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Narrator: Tonight on 30 days:

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a patriotic minuteman vigilante

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who patrols the U.S.[br]border to keep it secure,

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Man: Bigfoot, this[br]is Zulu. Do you copy?

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moves in with a family[br]of illegal immigrants

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in the heart of Los Angeles.

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Man: You're an illegal alien and[br]you are telling me where to go.

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You are causing problems.

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Narrator: Will he hold on to his[br]belief that illegal immigrants

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are a plague on the nation[br]that needs to be removed.

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Man: I do not give up my God[br]damn country for nobody.

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Narrator: Or will he come[br]to see them as equals

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that deserve to[br]become Americans.

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Croud: [chanting][br]USA USA USA

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Man: They don't mean that.

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Narrator: Find out today[br]on 30 days.

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Give us your tired,[br]your poor,

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your huddled masses[br]yearning to be free.

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Unless of course you enter[br]the country illegally.

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Over eleven million[br]illegal immigrants

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live in America today.

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While they come from every[br]nation in the world,

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the largest numbers are from[br]Mexico and Central America

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having crossed the[br]Mexican border illegally.

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The immigration debate has[br]divided America between

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those who think illegal[br]immigrants should be

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rounded up and deported[br]and those who think they

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should be granted amnesty and[br]allowed to become citizens.

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Crowd: We got this.

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Narrator: Last year, the House[br]of Representatives approved

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a bill making it a felony to[br]be in the country illegally.

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John McCain: The definition of[br]the word amnesty is forgiveness.

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We did that in the 1980's[br]and it didn't work.

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Narrator: The proposed[br]legislation sent shock waves

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through immigrant communities,[br]sparking some of the largest

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demonstrations in the history[br]of the United States.

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President George W. Bush:[br]The border should be opened

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to trade and lawful immigration. And shut to illegal immigrants.

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Narrator: Ever since our[br]nation was founded,

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we have been a country of[br]immigrants offering the world

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a place of refuge and a shot[br]at the American dream.

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But now, more than 200 years[br]later, is that dream over?

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We will find out when a gun[br]toting, border patrolling,

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anti-immigration, minute man moves in with a family

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of illegal immigrants for[br]the next thirty days.

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[music]

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Narrator: We found someone[br]who has dedicated his life

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to keeping illegal[br]immigrants out of America.

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And he isn't afraid to take his[br]mission to the front lines.

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Frank: My name is Frank George. Also known as Franciso Honehim.

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I am an immigrant from[br]Guantanamo, Cuba

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and I am here today to protest[br]illegal aliens from Mexico.

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We Americans are not going to[br]put up with this anymore.

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There is not one American flag[br]above you, I don't think.

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You have faith.

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The patriotic American people[br]you have faced the minute men

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and our state organization.

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Narrator: In 1957 when Frank[br]was only seven years old,

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he and his family[br]fled their home

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during the Cuban Revolution.

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Because his father worked for[br]an American sugar company,

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his family was able to

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immigrate legally to[br]the United States.

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Yet Frank and his parents[br]were forced to

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leave their home and[br]possessions behind.

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Frank: When we came there was no[br]such thing as asylum or amnesty.

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We had to obey the[br]laws of immigration.

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We weren't given any breaks.[br]We just did it all legally.

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I'm very proud of my father and[br]mother for having done that.

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Men: Go home racists,[br]go home.

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Frank: People have to understand[br]that I have already been through

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the experience of[br]losing a country.

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What we see developing here[br]is the possibility of

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extreme civil strife[br]and violence.

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The recent events in Los Angeles[br]where 500,000 have come out

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and demonstrated for their[br]rights is inconceivable to me

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because the only right they[br]have is to be deported back

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to whatever country of[br]origin they came from.

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I can't see thousands of people[br]coming over the border

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every day and not do[br]something about it.

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Narrator: Frank, his wife Jane,[br]and their fellow minute men

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buddies all gather to patrol[br]the border on weekends.

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More than a million illegall[br]immigrants attempt to cross

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the US/Mexican border[br]each year.

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And the seven thousand volunteer[br]members of the minute men

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have taken matters[br]into their own hands

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to try and stop as many[br]of them as they can.

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Frank: I got involved with[br]the minute men after 9/11.

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9/11 was an immigration[br]related issue.

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These men who killed[br]so many of our own,

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set the American people[br]like myself into motion.

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Big foot this is Hulu[br]do you copy?

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Let's break out the good stuff.

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Standard thing when[br]I go to the border,

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is to take my nine millimeter[br]hand gun, take lots of ammo,

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take my Caltech rifle that is[br]a two-twenty-three round

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and I take at least[br]five hundred rounds.

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I take my wife with me,[br]she is pretty tough and

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she's got her own rifle[br]and she is gungho.

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She won't put up with[br]any crap either.

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Wife: Do you see them standing?

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Frank: Yeah, I see them[br]standing out there.

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Narrator: The minute men do not[br]apprehend illegal immigrants.

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Instead they report any[br]illegal crossings

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to the US border patrol.

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Woman: Oh there are[br]more down here.

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Frank: We got about six of[br]them out there and there

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is going to be more[br]so thank you guys,

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you are doing a good job.[br]Proud of you already.

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When I think of[br]illegal immigration

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and the problems that it brings[br]to the United States,

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the fore most problem that I see[br]is that it will bring about

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the disillusion of this country.

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It will tear it apart[br]totally and completely.

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Narrator: Frank will spend[br]the next thirty days

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living with the Gonzales[br]family whose seven members

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are some of the hundreds of[br]thousands of illegal immigrants

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that presently live[br]in Los Angeles.

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Patty and her husband Rigoberto[br]have five kids.

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The two youngest, Ricardo and[br]Karina were born in the US

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so they are American citizens.

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The three oldest children[br]Arial, Armida, and Albanidia

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crossed the border illegally[br]with their parents

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twelve years ago and have[br]been living here

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undocumented ever since.

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The family who come from a[br]small town in Central Mexico

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share a tiny one bedroom[br]apartment that measures

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less than 500 square feet.

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Before he heads off to Los[br]Angeles, Frank and his wife

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have a last meal at their home[br]in Mojave, California.

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Jane: Oh you know what[br]really ticks me off?

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Frank: What?

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Jane: If they are one of[br]the families that covered

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the American flag with[br]the Mexican flag.

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Frank: Well, you know.

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Jane: That's almost like[br]a take over issue.

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Frank: A lot of us look at it,

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and it looks like an[br]occupying army.

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What comes next?[br]Is there going to be violence?

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Jane: Just keep your head down.

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Frank: It could be possible.

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Narrator: To live as[br]an illegal immigrant

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for the next thirty days, Frank[br]will have to follow three rules:

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first, he will have to[br]leave any and all

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personal identification behind.

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Second, he'll have to move in[br]with a whole family of

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illegal immigrants and share[br]their tiny apartment.

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And third, he will be put[br]to work as a day laborer.

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Frank: I am just going to go[br]like I have no identity

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here in the United States.

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That's the way they do it,

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that's the way I am[br]going to do it.

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[music playing]

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Frank: This is East Los Angeles

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but it is not the East Los[br]Angeles that I knew years ago.

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A lot of it looks more to[br]me like I am in Mexico.

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For me, living in with illegal[br]aliens for thirty days

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it is an opportunity to present[br]before the American people

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a problem that is huge.

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I want millions of Americans[br]to get up there

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and do something about this[br]before our nation is gone.

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Armida: No, I wouldn't[br]want a Latino man

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that would like totally suck.

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If he is a white minute man[br]than I would totally understand

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why he doesn't like immigrants[br]but if he is a Latino..

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Frank: I'm concerned about[br]how they might perceive me

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because of my border activities.

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I have some anxiety of[br]how I may be received.

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Because I am not at all in favor[br]of them being here illegally.

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To be very honest you know,[br]my thought is to arrive

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and then thirty seconds later[br]have an INS bus pick them up.

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Hi

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Paty: Hi

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Frank: I am Frank.

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I am Frank or Francisco. Pleased to meet you sir.

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Armida: Armida.

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Frank: Armida?[br]Pleased to meet you Armida.

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And you are?

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Albanida: My name is Albanida.

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Frank: And you young lady?

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Karina: Karina.

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Frank: Karina?[br]I am Frank.

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Ricardo: Ricardo.

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Frank: Ricardo.

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Armida: So you are Cuban?

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Frank: Yeah I was[br]actually born there.

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All of a sudden I am in[br]the living room and

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I'm looking at the family[br]and its entirety

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and they are looking at me[br]and I could tell that

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there was an uneasiness[br]between all of us.

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How would you solve

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your immigration status[br]problem if you could.

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Armida: I am just going[br]to do good in college

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and I don't know.

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Talk to lawyers and[br]see what I can do.

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Are you completely[br]against the amnesty?

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Frank: Yeah.

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Armida: So no exceptions?

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Frank: I am sorry to say[br]it's no exceptions.

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Armida: So do you feel like[br]a hypocrite because

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you were born in Cuba?

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Frank: No! Because...

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Armida: Because you[br]came here legally?

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Frank: Yes.[br]Yes.

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Armida: We are not[br]criminals you know.

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I am doing fine in school[br]and I know my grade

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adds to this country.

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Frank: By immigration of laws,[br]it is very important

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that we abide by our laws.

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We can't have another amnesty.

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Our government is[br]too irresponsible.

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Armida: I just hope[br]that he questions

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what he really believes in

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and really gets to see what we go through, through our eyes.

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Frank: If I could deport[br]the Gonzales' tomorrow

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I would have to.

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That's the way the[br]law is written.

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Narrator: It is day two[br]and Frank,

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an anti-immigration minute[br]man, wakes up to find himself

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the eighth member of a family[br]of illegal immigrants

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in Los Angeles.

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Paty: Hello!

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Frank: The house is[br]very very crowded.

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There are just too many of them

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in this little of[br]square footage.

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They are a big family.

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Little kids, and kids that[br]are older, mom and dad.

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Very small square footage for[br]the abode they live in.

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Very little privacy.

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Something that few Americans[br]would be willing to accept.

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Who plays golf?

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Riocardo: My sisters,[br]everyone.

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Frank: Really?

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Alrial: My sister Armida,[br]she is the captain.

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Last year she played[br]for the city finals.

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Just because of one stroke,

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she didn't make it to[br]the state finals.

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Frank: Really?

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I think it is my turn to[br]use the restroom now.

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Narrator: Rigoberto supports[br]his family by working

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as a handy man in the[br]local neighborhood.

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By taking care of the apartment[br]complexes his family lives in

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his whole family survives on

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less than fifteen thousand[br]dollars a year.

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Which is well below[br]the US poverty line.

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With a new set of[br]hands in the house,

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Rigoberto wastes no time putting[br]Frank to work as a day laborer.

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Frank: I can see what Rigoberto[br]does every single day

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to earn money for his family,

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he doesn't have steady[br]employment, it trickles in.

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He tries to develop[br]it as he can.

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Twenty dollars here,[br]thirty dollars there.

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He gets paid less[br]than anybody else.

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That's part of the secret[br]of why some people keep

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illegal aliens because they[br]exploit the hell out of them.

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People that hire him are making[br]a killing at his expense.

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The flip side is that an[br]American laborer cannot

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compete with those prices. Cannot.

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That means that Mr. Gonzales[br]keeps himself in poverty

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but also keeps Americans from getting food on their tables.

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Armida: How do you get into the[br]whole minute man project?

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I just keep on[br]thinking about it.

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Frank: Alright, let me[br]explain that to you.

0:13:59.872,0:14:03.909
Armida: You are an immigrant[br]like the pilgrims.

0:14:03.909,0:14:05.578
The pilgrims were immigrants.

0:14:05.578,0:14:06.712
Frank: Yes but I am[br]a legal immigrant.

0:14:06.712,0:14:07.980
I had to do certain things.

0:14:07.980,0:14:09.582
Armida: Were the[br]pilgrims legal too?

0:14:09.582,0:14:10.983
Frank: They were legal[br]in the sense that

0:14:10.983,0:14:13.652
England owned America[br]at that time.

0:14:13.652,0:14:14.987
Armida: How did they own it?

0:14:14.987,0:14:17.156
Frank: Well because[br]they took it over.

0:14:17.156,0:14:18.424
Armida: By force!

0:14:18.424,0:14:21.193
Frank: First it belonged to[br]England. The pilgrims came.

0:14:21.193,0:14:22.561
Armida: And before that?

0:14:22.561,0:14:25.130
Frank: Well it belonged[br]to the Indians.

0:14:25.130,0:14:28.267
And unfortunately the[br]point is that we do lose

0:14:28.267,0:14:29.401
countries by force.

0:14:29.401,0:14:31.203
We lose countries by[br]responsibility of the

0:14:31.203,0:14:32.605
people suffering.

0:14:32.605,0:14:33.505
Armida: It's okay.

0:14:33.505,0:14:36.408
How about you see a family[br]in the border with two

0:14:36.408,0:14:40.546
kids and parents and do[br]you see the future in the

0:14:40.546,0:14:43.015
little girl?

0:14:43.015,0:14:45.251
Frank: I feel compassion[br]and I feel sorry for them.

0:14:45.251,0:14:47.953
Armida: But you still[br]call the border patrol.

0:14:47.953,0:14:49.255
Frank: That's what[br]I am supposed to do.

0:14:49.255,0:14:50.155
I am a citizen[br]of this country.

0:14:50.155,0:14:52.024
I am taking care of this[br]country and I have to

0:14:52.024,0:14:52.958
protect it.

0:14:52.958,0:14:54.159
That is the oath[br]that I took.

0:14:54.159,0:14:55.394
That is the oath[br]that I uphold.

0:14:55.394,0:14:58.597
Armida: Like many illegal[br]immigrants that one day

0:14:58.597,0:15:01.166
shall become legal, they[br]will take the oath too.

0:15:01.166,0:15:03.435
The American dream, oh[br]my gosh, if that's the

0:15:03.435,0:15:06.672
American dream, this[br]nation is what it is known

0:15:06.672,0:15:08.607
for, the American dream.

0:15:08.607,0:15:11.377
And for him to want to[br]stop that is like, it's

0:15:11.377,0:15:14.413
insane.

0:15:16.148,0:15:17.950
Narrator: It's day four[br]and Armida's high school

0:15:17.950,0:15:20.352
teacher, Mr. Young, has[br]invited Armida and her

0:15:20.352,0:15:22.321
family to a local Mexican[br]restaurant to celebrate

0:15:22.321,0:15:24.089
her upcoming high[br]school graduation.

0:15:24.089,0:15:27.159
Armida is an honor student[br]with a 3.8 grade point

0:15:27.159,0:15:27.893
average.

0:15:27.893,0:15:29.895
Her dream is to be the[br]first in her family to get

0:15:29.895,0:15:30.863
a college education.

0:15:37.136,0:15:38.771
Armida: In September[br]I will start college.

0:15:38.771,0:15:42.374
I still don't know[br]which one because, okay.

0:15:42.374,0:15:43.842
My top choice[br]is Princeton.

0:15:43.842,0:15:46.945
I'm waiting to hear from[br]Princeton and my second

0:15:46.945,0:15:49.014
choice is Santa[br]Clara University.

0:15:49.014,0:15:51.583
I applied to a full ride[br]scholarship so if I get

0:15:51.583,0:15:54.420
this scholarship, I can go[br]to any university I wanted

0:15:54.420,0:15:57.890
to so hopefully in[br]September I am taking off.

0:15:57.890,0:16:00.793
Princeton here I go!

0:16:03.062,0:16:05.898
Mr. Young: Well since I[br]first met Armida back in

0:16:05.898,0:16:07.333
the sixth grade and she[br]was wondering and looking

0:16:07.333,0:16:10.769
around, seeing how things[br]were, she has been an

0:16:10.769,0:16:12.971
inspiration to me, she[br]has been an inspiration to

0:16:12.971,0:16:14.840
everyone that I know.

0:16:14.840,0:16:16.642
Teachers still[br]talk about her.

0:16:16.642,0:16:20.379
It doesn't surprise anyone[br]what's happened to her, I

0:16:20.379,0:16:22.948
thank you very much for[br]allowing me to be a part

0:16:22.948,0:16:24.216
of it.

0:16:24.216,0:16:26.652
Thank you.

0:16:26.652,0:16:27.386
That's it.

0:16:27.386,0:16:28.687
It's all Armi.

0:16:28.687,0:16:29.455
It's all Armi.

0:16:29.455,0:16:31.490
I love you, dear.

0:16:31.490,0:16:32.524
Armida: You make me cry.

0:16:39.231,0:16:40.299
Frank: I have been to the[br]borders,

0:16:40.299,0:16:41.967
I know what I am[br]talking about.

0:16:41.967,0:16:45.070
Mr. Young: These[br]guys are idiots.

0:16:45.070,0:16:46.038
They are idiots.

0:16:46.038,0:16:46.772
Frank: We are not idiots.

0:16:46.772,0:16:48.073
We go to the border to[br]see what's happening.

0:16:48.073,0:16:49.074
That's what I do.

0:16:49.074,0:16:50.342
I am not a God damn idiot.

0:16:50.342,0:16:51.744
Mr. Young: You are going[br]to send thirty million

0:16:51.744,0:16:52.878
people back to Mexico?

0:16:52.878,0:16:53.746
Then what?

0:16:53.746,0:16:54.880
Where do you go with that?

0:16:54.880,0:16:57.549
And how are you going to[br]deal with the children of

0:16:57.549,0:16:58.617
these people?

0:16:58.617,0:17:01.120
You're going to leave them[br]here who are the citizens?

0:17:01.120,0:17:02.855
Frank: They have to have[br]a revolution in their

0:17:02.855,0:17:03.889
country.

0:17:03.889,0:17:04.757
They have to fix[br]their country.

0:17:04.757,0:17:07.259
I don't want any American[br]blood shed over Mexico.

0:17:07.259,0:17:09.694
Mr. Young: You're[br]making it once again.

0:17:09.694,0:17:11.864
You're making it sound[br]like there's forty of them

0:17:11.864,0:17:14.299
here and we can just[br]straighten out these forty

0:17:14.299,0:17:15.733
and they are here!

0:17:15.733,0:17:17.336
That's what I don't[br]get, they are here!

0:17:17.336,0:17:18.203
Frank: Problems[br]are problems.

0:17:18.203,0:17:19.037
They are here alright.

0:17:19.037,0:17:20.271
But a problem is a problem[br]and you have to deal with

0:17:20.271,0:17:21.039
them.

0:17:21.039,0:17:21.707
That's what it is.

0:17:21.707,0:17:22.508
Life is not easy.

0:17:22.508,0:17:23.474
Why does it happen?

0:17:23.474,0:17:25.644
Because this God damn[br]government doesn't know

0:17:25.644,0:17:26.545
what it is supposed to do.

0:17:26.545,0:17:29.114
Because their God damn[br]government in Mexico has

0:17:29.114,0:17:30.315
let them down.

0:17:42.027,0:17:44.430
I do not give up my God[br]damn country for nobody.

0:17:44.430,0:17:46.231
You come to America and[br]you keep your culture.

0:17:46.231,0:17:46.832
Yes.

0:17:46.832,0:17:50.502
But you become an American[br]you can treat it in that

0:17:50.502,0:17:51.069
sense.

0:17:51.069,0:17:52.704
But you hit the God damn[br]street because you have a

0:17:52.704,0:17:55.073
problem with America don't[br]go out there with some God

0:17:55.073,0:17:56.608
damn flag other than[br]the American flag.

0:17:56.608,0:17:58.644
Show people that you[br]are for this country.

0:17:58.644,0:18:01.113
America is an ailing body.

0:18:01.113,0:18:04.116
The sickness is illegal[br]immigration and all the

0:18:04.116,0:18:05.551
corruption accompanies it.

0:18:05.551,0:18:10.088
Americans get up and save[br]this country or you will

0:18:10.088,0:18:12.124
have none.

0:18:26.839,0:18:28.173
Narrator: A week into[br]his thirty day experience

0:18:28.173,0:18:30.509
living with a family of[br]illegal immigrants, minute

0:18:30.509,0:18:32.878
man, Frank's presence[br]has made the Gonzales'

0:18:32.878,0:18:34.847
apartment that[br]much smaller.

0:19:01.907,0:19:03.609
To show Frank how she[br]pitches in to help make a

0:19:03.609,0:19:05.944
living, Paty invites him[br]on her weekly trip to the

0:19:05.944,0:19:06.778
recycling center.

0:19:13.018,0:19:14.786
Since they can't get[br]steady jobs without legal

0:19:14.786,0:19:17.289
documents, Paty and her[br]family do whatever they

0:19:17.289,0:19:19.191
can to make ends meet.

0:20:38.737,0:20:41.139
Frank: It was Paty, the[br]wife, who broke the ice

0:20:41.139,0:20:44.309
for me with a beautiful,[br]wonderful, loving

0:20:44.309,0:20:47.479
personality that just[br]embraces you without even

0:20:47.479,0:20:48.480
touching you.

0:20:57.589,0:20:59.324
It is very hard on a[br]person when you look on a

0:20:59.324,0:21:02.060
people and you like them,[br]yet you know they are not

0:21:02.060,0:21:03.328
supposed to be here.

0:21:03.328,0:21:05.631
You know that they broke[br]the law by being here, yet

0:21:05.631,0:21:06.565
you feel for them.

0:21:06.565,0:21:08.634
Ricardo: You pick[br]them up with this.

0:21:08.634,0:21:09.835
Frank: So you pick[br]them up with this.

0:21:09.835,0:21:11.303
Ricardo: Like this.

0:21:11.303,0:21:12.204
Frank: Like this.

0:21:12.204,0:21:14.006
We are being pulled apart[br]in a sense and I always

0:21:14.006,0:21:15.340
have to keep reminding[br]myself that it's like

0:21:15.340,0:21:17.109
having friends that you[br]have not had for a long

0:21:17.109,0:21:17.909
time.

0:21:17.909,0:21:20.779
But you know we are on[br]opposite ends of the

0:21:20.779,0:21:21.747
spectrum.

0:21:25.617,0:21:27.786
Armida: Have you seen[br]those guys on the border

0:21:27.786,0:21:30.222
with guns that are trying[br]to keep immigrants out of

0:21:30.222,0:21:31.890
the country?

0:21:31.890,0:21:32.658
Friend: They are[br]at your house?

0:21:32.658,0:21:33.458
Armida: Yeah.

0:21:33.458,0:21:34.393
He is there.

0:21:34.393,0:21:35.661
He eats there.

0:21:35.661,0:21:37.195
He is there 24/7.

0:21:38.196,0:21:40.465
Frank: Just like they had[br]some concerns about me

0:21:40.465,0:21:42.634
being a minute man, I had[br]some concerns about these

0:21:42.634,0:21:44.970
folks and what[br]could transpire.

0:21:44.970,0:21:46.672
But we come to find out[br]that we are together and

0:21:46.672,0:21:47.673
we get along well.

0:21:47.673,0:21:50.876
They are very warm people.

0:21:50.876,0:21:54.579
After a while it became[br]like there is an aspect of

0:21:54.579,0:21:55.781
family here.

0:22:08.427,0:22:09.761
Narrator: On day twelve,[br]Frank and Armida put

0:22:09.761,0:22:12.597
politics aside long enough[br]to give him his first golf

0:22:12.597,0:22:13.732
lesson.

0:22:14.466,0:22:15.300
Frank: How long have[br]you been golfing?

0:22:15.300,0:22:16.668
Armida: Since tenth grade.

0:22:16.668,0:22:18.336
Frank: Since tenth grade!

0:22:18.336,0:22:22.908
It's funny to me that[br]Armida very badly wants to

0:22:22.908,0:22:24.776
be a part of[br]mainstream America.

0:22:24.776,0:22:28.947
She wants to have this[br]collegiate experience

0:22:28.947,0:22:31.616
where she will be admitted[br]into this big college and

0:22:31.616,0:22:33.985
she can have what[br]rich girls have.

0:22:33.985,0:22:37.856
There is a point where[br]Armida has to face

0:22:37.856,0:22:39.024
reality.

0:22:39.024,0:22:39.891
It's very hard.

0:22:39.891,0:22:41.426
It's very difficult[br]for somebody to get a

0:22:41.426,0:22:43.662
scholarship of the[br]type that she wants.

0:22:43.662,0:22:48.600
Particularly given[br]her immigrant status.

0:22:48.600,0:22:49.501
Hey.

0:22:49.501,0:22:51.002
Armida: That's where[br]it is supposed to go.

0:22:51.002,0:22:52.738
Frank: That is[br]fantabulous.

0:22:52.738,0:22:53.705
Armida: I like Frank.

0:22:53.705,0:22:55.373
As long as I don't talk[br]about politics with him, I

0:22:55.373,0:22:56.141
am fine.

0:22:56.141,0:22:58.243
Just when we start talking[br]about politics I get this

0:22:58.243,0:23:00.512
huge, huge headache.

0:23:00.512,0:23:02.314
Okay!

0:23:02.314,0:23:04.349
Frank: Okay!

0:23:04.349,0:23:05.851
My first time golfing and[br]I am getting beat by a

0:23:05.851,0:23:09.988
girl.

0:23:09.988,0:23:11.556
Oh congratulations.

0:23:11.556,0:23:12.424
Armida: Yeah, I beat you.

0:23:12.424,0:23:13.091
Frank: Yes you did.

0:23:20.132,0:23:20.866
Narrator: After a[br]month of waiting.

0:23:20.866,0:23:23.268
The letter that Armida has[br]been anxiously expecting

0:23:23.268,0:23:25.670
from Princeton University[br]has finally arrived.

0:23:26.805,0:23:27.906
Armida: Where is it at?

0:23:27.906,0:23:28.740
Where is the letter?

0:23:37.816,0:23:40.018
The admission process is a[br]difficult one for students

0:23:40.018,0:23:41.419
and families.

0:23:41.419,0:23:43.822
Your application was[br]reviewed thoroughly and we

0:23:43.822,0:23:46.391
realize that you may be[br]disappointed with our

0:23:46.391,0:23:48.226
decision.

0:23:48.226,0:23:50.695
The admission community[br]has not admitted and I am

0:23:50.695,0:23:54.432
sorry to inform you that[br]you will not be coming to

0:23:54.432,0:24:06.278
Princeton this year.

0:24:06.278,0:24:07.179
(inaudible)

0:24:21.793,0:24:24.029
Narrator: It's day fifteen[br]and the United States

0:24:24.029,0:24:26.364
Senate is debating a[br]new immigration bill.

0:24:26.364,0:24:28.733
Unlike the House of[br]Representative's plan that

0:24:28.733,0:24:30.902
would make Armida and her[br]family felons who could be

0:24:30.902,0:24:33.572
imprisoned, the Senates[br]bill provides a path for

0:24:33.572,0:24:35.340
legalization that would[br]give them a shot at

0:24:35.340,0:24:36.741
becoming American[br]citizens.

0:24:36.741,0:24:37.943
Armida: You know the bill[br]that I was telling you

0:24:37.943,0:24:38.743
about?

0:24:38.743,0:24:40.645
I have been reading up on[br]it and it was on the news

0:24:40.645,0:24:43.815
this morning because right[br]now they are talking about

0:24:43.815,0:24:44.749
it in the Senate.

0:24:44.749,0:24:46.718
Frank: It is a[br]very lively debate.

0:24:46.718,0:24:49.054
Armida: So you really[br]wouldn't want this bill to

0:24:49.054,0:24:49.721
pass?

0:24:49.721,0:24:50.322
Frank: No.

0:24:50.322,0:24:51.289
I would not.

0:24:51.289,0:24:52.057
I would not.

0:24:52.057,0:24:53.024
Armida: Would you[br]protest against it?

0:24:53.024,0:24:54.259
Frank: Of course I would.

0:24:54.259,0:24:55.260
Armida: You would?

0:24:55.260,0:24:56.862
Frank: Of course I[br]would, I would have to.

0:25:22.487,0:25:23.755
Armida: Do you see they[br]are willing to become

0:25:23.755,0:25:26.191
American and what's that[br]word that you use all the

0:25:26.191,0:25:26.725
time?

0:25:26.725,0:25:27.826
To stimulate!

0:25:27.826,0:25:29.027
Frank: If you are going[br]to become a legal resident

0:25:29.027,0:25:32.931
and you are still going to[br]employ and give a helping

0:25:32.931,0:25:36.968
hand to illegal aliens,[br]that to me is aiding and

0:25:36.968,0:25:38.136
embedding, that is[br]breaking the law.

0:25:38.136,0:25:40.138
And of what value are[br]you to our society?

0:25:47.212,0:25:49.447
Narrator: Hoping to change[br]Frank's mind, Armida

0:25:49.447,0:25:51.016
invites him to a[br]candlelight vigil to show

0:25:51.016,0:25:53.184
him the wide spread[br]support for the new Senate

0:25:53.184,0:25:55.820
legislation.

0:25:58.323,0:25:59.724
Frank: What can you tell[br]me about the Che Guevara t

0:25:59.724,0:26:00.792
shirt?

0:26:00.792,0:26:02.560
There is a young lady up[br]there wearing one with Che

0:26:02.560,0:26:04.763
Guevara's face[br]on the front.

0:26:04.763,0:26:06.131
Isn't that a symbol[br]of revolution?

0:26:06.865,0:26:08.466
Armida: That gives a name[br]to the whole revolution.

0:26:08.466,0:26:11.536
Yeah.

0:26:11.536,0:26:12.170
My whole..

0:26:12.170,0:26:13.104
That is[br]what this is.

0:26:13.104,0:26:13.972
A revolution.

0:26:15.774,0:26:16.775
Armida: You don't[br]understand Frank.

0:26:16.775,0:26:17.876
Frank: Wait wait wait.

0:26:17.876,0:26:19.811
I'm a minute man American[br]citizen and I don't

0:26:19.811,0:26:22.547
understand that all these[br]people that are here

0:26:22.547,0:26:24.516
illegally are telling me[br]that they are here, they

0:26:24.516,0:26:26.518
want to stay here, they[br]want their family to come

0:26:26.518,0:26:29.120
here and that I should[br]shut up and take it.

0:26:30.088,0:26:30.889
Armida: So Frank, I[br]have something for you.

0:26:30.889,0:26:31.656
I have a candle[br]here for you.

0:26:31.656,0:26:32.190
Frank: Nope.

0:26:32.190,0:26:33.091
I don't do that.

0:26:33.091,0:26:33.725
I don't do that.

0:26:33.725,0:26:34.726
I will not do that.

0:26:34.726,0:26:35.760
Don't even offer me that.

0:26:35.760,0:26:36.695
I won't do that.

0:26:36.695,0:26:39.264
No.

0:26:39.264,0:26:40.065
No.

0:26:46.204,0:26:47.672
Armida: The reason we are[br]doing this is like to get

0:26:47.672,0:26:50.408
them some legal status[br]from undocumented people

0:26:50.408,0:26:52.510
that means the[br]world to me.

0:26:52.510,0:26:54.045
It really does mean[br]the world to me.

0:26:54.045,0:26:54.879
You know.

0:26:57.549,0:26:59.017
Frank: We have laws and[br]those laws should be

0:26:59.017,0:26:59.651
respected.

0:26:59.651,0:27:01.386
It's like all of that[br]should be suspended

0:27:01.386,0:27:03.788
because like this is her,[br]she's here and she wants

0:27:03.788,0:27:05.490
what we have and she[br]claims it for her own.

0:27:05.490,0:27:06.958
But she doesn't[br]understand the basics.

0:27:08.093,0:27:14.032
Crowd: USA USA USA USA USA

0:27:14.032,0:27:15.767
Frank: They[br]don't mean that.

0:27:15.767,0:27:16.968
They do not mean that.

0:27:16.968,0:27:17.836
That's a prop.

0:27:17.836,0:27:19.204
Just like all the other[br]American flags they are

0:27:19.204,0:27:20.271
using, it is a prop.

0:27:20.271,0:27:23.141
For their movement for[br]their cause and it is the

0:27:23.141,0:27:24.275
end of America[br]is what it is.

0:27:24.275,0:27:27.312
This is not the beginning[br]of a revolution I don't

0:27:27.312,0:27:29.547
know what is.

0:27:32.751,0:27:34.319
Armida: Only he can[br]change his mind.

0:27:34.319,0:27:35.320
It's up to him, you know?

0:27:35.320,0:27:37.188
He has to like see it.

0:27:37.188,0:27:41.326
And come up with[br]his own conclusion.

0:27:41.326,0:27:43.194
If you are going to be[br]here, you have to be

0:27:43.194,0:27:45.430
willing to take care of[br]this country and if you

0:27:45.430,0:27:47.532
don't understand how to[br]take care of this country

0:27:47.532,0:27:50.368
then you have to[br]go back to Mexico.

0:28:05.216,0:28:07.085
Narrator: It's day twenty[br]of Frank's thirty day stay

0:28:07.085,0:28:08.520
with illegal immigrants.

0:28:08.520,0:28:11.156
And Rigoberto has a[br]proposition for him.

0:28:23.668,0:28:25.403
Frank: I am sitting down[br]in the morning talking to

0:28:25.403,0:28:26.838
Rigoberto and all of a[br]sudden he starts talking

0:28:26.838,0:28:28.740
about Mexico and about[br]this and that and the

0:28:28.740,0:28:29.741
other.

0:28:29.741,0:28:31.076
He says he's got his[br]brother over there.

0:28:31.076,0:28:33.144
Why don't I go see his[br]brother down there.

0:28:33.144,0:28:36.081
Paty and Rigo haven't seen[br]their families in Mexico

0:28:36.081,0:28:37.449
in over twelve years.

0:28:37.449,0:28:39.818
Because like most illegal[br]immigrants, they know that

0:28:39.818,0:28:41.920
if they leave the United[br]States, they probably

0:28:41.920,0:28:44.589
won't make it back in.

0:28:44.589,0:28:46.958
Last year, Paty's parents[br]both died before she was

0:28:46.958,0:28:48.193
able to visit them.

0:28:48.193,0:28:49.828
Frank: Paty, you would[br]like to go to Mexico to

0:28:49.828,0:28:51.729
visit?

0:28:51.729,0:28:53.698
Yes?

0:29:28.399,0:29:32.003
When I saw Paty break down[br]and cry because she had

0:29:32.003,0:29:35.006
not been able to go down[br]there to Mexico and visit

0:29:35.006,0:29:38.076
her mom and dad before[br]they died, I relived

0:29:38.076,0:29:39.711
something from[br]my own life.

0:29:39.711,0:29:41.880
Because I remember my own[br]mother not being able to

0:29:41.880,0:29:46.451
go to Cuba to go and tend[br]to her parents or to even

0:29:46.451,0:29:47.585
visit when they died.

0:29:53.458,0:29:55.059
It's an unusual[br]opportunity.

0:29:55.059,0:29:57.862
One that will not come[br]this way, probably ever

0:29:57.862,0:29:59.130
again.

0:29:59.130,0:30:00.131
So I figured,[br]hey, why not.

0:30:03.001,0:30:04.569
Narrator: It's day[br]twenty-three and having

0:30:04.569,0:30:06.304
accepted Rigo's offer to[br]go visit his brother in

0:30:06.304,0:30:09.007
Mexico, Frank heads[br]south of the border.

0:30:10.141,0:30:12.610
Flight Attendant: The[br]first airline in Mexico

0:30:12.610,0:30:14.879
since 1921 welcomes you.

0:30:25.890,0:30:28.126
Frank: When I see Rigo[br]and Paty obviously hurting

0:30:28.126,0:30:29.928
that they can't go and[br]visit their families, of

0:30:29.928,0:30:30.995
course I feel[br]sorry for them.

0:30:30.995,0:30:31.829
You have to.

0:30:31.829,0:30:35.166
It's just an unfortunate[br]set of circumstances that

0:30:35.166,0:30:36.367
they are in.

0:30:36.367,0:30:38.903
But if they went down[br]here, they might not ever

0:30:38.903,0:30:40.138
get back.

0:30:42.207,0:30:43.575
Narrator: Rigo's arranged[br]for Frank to stay with his

0:30:43.575,0:30:45.677
younger brother Mario in[br]the house they grew up in.

0:30:47.312,0:30:52.450
Frank: I take that[br]this is the place.

0:31:06.965,0:31:10.501
Being inside of Rigo's[br]brother's house, it was

0:31:10.501,0:31:11.236
weird.

0:31:11.236,0:31:13.371
I just wanted to get out[br]of there as soon as I

0:31:13.371,0:31:14.405
could.

0:31:14.405,0:31:17.642
The place was filthy, not[br]because they don't have a

0:31:17.642,0:31:20.511
habit of cleaning it, it's[br]just that no matter what

0:31:20.511,0:31:23.147
you try and clean there,[br]you can't make something

0:31:23.147,0:31:27.318
clean that has got fifty[br]years of dirt on it.

0:33:39.617,0:33:41.486
This is a very[br]terrible place to live.

0:33:41.486,0:33:44.122
Only people that were[br]homeless, which they were,

0:33:44.122,0:33:46.357
would live in a[br]place like this.

0:33:46.357,0:33:49.293
You couldn't possibly[br]last very long.

0:33:49.293,0:33:53.131
My understanding is that[br]the only water supply came

0:33:53.131,0:33:55.066
from up the hill some[br]place over there and it

0:33:55.066,0:33:57.535
was just natural water of[br]sorts, it was not treated,

0:33:57.535,0:34:02.840
so if there was any kind[br]of bacteria or anything

0:34:02.840,0:34:06.144
that would carry disease,[br]they would get it.

0:34:06.144,0:34:07.578
This is not a place[br]like a home at all.

0:34:07.578,0:34:09.112
No way.

0:34:09.112,0:34:10.848
Nobody lasts in[br]anything like this.

0:34:10.848,0:34:12.550
You get out of here[br]as soon as you can.

0:34:12.550,0:34:13.717
First chance you got.

0:34:23.226,0:34:25.129
They made the place a home[br]for themselves but it's

0:34:25.129,0:34:28.331
not a place anybody[br]could really live in.

0:34:28.331,0:34:30.268
It's just a hubble,[br]a horrible place.

0:34:30.268,0:34:34.237
Just horrible.

0:34:34.237,0:34:35.406
It's unimaginable.

0:34:35.406,0:34:37.442
I'm sure that it is pretty[br]much burnt into their

0:34:37.442,0:34:38.943
memories.

0:34:38.943,0:34:41.344
Maybe that's the reason[br]that Armida tries so hard

0:34:41.344,0:34:47.652
to do well in school and I[br]think that this is part of

0:34:47.652,0:34:49.786
the key to a lot[br]of her behavior.

0:34:49.786,0:34:53.991
That she wants to succeed[br]and she wants and tries

0:34:53.991,0:34:56.960
hard to succeed because[br]she has been in this

0:34:56.960,0:34:58.062
place.

0:34:58.062,0:35:03.301
And she never wants to go[br]back to this place again.

0:35:03.301,0:35:06.704
Yep.

0:35:38.236,0:35:40.137
Having come down here[br]brings a new dimension

0:35:40.137,0:35:45.076
into that dialogue that we[br]have quite often when she

0:35:45.076,0:35:48.112
looks at me and she says[br]"I want to be legalized."

0:35:48.112,0:35:51.415
But you know, even though[br]I always imagined that

0:35:51.415,0:35:53.017
they came from a[br]background of poverty,

0:35:53.017,0:35:57.889
until you see what they[br]would be going back to,

0:35:57.889,0:36:02.593
you can't feel the full[br]impact of everything.

0:36:02.593,0:36:05.830
It does bring up a[br]tremendous aspect of what

0:36:05.830,0:36:07.732
they would be[br]going back to.

0:36:07.732,0:36:09.734
No doubt about that.

0:36:09.734,0:36:14.572
That just shows the kind[br]of dilemma that we are in.

0:36:14.572,0:36:18.209
As human beings who have[br]a heart a nd feel for other

0:36:18.209,0:36:20.778
people and you say to[br]yourself, I want the laws

0:36:20.778,0:36:24.048
of my country enforced,[br]but at the same time you

0:36:24.048,0:36:28.252
look at what they are[br]headed to, it does have an

0:36:28.252,0:36:29.720
effect.

0:36:48.005,0:36:49.974
Narrator: It's day twenty[br]-five and the Gonzales

0:36:49.974,0:36:52.209
family is waiting for[br]Franks return from Mexico.

0:37:10.194,0:37:11.495
Armida: I am so anxious[br]I can't imagine, like

0:37:11.495,0:37:13.197
seriously.

0:37:20.538,0:37:21.706
Frank: You can't even[br]really call it a house.

0:37:21.706,0:37:22.940
It was just about the[br]size of that room.

0:37:23.941,0:37:24.875
Armida: How does[br]my grandma look?

0:37:24.875,0:37:26.077
Does she look really old?

0:37:26.077,0:37:27.712
Frank: She is an elderly[br]woman yes but her

0:37:27.712,0:37:28.980
complexion is very nice.

0:37:28.980,0:37:30.181
Armida: How about my[br]grandpa, is he tall,

0:37:30.181,0:37:31.282
short?

0:37:31.282,0:37:33.351
Frank: I think he is[br]about your dad's height.

0:37:33.351,0:37:35.052
Armida: I don't[br]have pictures of my

0:37:35.052,0:37:36.721
grandparents.

0:37:36.721,0:37:42.259
I just remember slightly[br]of how they looked liked.

0:37:42.259,0:37:45.596
But it's all like[br]a vague memory.

0:37:45.596,0:37:46.297
Frank: Do you want to[br]raise the volume on that

0:37:46.297,0:37:48.299
thing?

0:38:33.277,0:38:34.578
Armida: I know that my[br]grandpa is sick and he is

0:38:34.578,0:38:35.880
about to die.

0:38:35.880,0:38:37.848
He looks so[br]fragile, you know?

0:38:37.848,0:38:44.121
I wish I really had the[br]money so I could take care

0:38:44.121,0:38:45.523
of him, you know?

0:38:45.523,0:38:47.892
I just wish I had the[br]opportunity to have

0:38:47.892,0:38:49.527
grandparents growing up.

0:40:02.233,0:40:03.968
Frank: I look at the[br]poverty that they have in

0:40:03.968,0:40:07.304
Mexico and I can't blame[br]them for trying to seek a

0:40:07.304,0:40:08.172
better life.

0:40:08.172,0:40:08.706
I can't.

0:40:08.706,0:40:10.875
I just cannot.

0:41:06.330,0:41:10.034
I never expected that I[br]would feel as warmly about

0:41:10.034,0:41:11.802
this family as I do.

0:41:11.802,0:41:15.372
Never thought[br]it would happen.

0:41:15.372,0:41:16.574
WOW!

0:41:16.574,0:41:20.110
I think, you know, perhaps[br]what we learn is that

0:41:20.110,0:41:23.047
first and foremost,[br]we are human beings.

0:41:23.047,0:41:25.783
That's the thing that[br]overrides everything else,

0:41:25.783,0:41:28.385
the politics and[br]everything else.

0:41:28.385,0:41:30.087
I had a good time even[br]though it was very

0:41:30.087,0:41:31.322
stressful.

0:41:31.322,0:41:32.990
I didn't know what to[br]expect when I walked in

0:41:32.990,0:41:33.891
through the door.

0:41:33.891,0:41:35.159
Would there be a bunch of[br]people there smiling at me

0:41:35.159,0:41:37.628
holding knives behind[br]their backs or what was

0:41:37.628,0:41:40.364
going to happen, but it[br]only took a few moments to

0:41:40.364,0:41:42.733
realize that you are[br]a good, warm people.

0:41:42.733,0:41:44.435
Armida: I think[br]you changed.

0:41:44.435,0:41:45.369
Frank: You think?

0:41:45.369,0:41:46.604
I've become worse, how?

0:41:46.604,0:41:48.205
Armida: No.

0:41:48.205,0:41:50.875
Frank: I have walked[br]the way with another

0:41:50.875,0:41:53.911
perspective involving[br]human beings and seeing

0:41:53.911,0:41:57.514
how close, what happens.

0:41:57.514,0:41:59.750
Armida: Are these minute[br]men people your buddies?

0:41:59.750,0:42:01.085
Or are they just[br]people you know are

0:42:01.085,0:42:01.952
acquaintances?

0:42:01.952,0:42:03.854
Frank: No, they are[br]just acquaintances.

0:42:03.854,0:42:05.789
My only real[br]friend is my wife.

0:42:05.789,0:42:07.958
I know you better than[br]I know most minute men.

0:42:07.958,0:42:10.861
It's a fact.

0:42:10.861,0:42:14.832
Armida: So are you still[br]going to be a minute man?

0:42:14.832,0:42:16.634
Frank: I am sort of tired[br]going to the border.

0:42:16.634,0:42:18.369
It would be very strange[br]at this point in time for

0:42:18.369,0:42:22.239
me to go to the border.

0:42:22.239,0:42:23.040
Armida: I am really[br]going to miss you.

0:42:23.040,0:42:24.642
Frank: I am going[br]to miss you too.

0:42:24.642,0:42:26.543
Genuinely.

0:42:26.543,0:42:27.912
Armida: He is changing.

0:42:27.912,0:42:30.848
He doesn't feel strong[br]about his whole beliefs as

0:42:30.848,0:42:31.882
he did before.

0:42:31.882,0:42:36.820
It really means a lot, you[br]know because it just shows

0:42:36.820,0:42:40.124
this part of[br]transformation.

0:42:40.124,0:42:43.060
Frank: So you know if[br]something happens, you get

0:42:43.060,0:42:44.528
deported or whatever...

0:42:44.528,0:42:45.829
Armida: You[br]will sponser me?

0:42:45.829,0:42:47.564
Frank: I'll sponsor you[br]as long as everything is

0:42:47.564,0:42:48.432
legal.

0:42:48.432,0:42:50.200
That has always[br]been my thing.

0:42:50.200,0:42:52.636
I don't think that any[br]government agent is going

0:42:52.636,0:42:55.572
to have the opportunity[br]that I have had to see the

0:42:55.572,0:42:57.474
kind of people[br]that you are.

0:42:57.474,0:43:04.915
Why not be a part of what[br]helps to bring them here

0:43:04.915,0:43:08.686
legally?

0:43:08.686,0:43:10.287
Narrator: On Frank's final[br]day, with the Gonzales

0:43:10.287,0:43:12.356
family, a letter[br]arrives from Santa Clara

0:43:12.356,0:43:13.490
University.

0:43:13.490,0:43:15.459
This could be Armida's[br]last chance to go away to

0:43:15.459,0:43:17.394
college in the fall.

0:43:17.394,0:43:18.929
Armida: I can't open[br]it, you open it.

0:43:18.929,0:43:26.603
Read it!

0:43:26.603,0:43:28.072
Albanida: Hold on.

0:43:28.072,0:43:28.739
You got in!

0:43:28.739,0:43:31.141
Armida: Yay!

0:43:31.141,0:43:33.410
I got in Frank!

0:43:33.410,0:43:34.511
Frank: Congratulations.

0:43:34.511,0:43:35.679
Armida: Are you going[br]to give me a hug?

0:43:35.679,0:43:37.014
Frank: Sure.

0:43:41.418,0:43:42.219
Armida: You have[br]challenged yourself

0:43:42.219,0:43:44.321
academically, you have[br]contributed to your school

0:43:44.321,0:43:47.257
and local community you[br]show an understanding of

0:43:47.257,0:43:48.592
Santa Clara mission.

0:43:48.592,0:43:50.794
We know that you will[br]enrich our community.

0:43:50.794,0:43:52.796
We have made our decision.

0:43:52.796,0:43:55.232
I am the first one in my[br]family to go to college so

0:43:55.232,0:43:57.735
I think that I am the one[br]that is going to make the

0:43:57.735,0:44:03.240
transition from a regular[br]ghetto kid from east LA to

0:44:03.240,0:44:05.476
a college student.

0:44:05.476,0:44:06.944
Frank: So it looks like[br]you got what you wanted.

0:44:06.944,0:44:07.778
Looks great!

0:44:07.778,0:44:09.113
Not a lot of people do.

0:44:09.113,0:44:10.214
That's fantastic.

0:44:10.214,0:44:12.983
Armida: It's just scary[br]if I do not get the money,

0:44:12.983,0:44:13.650
you know?

0:44:13.650,0:44:14.885
Frank: Yeah.

0:44:14.885,0:44:16.220
I understand that.

0:44:16.220,0:44:17.488
I do.

0:44:17.488,0:44:19.923
I understand[br]that completely.

0:44:19.923,0:44:21.692
Armida; It's[br]really expensive.

0:44:21.692,0:44:23.427
Do you have $40,000 in the[br]bank that I could borrow.

0:44:23.427,0:44:25.195
Frank: You know it's funny[br]I was going to ask you the

0:44:25.195,0:44:25.929
same thing.

0:44:25.929,0:44:28.332
Armida: Do you?

0:44:28.332,0:44:29.633
Frank: It's going to be[br]hard saying goodbye to all

0:44:29.633,0:44:30.501
of them.

0:44:30.501,0:44:32.970
I will do the best that[br]I can because men are not

0:44:32.970,0:44:34.138
supposed to cry.

0:44:34.138,0:44:35.939
But I will miss them all.

0:44:35.939,0:44:40.744
I will.

0:45:43.874,0:45:45.075
I have learned[br]so much from you.

0:45:45.075,0:45:48.011
Armida: Don't forget that.

0:46:16.273,0:46:25.816
Frank: There comes a time[br]when you love people for

0:46:25.816,0:46:29.887
who they are.

0:46:29.887,0:46:31.455
All politics aside.

0:46:51.642,0:46:56.413
It's surprising to meet[br]people that you don't want

0:46:56.413,0:46:58.615
to be in this country[br]because of the way they

0:46:58.615,0:47:02.686
came in and liking[br]them so much.

0:47:02.686,0:47:06.123
What a shock.

0:47:06.123,0:47:09.793
I'll never forget that.

0:47:09.793,0:47:11.862
Never forget that.