229
or whatever.

01:49:29.296 --> 01:49:30.530
>> Marcos, you act like I never
left home before in my life.

01:49:30.597 --> 01:49:31.431
>> No, no.

01:49:31.498 --> 01:49:32.365
>> I'm a grown woman.

01:49:32.432 --> 01:49:33.700
>> No, no.

01:49:33.767 --> 01:49:36.403
Well, the point, the end of the
point is, like, the stress,

01:49:36.469 --> 01:49:39.873
like, you no really happy,
like, sometimes we argue and

01:49:39.940 --> 01:49:40.874
whatever.

01:49:40.941 --> 01:49:43.510
It's, I told you, I'm happy.

01:49:43.576 --> 01:49:46.146
You see, I call my mom,
and it's my life, I don't

01:49:46.212 --> 01:49:47.747
wanna be, people be like me.

01:49:47.814 --> 01:49:51.418
But I call my mom sometimes, I
call... but you gotta be 24

01:49:51.484 --> 01:49:53.887
hours, every (bleep) day.

01:49:53.954 --> 01:49:58.558
From 7:00 in the morning till
all, till 8:00, 9:00!

01:49:58.625 --> 01:50:00.527
But I do all of this stuff
because I love her and for my

01:50:00.593 --> 01:50:01.461
kids.

01:50:01.528 --> 01:50:03.096
It's, it's just about you!

01:50:03.163 --> 01:50:04.564
>> This is so stupid.

01:50:04.631 --> 01:50:07.834
Like, we're here, we're living
here in a great place.

01:50:07.901 --> 01:50:10.537
We have everything that we could
possibly want right now.

01:50:10.603 --> 01:50:13.974
Our family, we're here together,
and we can't get past, "I follow

01:50:14.040 --> 01:50:15.141
you everywhere.

01:50:15.208 --> 01:50:16.109
You tell me to do this.

01:50:16.176 --> 01:50:17.944
This, this, blah blah blah blah
blah.

01:50:18.011 --> 01:50:18.745
You're on the phone too much.

01:50:18.812 --> 01:50:20.213
This or that.

01:50:20.280 --> 01:50:21.348
Oh, you're on the phone all the
time, because you're not happy

01:50:21.414 --> 01:50:22.615
with your family."

01:50:22.682 --> 01:50:25.218
I'm on the phone all the time
'cause I like to talk.

01:50:25.285 --> 01:50:26.086
"You're like this.

01:50:26.152 --> 01:50:27.020
You have a friend.

01:50:27.087 --> 01:50:28.021
You have friends.

01:50:28.088 --> 01:50:29.456
You should care more about your
family.

01:50:29.522 --> 01:50:30.957
Why you care about your friends
all the time?"

01:50:31.024 --> 01:50:32.959
I have one friend, and we only
text.

01:50:33.026 --> 01:50:35.362
>> Okay, go ahead.

01:50:35.428 --> 01:50:37.530
It's, like, okay, "I don't wanna
be here, I wanna go with my

01:50:37.597 --> 01:50:38.631
friends, like this and that.

01:50:38.698 --> 01:50:39.566
And we just got together."

01:50:39.632 --> 01:50:41.368
Okay, go ahead.

01:50:41.434 --> 01:50:43.370
That's what you want, so...

01:50:43.436 --> 01:50:47.674
>> Your deportation has just
destroyed everything.

01:50:47.741 --> 01:50:52.178
You feel like when you have your
visa interview in 2020, and it

01:50:52.245 --> 01:50:54.848
doesn't work, we're just gonna
go back to the United States,

01:50:54.914 --> 01:50:57.884
and you're here, and we're
there, and our relationship is

01:50:57.951 --> 01:50:59.386
over.

01:50:59.452 --> 01:51:02.455
You feel like this is just a
game for us, and we're just here

01:51:02.522 --> 01:51:06.493
on, like, a mini vacation until
you can have your visa

01:51:06.559 --> 01:51:08.628
interview.

01:51:08.695 --> 01:51:11.831
Like it's this plan I have all
planned out in the beginning.

01:51:11.898 --> 01:51:14.034
When in reality, I don't know
what the heck is going on.

01:51:14.100 --> 01:51:15.802
I don't know what's gonna happen
with the interview.

01:51:15.869 --> 01:51:18.338
I don't know what's gonna happen
with immigration law between now

01:51:18.405 --> 01:51:20.940
and then.

01:51:21.007 --> 01:51:23.810
>> I don't have anything, like,
really, really stable.

01:51:23.877 --> 01:51:26.980
So, if in 2020, they don't say,
"You know what, this is done,

01:51:27.047 --> 01:51:29.549
blah blah blah," for me, it's
not.

01:51:29.616 --> 01:51:31.751
So you can say, "You know,
Marcos, the relation is like

01:51:31.818 --> 01:51:32.719
that, separate."

01:51:32.786 --> 01:51:34.154
You got your babies.

01:51:34.220 --> 01:51:36.423
You got stability in there.

01:51:36.489 --> 01:51:37.624
You don't need a man.

01:51:37.690 --> 01:51:39.192
You can have ten if you want to.

01:51:39.259 --> 01:51:41.127
And then, I'm stuck here.

01:51:41.194 --> 01:51:47.767
>> Your visa could get denied
very well, yes.

01:51:47.834 --> 01:51:51.137
But why we gotta fight about it
every single day now?

01:51:51.204 --> 01:51:57.777
>> (sighs)
>> ♪ In Heaven I have a holy

01:51:57.844 --> 01:52:03.850
father
♪ Who tells me

01:52:03.917 --> 01:52:06.886
♪ I am never alone