1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:04,335 >>> TWO YEARS AGO, MEXICO 2 00:00:04,338 --> 00:00:06,137 GRADUATED ALMOST AS MANY 3 00:00:06,140 --> 00:00:08,272 ENGINEERS AS THE U.S. DID. 4 00:00:08,275 --> 00:00:09,507 AND THAT HAS SPARKED A NEW WAY 5 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:13,244 OF TEACHING MATH. 6 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:17,181 SOUTH OF THE BORDER. 7 00:00:17,184 --> 00:00:20,551 >> IN MY TERMS, SNEAKY MATH. 8 00:00:20,554 --> 00:00:23,321 WE TEACH MATH BACKWARDS. 9 00:00:23,324 --> 00:00:23,855 >> ULTRA SLEEK MODERN 10 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:25,089 WHEELCHAIRS. 11 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:26,324 CUSTOM MADE FOR THE ROUGH 12 00:00:26,327 --> 00:00:28,926 TERRAIN OF MEXICAN STREETS. 13 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:31,362 >> NOBODY WILL HELP US UNTIL WE 14 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:33,031 PROVE WE CAN -- WE'RE HERE FOR 15 00:00:33,034 --> 00:00:35,800 THAT THIS IS A REALITY. 16 00:00:35,803 --> 00:00:37,435 >> AND A U.S. MARINE. 17 00:00:37,438 --> 00:00:39,470 HONORABLY DISCHARGED. 18 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:43,007 THEN DEPORTED. 19 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:44,942 >> I STILL FEEL AMERICAN. 20 00:00:44,945 --> 00:00:45,243 I HAVE NEVER FELT MEXICAN IN MY 21 00:00:45,246 --> 00:00:48,112 LIFE. 22 00:00:48,115 --> 00:00:52,283 >> THIS WEEK FROM THE MEXICAN 23 00:00:52,286 --> 00:00:52,617 SIDE OF THE U.S. -- MEXICO 24 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:59,090 BORDER. 25 00:00:59,093 --> 00:01:09,867 THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 26 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:12,303 >>> THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER. 27 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:12,670 THE PEOPLE THE POLITIC, THE 28 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:14,405 PROPOSAL. 29 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:14,705 VERY OFTEN DOMINATE THE NEWS 30 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,208 CYCLE. 31 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:19,811 SO WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH AN 32 00:01:19,814 --> 00:01:21,345 UPDATE FROM CHRISTOPHER. 33 00:01:21,348 --> 00:01:24,015 ON ALL THE HEADLINE IMPACTING 34 00:01:24,018 --> 00:01:25,750 THE BORDER REGION. 35 00:01:25,753 --> 00:01:28,052 >> TOPPING BORDER THIS WEEK. 36 00:01:28,055 --> 00:01:30,088 THE FIGHT OVER THE PRESIDENT'S 37 00:01:30,091 --> 00:01:31,389 PROPOSED BORDER WALL AND THE 38 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:33,791 EXTENSION OF DACA. 39 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:35,560 TRUMP ANNOUNCED A DEAL TO TAKE 40 00:01:35,563 --> 00:01:37,462 CARE OF THE GRANTED PROTECTION 41 00:01:37,465 --> 00:01:39,230 UNDER THE DACA. 42 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:40,131 MUST INCLUDE AN OVER HAUL OF THE 43 00:01:40,134 --> 00:01:42,567 GREEN CARD SYSTEM. 44 00:01:42,570 --> 00:01:45,303 A CRACK DOWN ON UNACCOMPANIED 45 00:01:45,306 --> 00:01:46,137 MINORS COMING TO THE U.S. 46 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:47,872 ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. 47 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:49,874 AND THE BUILDING OF A WALL ALONG 48 00:01:49,877 --> 00:01:51,709 THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER. 49 00:01:51,712 --> 00:01:54,378 THE DEMANDS ANGER DEMOCRATS AND 50 00:01:54,381 --> 00:01:56,380 SOME REPUBLICANS WHO CALL THE 51 00:01:56,383 --> 00:01:56,781 PLAN A NON-STARTER FOR 52 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:58,950 NEGOTIATION. 53 00:01:58,953 --> 00:02:00,985 CONGRESS HAS UNTIL FEBRUARY TO 54 00:02:00,988 --> 00:02:03,754 CRAFT A REPLACEMENT FOR DACA. 55 00:02:03,757 --> 00:02:05,690 THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF MET WITH 56 00:02:05,693 --> 00:02:07,525 THE MEDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME. 57 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:09,360 HE LAID OUT HIS PLANS FOR 58 00:02:09,363 --> 00:02:11,963 SECURING THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER. 59 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:13,865 >> IN REGARDS TO DRUG SMUGGLING, 60 00:02:13,868 --> 00:02:14,966 I OFTEN SAY THIS. 61 00:02:14,969 --> 00:02:16,567 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PAINFUL 62 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:18,736 FOR US TO HEAR. 63 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:19,070 WE HAVE THE APPETITE IN THE 64 00:02:19,073 --> 00:02:20,705 COUNTRY. 65 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:21,873 IF WE WANT TO STOP THE DRUG 66 00:02:21,876 --> 00:02:23,474 FLOW, WE HAVE THE REDUCE THE 67 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:25,376 APPETITE FOR DRUGS. 68 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:28,679 WE THROW EVERY AVAILABLE PIECE 69 00:02:28,682 --> 00:02:31,449 OF TECHNOLOGY, AIRCRAFT AGENTS 70 00:02:31,452 --> 00:02:33,317 WHETHER ON FOOT, ATV, HORSES TO 71 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,486 PATROL THE AREAS. 72 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:39,090 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INTERCEPTING 73 00:02:39,093 --> 00:02:39,624 THE CONTRA BAD AND PEOPLE COMING 74 00:02:39,627 --> 00:02:42,093 ACROSS THE BORDER. 75 00:02:42,096 --> 00:02:42,493 >> HE TOOK OVER AS THE TOP AGENT 76 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:45,429 IN AUGUST. 77 00:02:45,432 --> 00:02:49,667 HE BEGAN HIS BORDER PATROL 78 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:50,334 CAREER IN 1986. 79 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:50,935 BEFORE THAT HE WAS A POLICE 80 00:02:50,938 --> 00:02:57,074 OFFICER FOR TWO YEARS. 81 00:02:57,077 --> 00:03:03,915 >> IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THE 82 00:03:03,918 --> 00:03:06,117 GRADUATION RATE FOR MEXICO ONE 83 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:15,393 MATH TEACHER TOLD ME MEXICANS 84 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:18,262 LOVE MATH. 85 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:20,598 >> IN THE 1988 MOVIE. 86 00:03:20,601 --> 00:03:22,733 STAND AND DELIVER. 87 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:25,369 EDWARD JAMES PORTRAYS THE TRUE 88 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:25,703 STORY OF HIGH SCHOOL MATH 89 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:28,472 TEACHER. 90 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:31,242 IN EAST LA GARFIELD HEIGHT. 91 00:03:31,245 --> 00:03:33,311 HE TAKES A FAILING GROUP OF 92 00:03:33,314 --> 00:03:35,479 MEXICAN AND FIRST GENERATION 93 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:37,315 MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDENT US INTO 94 00:03:37,318 --> 00:03:38,716 THE WORLD OF CALCULUS. 95 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:40,518 IT IS THE INFORMATION IN THIS 96 00:03:40,521 --> 00:03:42,954 NEXT SCENE THAT HAS ALWAYS 97 00:03:42,957 --> 00:03:43,254 INSPIRED THE MEXICAN PASSION FOR 98 00:03:43,257 --> 00:03:44,855 MATH. 99 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:46,424 >> DID YOU KNOW THAT NEITHER THE 100 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:49,594 GREEK NOR THE ROMANS WERE 101 00:03:49,597 --> 00:03:50,127 CAPABLE OF USING THE CON SET OF 102 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:55,833 0? 103 00:03:55,836 --> 00:03:57,168 IT WAS YOUR ANCESTORS WHO 104 00:03:57,171 --> 00:04:01,405 CONTEMPLATED THE ZERO. 105 00:04:01,408 --> 00:04:03,441 THE ABSENCE OF. 106 00:04:03,444 --> 00:04:03,741 >> LAY CLAIM TO DISCOVERING 107 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:08,412 ZERO. 108 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,848 OF THE FACT REMAINS THE MAYAN 109 00:04:10,851 --> 00:04:12,250 CIVILIZATION FIGURED OUT THE 110 00:04:12,253 --> 00:04:13,684 CONCEPT A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE 111 00:04:13,687 --> 00:04:18,923 THE EUROPEENS DID. 112 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:20,391 THE ACCRA SAY OF THE 365 DAY 113 00:04:20,394 --> 00:04:22,059 CALENDARS BAFFLED ASTRONOMERS. 114 00:04:22,062 --> 00:04:25,463 ALSO ACCURATELY TRACKED THE SUN 115 00:04:25,466 --> 00:04:28,733 AND THE MOON AND THE PLANETS. 116 00:04:28,736 --> 00:04:30,635 IT WAS THIS ANCIENT CULL HUR 700 117 00:04:30,638 --> 00:04:31,936 YEARS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST 118 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:35,106 INVENTED A WRITING SYSTEM. 119 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:37,975 SP PUBLISHED THOUSANDS OF BOOKS. 120 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:43,147 FAST FORWARD TO 2006 TO THE 121 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:46,183 MEXICAN PRESIDENCY. 122 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:50,054 >> MEXICO A VERY OLD NATION. 123 00:04:50,057 --> 00:04:50,354 OUR ROOTS GO BACK THOUSANDS OF 124 00:04:50,357 --> 00:04:52,523 YEARS. 125 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:53,557 >> INTEL CHUL WHO EARNED TWO 126 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,959 MASTER DEGREES. 127 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:57,395 ONE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 128 00:04:57,398 --> 00:04:59,330 IT WAS HIS VISION THAT MEXICO 129 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:00,064 WOULD BUILD ON HIS ANCIENT 130 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:03,401 CONNECTION TO MATH. 131 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:05,102 TO ONE DAY BECOME A MODERN 132 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,138 COUNTRY OF NSHLG ENGINEERS. 133 00:05:07,141 --> 00:05:10,708 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 134 00:05:10,711 --> 00:05:12,643 PRESIDENT, BETWEEN 2006 AND 135 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:14,779 2012, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT 136 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:17,381 BUILT 140 NEW UNIVERSITIES. 137 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:18,149 120 OF THEM WERE PRIMARILY AIMED 138 00:05:18,152 --> 00:05:20,084 AT SCIENCE. 139 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:21,819 AND ENGINEERING. 140 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:26,691 THE CHALLENGE WAS ON. 141 00:05:26,694 --> 00:05:27,024 MAKE MATH A PRIORITY IN MEXICAN 142 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:31,295 SCHOOLS. 143 00:05:31,298 --> 00:05:31,595 DURING THE PRESIDENCY, AROUND 144 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:34,332 2009. 145 00:05:34,335 --> 00:05:40,271 AN UNKNOWN MEXICAN ENGINEER 146 00:05:40,274 --> 00:05:40,638 ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE OF HIS 147 00:05:40,641 --> 00:05:42,440 PRESIDENT. 148 00:05:42,443 --> 00:05:45,276 >> NOW DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE 149 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:49,780 WAY CALLED METRO MATHEMATICS. 150 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:50,114 TO TRAIN POORLY EDUCATED 151 00:05:50,117 --> 00:05:52,049 WORKERS. 152 00:05:52,052 --> 00:05:54,452 NOW THEY ARE FOREIGN COMPANIES 153 00:05:54,455 --> 00:05:57,121 THAT MANUFACTURE IN MEXICO. 154 00:05:57,124 --> 00:05:58,456 TRAINED WORKERS TO EMBRACE 155 00:05:58,459 --> 00:06:00,257 MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS THAT WOULD 156 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:01,258 HELP THEM ADVANCE TO HELP THE 157 00:06:01,261 --> 00:06:03,461 COMPANY KEEP PACE. 158 00:06:03,464 --> 00:06:04,862 WITH A DEMAND FOR ENGINEERING 159 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:07,398 SKILLED WORKERS. 160 00:06:07,401 --> 00:06:08,766 HE TAUGHT THM HOW MATH WORKS IN 161 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:11,202 THE REAL WORLD. 162 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:11,736 TRADITIONAL MATH BOOKS WERE 163 00:06:11,739 --> 00:06:14,805 TOSSED. 164 00:06:14,808 --> 00:06:17,742 INSTD HE TAUGHT WORKERS HOW MATH 165 00:06:17,745 --> 00:06:18,042 PLAYED IN TO THEIR EVERY DAY 166 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:20,511 JOBS. 167 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:22,179 BY 2010, HE WAS MAKING THE 168 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:24,648 ROUNDS OF MEXICAN MEDIA. 169 00:06:24,651 --> 00:06:26,650 HE MOVED QUICKLY FROM TEACHING 170 00:06:26,653 --> 00:06:27,985 HIGH LEVEL MATH TO POORLY 171 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:31,021 EDUCATED WORKERS. 172 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:34,558 TO STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 173 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:35,426 HIS MATH METHODS OF TEACHING 12 174 00:06:35,429 --> 00:06:36,293 YEAR-OLDS STARTED IN THREE 175 00:06:36,296 --> 00:06:39,830 MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 176 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:40,231 THE RESULTS SAY EDUCATORS WERE 177 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:42,133 ASTOUNDING. 178 00:06:42,136 --> 00:06:44,568 STUDENTS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY 179 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:48,472 FAILED SIMPLE MATH CLASSES WERE 180 00:06:48,475 --> 00:06:52,042 DOING ALGEBRA. 181 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:53,878 TRIG AND CALCULUS. 182 00:06:53,881 --> 00:06:55,379 IN 20142 CAUGHT THE SEPTEMBER OF 183 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:58,416 THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SANTA 184 00:06:58,419 --> 00:07:00,451 CRUZ VALLEY UNITED SCHOOL 185 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:00,785 DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN ARZ 186 00:07:00,788 --> 00:07:02,787 ARIZONA. 187 00:07:02,790 --> 00:07:04,255 >> THIS WAS DEVELOPED BY A 188 00:07:04,258 --> 00:07:07,525 MEXICAN ENGINEER. 189 00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:07,792 AND THEN IT MADE ITS WAY TO THE 190 00:07:07,795 --> 00:07:10,060 U.S. 191 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:11,996 DID YOU TAKE SOME CONVINCING 192 00:07:11,999 --> 00:07:12,296 ONCE YOU LEARNED WHAT IT WAS ALL 193 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:14,632 ABOUT? 194 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:16,400 BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SIMPLE SYSTEM 195 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:17,401 TO PUT INTO PLACE. 196 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:18,636 >> INITIALLY. 197 00:07:18,639 --> 00:07:19,804 BUT WITH OUR DISTRICT WE'RE SO 198 00:07:19,807 --> 00:07:21,205 CLOSE TO THE BORDER. 199 00:07:21,208 --> 00:07:26,177 SO ANY TIME THAT THERE'S AN 200 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:26,911 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE 201 00:07:26,914 --> 00:07:27,511 COLLABORATION WITH THE INDUSTRY 202 00:07:27,514 --> 00:07:28,779 CLOSE TO OUR AREA, IT'S 203 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:29,413 IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT 204 00:07:29,416 --> 00:07:32,149 THAT. 205 00:07:32,152 --> 00:07:32,450 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A MEXICAN 206 00:07:32,453 --> 00:07:34,051 MATH. 207 00:07:34,054 --> 00:07:35,786 IT DIDN'T DETER US FROM TAKING A 208 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:36,787 LOOK AT WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS. 209 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,122 BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE INTERESTED 210 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:39,423 WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS NOT WHERE 211 00:07:39,426 --> 00:07:42,760 IT WAS COMING FROM. 212 00:07:42,763 --> 00:07:46,564 >> A RETIRED ENGINEER WOULD 213 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:49,567 BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST METRO 214 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:49,900 MATHEMATICAL TEACHERS OUTSIDE OF 215 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:52,069 MEXICO. 216 00:07:52,072 --> 00:07:55,840 >> MY NAME IS TOM. 217 00:07:55,843 --> 00:07:58,309 I'M TEACHING IN HIGH SCHOOL. 218 00:07:58,312 --> 00:08:00,678 SO GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR 219 00:08:00,681 --> 00:08:05,516 MEASUREMENTS ON THE MACHINE. 220 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:08,652 MEASURE IN MILLIMETERS. 221 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:08,919 USE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEOREM 222 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:11,856 TWO. 223 00:08:11,859 --> 00:08:14,992 METRO MATH MAT KA IS IN MY 224 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:15,626 TERMS, SNEAKY MATH. 225 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:18,095 WE TEACH MATH BACKWARDS. 226 00:08:18,098 --> 00:08:19,363 WE GO FROM REAL WORLD THINGS 227 00:08:19,366 --> 00:08:21,198 THAT WE CAN MEASURE. 228 00:08:21,201 --> 00:08:23,033 AND THEN WE GO BACKWARDS AND 229 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:25,302 FIGURE OUT THE MATH THAT CREATED 230 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:29,640 THE REAL WORLD THING. 231 00:08:29,643 --> 00:08:32,209 >> METRO MATH MAT KA TRANSFORMED 232 00:08:32,212 --> 00:08:34,111 CLASSROOMS INTO LABORATORIES. 233 00:08:34,114 --> 00:08:34,411 EACH STUDENT IS ASSIGNED A LAB 234 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:37,147 COAT. 235 00:08:37,150 --> 00:08:39,049 AND GET TO WORK USING REAL 236 00:08:39,052 --> 00:08:41,919 EQUIPMENT. 237 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:43,554 THIS IS A METROLOGY LAB. 238 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:43,921 THE SCIENCE OF WEIGHING SP 239 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:47,892 MEASURING. 240 00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:48,592 >> IT IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. 241 00:08:48,595 --> 00:08:50,961 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF 242 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:54,231 GOING BACK. 243 00:08:54,234 --> 00:08:58,702 THIS SHOWS UP IN LOOKS AT IT. 244 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:01,305 THEY'LL LOOK AT THE LAB AND GO, 245 00:09:01,308 --> 00:09:02,740 THIS IS NICE. 246 00:09:02,743 --> 00:09:07,111 >> FRESHMAN. 247 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:07,678 WHEN I FIRST LOOKED INTO THE 248 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:08,779 CLASS, I WAS NERVOUS. 249 00:09:08,782 --> 00:09:09,179 I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE 250 00:09:09,182 --> 00:09:13,651 CHALLENGING. 251 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:14,184 THE THINGS HE SAID WERE 252 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:16,320 CONFUSING AT FIRST. 253 00:09:16,323 --> 00:09:18,622 >> I'M A NINETY GRADER. 254 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,724 WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THE 255 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:21,058 CLASSROOM I WAS A LITTLE 256 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,960 NERVOUS. 257 00:09:22,963 --> 00:09:23,761 NOT SURE I CAN COULD HANDLE THE 258 00:09:23,764 --> 00:09:26,330 MATERIALS AND TOOLS. 259 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,832 >> I USED TO DO MATH WITH JUST 260 00:09:28,835 --> 00:09:29,533 PROBLEMS WITH THE TEACHER 261 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:31,569 EXPLAINING THEM ON THE WHITE 262 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:32,403 BOARD AND PRACTICE ON THE WORK 263 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:35,139 SHEET. 264 00:09:35,142 --> 00:09:37,241 NOW HERE, WE USE TOOLS AND 265 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:37,641 DIFFERENT FORMULAS FOR 266 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:39,710 EVERYTHING. 267 00:09:39,713 --> 00:09:41,679 >> AIDEN IS BLOSSOMED. 268 00:09:41,682 --> 00:09:44,114 HE GETS THE CLASS. 269 00:09:44,117 --> 00:09:46,417 HE DOESN'T WHEN I THROW A CURVE 270 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:48,852 BALL, WHEN I CHANGE SOMETHING OR 271 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:49,954 WANT THEM TO THINK CRITICALLY. 272 00:09:49,957 --> 00:09:51,755 IT DOESN'T PANIC HIM. 273 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:53,724 HE ROLLS WITH THE CONCEPT AND 274 00:09:53,727 --> 00:09:59,496 THINKS ABOUT IT. 275 00:09:59,499 --> 00:10:00,297 AND HAS THAT AHA MOMENT. 276 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,266 >> FIVE AWAY. 277 00:10:02,269 --> 00:10:02,600 >> IT WILL HELP ME IN THE 278 00:10:02,603 --> 00:10:04,768 FUTURE. 279 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:08,872 BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT 280 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,942 GETTING A CAREER RELATED TO 281 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:12,643 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING 282 00:10:12,646 --> 00:10:15,746 OR MATH. 283 00:10:15,749 --> 00:10:16,080 THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS 284 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:17,247 ABOUT. 285 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:19,917 >> SHE'S I THINK AT THAT POINT 286 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,419 IN HER LIFE WHERE SHE REALLY 287 00:10:22,422 --> 00:10:25,422 WANTS STO AND REALLY SMART ABOUT 288 00:10:25,425 --> 00:10:27,658 MATH AND SCIENCE. 289 00:10:27,661 --> 00:10:29,026 IT MAY NOT BE COOL FOR A GIRL TO 290 00:10:29,029 --> 00:10:30,594 BE GOOD AT THOSE THINGS. 291 00:10:30,597 --> 00:10:31,829 THIS CLASS LETS HER DO IT. 292 00:10:31,832 --> 00:10:34,198 >> IS IT WORKING? 293 00:10:34,201 --> 00:10:36,667 IN THE END THAT'S WHAT PARENTS, 294 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:38,769 THAT'S WHAT FUNDERS, THAT'S WHAT 295 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:39,069 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WANTS TO 296 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:39,603 KNOW. 297 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:40,304 IS IT WORKING? 298 00:10:40,307 --> 00:10:42,506 >> YES. 299 00:10:42,509 --> 00:10:42,840 WE RECEIVED OUR LAST MERIT 300 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:43,974 SOURCE. 301 00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:46,744 AND THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN 302 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:48,379 THE APPLIED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM 303 00:10:48,382 --> 00:10:49,313 ACTUALLY SCORED HIGHER THAN 304 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:51,715 OTHER MATH STUDENTS. 305 00:10:51,718 --> 00:10:52,916 WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF 306 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:54,385 THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD TWO 307 00:10:54,388 --> 00:10:56,887 MATH CLASSES. 308 00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:58,422 WE FEEL THE ACTUAL LAB PORTION 309 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:00,858 OF APPLYING WHAT THEY'RE 310 00:11:00,861 --> 00:11:02,926 LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM IS 311 00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:04,662 REALLY GETTING INTO LEARN MATH. 312 00:11:04,665 --> 00:11:05,429 YOU CAN LEARN ALL YOU WANT 313 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:06,897 PENCIL AND PAPER. 314 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,999 WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO NOW 315 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,802 APPLY IT TO A REAL LIFE PROBLEM, 316 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:13,370 WE THINK THAT'S THE APPROACH 317 00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:15,239 THAT WILL REALLY HELP THE 318 00:11:15,242 --> 00:11:17,307 STUDENTS GROW AND BE SUCCESSFUL. 319 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:18,876 >> THIS CLASS IS PRETTY RADICAL 320 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:21,645 WHEN YOU SIT BACK AND LOOK AT 321 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:25,182 THE TRADITIONAL MATH CLASS. 322 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,684 >> METRO MATHEMATIC. 323 00:11:26,687 --> 00:11:28,686 RADICAL MAYBE. 324 00:11:28,689 --> 00:11:31,321 INNOVATIVE, ABSOLUTELY. 325 00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:32,489 >> OUR NEXT STORY PROFILES 326 00:11:32,492 --> 00:11:34,725 ANOTHER ENGINEERING FEAT. 327 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:40,798 THAT IS HELPING MANY DISABLED 328 00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:43,067 GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 329 00:11:43,070 --> 00:11:44,368 >> TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACROSS 330 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:47,671 MEXICO WHERE THE STEETS ARE 331 00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:51,008 DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. 332 00:11:51,011 --> 00:11:54,378 FEEL WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE 333 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:57,848 SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS PROSTHETICS 334 00:11:57,851 --> 00:11:58,882 CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS. 335 00:11:58,885 --> 00:12:03,554 SO MANY POOR. 336 00:12:03,557 --> 00:12:05,723 THIS EMPTY BLEACH CONTAINER WITH 337 00:12:05,726 --> 00:12:10,194 ITS CON FIGURATION OF FORM, 338 00:12:10,197 --> 00:12:11,228 STICKS AND WIRES FORM A 339 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:13,297 MAKESHIFT PROSTHETIC LEG. 340 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,965 MAKESHIFT PROSTHETIC LEG. 341 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:15,733 IT WAS CLEAR, SOMETHING HAD TO 342 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:18,102 BE DONE. 343 00:12:18,105 --> 00:12:18,402 >> I THINK WE WENT STRAIGHT 344 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:20,304 AHEAD. 345 00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:20,571 STEAM ROLLED AHEAD LET'S JUST DO 346 00:12:20,574 --> 00:12:22,439 IT. 347 00:12:22,442 --> 00:12:24,541 WE DID IT IN STAGES. 348 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:25,743 WE DID THE WHEELCHAIR FIRST. 349 00:12:25,746 --> 00:12:28,212 THEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF 350 00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:30,581 LATER WE DID THE PROSTHETIC. 351 00:12:30,584 --> 00:12:34,485 AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF 352 00:12:34,488 --> 00:12:35,085 LATER, WE DID THE HEARING AID. 353 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,254 WE HAVE DONE IN STAGES. 354 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:40,557 BUT WE JUST WENT FOR IT. 355 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:40,958 >> IN 2011, THEY FORMED THE 356 00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:43,527 NON-PROFIT. 357 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:44,461 THE NAME IS A CONTRACTION OF 358 00:12:44,464 --> 00:12:46,497 ARIZONA BORDER. 359 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:47,965 THEY SET UT TO FORM A CROSS 360 00:12:47,968 --> 00:12:50,834 BORDER PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD 361 00:12:50,837 --> 00:12:51,735 MAKE SPECIALIZED WHEELCHAIRS FOR 362 00:12:51,738 --> 00:12:54,705 THE DISABLED. 363 00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:55,372 THEY HAD A PLAN, BUT NEEDED TO 364 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:58,008 RAISE MONEY. 365 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:00,277 >> ALL WE HAD WAS PAPER. 366 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,045 I TOLD THE DOCTOR WE'RE NOT 367 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:04,548 GOING TO GET ANY HELP OR NOBODY 368 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:09,219 WILL HELP US UNTIL WE PROVE WE 369 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:09,720 CAN -- THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THAT 370 00:13:09,723 --> 00:13:11,855 THIS IS A REALITY. 371 00:13:11,858 --> 00:13:13,557 IT WAS HARD. 372 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:14,625 WE KNOCKED ON A WILL THE OF 373 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:16,493 DOORS AND THEY WOULDN'T HOPE. 374 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,562 >> IT WAS A FEATURE NEWS STORY 375 00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:19,997 IN THE INTERNATIONAL THAT NOT 376 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,066 ONLY OPENED THE DOOR. 377 00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:25,135 BUT GOT THE PROJECT ROLLING. 378 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:27,337 >> THAT'S WHEN SOCIAL CLUBS AND 379 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:29,907 SOME FOLKS STARTED TO COME TO US 380 00:13:29,910 --> 00:13:34,344 AND SAY HOW CAN WE HELP. 381 00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:39,283 WE WENT BACK TO THE ASSOCIATION 382 00:13:39,286 --> 00:13:39,650 AND DID ATTITUDE WAS TOTALLY 383 00:13:39,653 --> 00:13:41,885 DIFFERENT. 384 00:13:41,888 --> 00:13:43,887 THEY SAID I THINK WE CAN HELP. 385 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:47,858 >> AND HELP THEY DID. 386 00:13:47,861 --> 00:13:48,559 THEY DONATED THIS 4,000 KWAR 387 00:13:48,562 --> 00:13:49,593 FOOT BUILDING. 388 00:13:49,596 --> 00:13:52,763 UTILITIES INCLUDED. 389 00:13:52,766 --> 00:13:53,063 IT WOULD RENT FOR ABOUT $7,000 A 390 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:55,098 MONTH. 391 00:13:55,101 --> 00:13:56,900 THE DESIGN COMES FROM A DISABLED 392 00:13:56,903 --> 00:13:57,301 ENGINEER AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE 393 00:13:57,304 --> 00:13:59,036 UNIVERSITY. 394 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:02,673 MORE ABOUT HIM LATER. 395 00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:03,807 THAT SAME DESIGN IS BEING USED 396 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:09,112 TO MANUFACTURE WHEELCHAIRS IN 397 00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:10,013 INDONESIA AND SOLD IN THE U.S. 398 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:19,656 FOR $600 EACH. 399 00:14:19,659 --> 00:14:19,957 THEY MAKE THE SAME CHAIR FOR 400 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,225 $300. 401 00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:21,792 AND CUSTOM MAKE PROSTHETICS AND 402 00:14:21,795 --> 00:14:22,492 WALKERS FOR CHILDREN. 403 00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:24,862 AND WORKING ON A HEARING AID. 404 00:14:24,865 --> 00:14:26,530 THEY DO IT ALL AT OR BELOW COST. 405 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:29,099 BUT OFTEN EVEN THE DISCOUNTED 406 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:31,134 PRICE IS TOO MUCH FOR PARENTS. 407 00:14:31,137 --> 00:14:33,604 >> WHEN THEY COME HERE AND SAY, 408 00:14:33,607 --> 00:14:36,039 IT'S GOING TO COST ME $200 TO 409 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:38,141 HAVE THAT WALKER MADE. 410 00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:39,343 AND I SAID FORGET THE MONEY. 411 00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:41,078 WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS WALKER. 412 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:41,411 AND THE KID NEEDS TO BE IN THE 413 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:42,980 WALKER. 414 00:14:42,983 --> 00:14:43,313 THE MONEY WILL COME. 415 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:44,982 SOMEHOW. 416 00:14:44,985 --> 00:14:46,583 >> BEHIND THE SCENES, HELPING TO 417 00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:47,951 MAKE THE WHEELCHAIRS. 418 00:14:47,954 --> 00:14:50,087 WALKERS AND PROSTHETICS. 419 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:52,723 ARE WORKERS WHO THEMSELVES KNOW 420 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:53,123 WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A 421 00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:55,092 DISABILITY. 422 00:14:55,095 --> 00:15:01,698 HE MAKES A POINT TO HIRE THE 423 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:03,734 DISABLED TO WORK IN THE PLANT. 424 00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:05,302 >> HE LOST BOTH LEGS ALMOST 30 425 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,638 YEARS AGO IN MEXICO. 426 00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:09,806 WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER. 427 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:11,008 >> HE WAS WITH A BUNCH OF 428 00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:16,413 FRIENDS AND RIDING ON THE BACK 429 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:18,482 OF A PICKUP TRUCK. 430 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:19,716 AND THERE WAS ALCOHOL INVOLVED 431 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:22,753 AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. 432 00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:27,691 HE SAID WHEN THE POLICE AND THE 433 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:29,760 RED CROSS THE AMBULANCE CAME, HE 434 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:30,894 HEARD ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS SAY 435 00:15:30,897 --> 00:15:33,463 THEY'RE ALL DEAD. 436 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:36,266 >> HE SURVIVED AND WAS FLOWN 437 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:36,700 FROM MEXICO TO THE HOSPITAL IN 438 00:15:36,703 --> 00:15:40,704 SAN FRANCISCO. 439 00:15:40,707 --> 00:15:42,506 WHILE THERE, HE MET THIS MAN. 440 00:15:42,509 --> 00:15:43,273 AN ENGINEER AT SAN FRANCISCO 441 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,875 STATE UNIVERSITY. 442 00:15:44,878 --> 00:15:45,575 HE'S THE ENGINEER WE TOLD YOU 443 00:15:45,578 --> 00:15:50,047 ABOUT EARLIER. 444 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,848 HIS DESIGN FOR A TRULY MOBILE 445 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:54,952 WHEELCHAIR THAT CAN TRAVERSE 446 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:56,920 ROUGH TERRAIN IS BEING USED 447 00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:59,957 AROUND THE WORLD. 448 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:00,390 HE LOST THE USE OF HIS LEGS IN A 449 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:02,993 CAR ACCIDENT. 450 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:04,394 HE DESIGNED A SPECIAL CHAIR FOR 451 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:06,530 HIMSELF, AND WHILE HE WAS 452 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:10,667 RECOOPERATING IN SAN FRANCISCO, 453 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:13,303 HE TOOK A LIKING TO HIM. 454 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:16,139 AND THERAPY, HE HELPED HIM MAKE 455 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:17,574 THE WHEELCHAIR. 456 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:19,509 >> WE BECAME FRIENDS. 457 00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:22,946 HE STARTED BRINGING ME MATERIAL 458 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:25,115 TO START MAKING THE WHEELS. 459 00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:26,516 HE EVENTUALLY WITHIN THE BACK TO 460 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:29,052 MEXICO AND STARTED HELPING 461 00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:30,420 OTHERS MAKE THESE CHAIRS. 462 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:34,825 WHEN HE WENT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE 463 00:16:34,828 --> 00:16:37,694 TO MAKE THE CHAIR, HE WAS THE 464 00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:40,030 FIRST DESIGNER HE RECOMMENDED. 465 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:42,499 >> THIS IS MY JOB. 466 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:43,033 I DO IT WITH GREAT AFFECTION AND 467 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:43,567 LOVE. 468 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:45,802 FOR THE PEOPLE. 469 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:47,838 >> THE CHAIRS ARE SPECIAL. 470 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:50,507 BECAUSE IT'S MADE TO LAST. 471 00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:53,110 NUMBER TWO, IT'S MADE WITH PARTS 472 00:16:53,113 --> 00:16:56,880 THAT YOU CAN REPLACE EASILY IN 473 00:16:56,883 --> 00:17:00,717 ANY COMMUNITY IN MEXICO. 474 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:01,018 IT'S GOT BICYCLE WHEELS ON THE 475 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:02,552 BACK. 476 00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,521 REGULAR TIRES. 477 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:04,821 IT'S GOT THE -- IT'S MADE OF 478 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:07,958 STEEL. 479 00:17:07,961 --> 00:17:10,494 YOU CAN FIX IT IN ANY COMMUNITY 480 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:13,430 IN MEXICO YOU CAN FIND A WELDER 481 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:15,399 THAT WELDS STEEL. 482 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:16,466 >> HAVE YOU GIVEN MANY AWAY? 483 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,268 >> A LOT. 484 00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:21,605 MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME 485 00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:22,305 HERE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE 486 00:17:22,308 --> 00:17:24,141 ENTIRE COST. 487 00:17:24,144 --> 00:17:27,744 OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE HAS BEEN 488 00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:29,913 TO FIND SPONSORS FOR THE PERSON. 489 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:34,651 >> I WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE 490 00:17:34,654 --> 00:17:35,419 DIRECTOR FOR A KIND OF COMMUNITY 491 00:17:35,422 --> 00:17:39,623 FOUNDATION. 492 00:17:39,626 --> 00:17:40,023 IT'S A BUSINESS BASED COMMUNITY 493 00:17:40,026 --> 00:17:41,425 FOUNDATION. 494 00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:44,928 >> IT HAS BEEN WITH ALMOST SINCE 495 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:46,196 THE BEGINNINGMENT FINDING THE 496 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:47,230 SPONSORS, THE MONEY AND KEEPING 497 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:50,133 THE DREAM ALIVE. 498 00:17:50,136 --> 00:17:52,702 >> I THOUGHT REALLY FOR US IT 499 00:17:52,705 --> 00:17:56,773 WAS THE REALIZIZATION WE THOUGHT 500 00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:59,342 WAS GOING TO TAKE THE LONGEST TO 501 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,445 ACCOMPLISH WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED 502 00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:03,547 IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 503 00:18:03,550 --> 00:18:05,215 IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE OF THE 504 00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:06,516 COLLABORATION OF TWO COUNTRIES. 505 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:06,950 FOCUSING ON THE WELL BEING OF 506 00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:08,385 THE DISABLED. 507 00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:10,754 >> I THINK THE MESSAGE IS THAT 508 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:11,721 THERE ARE RESOURCES EVERYWHERE. 509 00:18:11,724 --> 00:18:13,657 AND YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT 510 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,525 THE RESOURCES ARE. 511 00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:17,427 AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF PEOPLE 512 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:18,862 FROM THE UNITED STATES GOING TO 513 00:18:18,865 --> 00:18:20,497 MEXICO AND GIVING ALL THE TIME. 514 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:23,600 THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE. 515 00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:24,067 THE MESSAGE IS WHAT ARE THE 516 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:26,536 RESOURCES THERE? 517 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:28,772 HOW CAN YOU TAP INTO THEM. 518 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:29,139 EVERY COMMUNITY THERE ARE 519 00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:30,540 RESOUSES. 520 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:32,008 THE RESOURCES ARE PEOPLE. 521 00:18:32,011 --> 00:18:34,678 WHAT YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT IS 522 00:18:34,681 --> 00:18:36,379 THREE THINGS. 523 00:18:36,382 --> 00:18:38,014 WHAT PEOPLE TALENTS ARE. 524 00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:39,649 WHAT THEY WERE BORN WITH. 525 00:18:39,652 --> 00:18:41,852 WHAT THEIR SKILLS ARE. 526 00:18:41,855 --> 00:18:43,153 WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TOO. 527 00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:45,222 AND WHAT THEIR PASSIONS ARE. 528 00:18:45,225 --> 00:18:46,356 >> DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? 529 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:52,129 >> I DO. 530 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:53,296 >> YOU HAVE THE INGREDIENTS THAT 531 00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:54,898 MEAN NOTHING. 532 00:18:54,901 --> 00:18:55,198 BUT TOGETHER YOU HAVE AN AMAZING 533 00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:58,401 THING. 534 00:18:58,404 --> 00:18:59,970 EVERYONE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN 535 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:01,171 INGREDIENT AND TURNED OUT TO BE 536 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:03,540 THE GREATEST DISH. 537 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:05,709 >> IN THIS NEXT STORY, WE GO 538 00:19:05,712 --> 00:19:09,713 FROM BUILDING COALITIONS, TO A 539 00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:10,046 MAN LIVING ISOLATED WITHOUT A 540 00:19:10,049 --> 00:19:12,749 COUNTRY. 541 00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:13,083 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, ACROSS THE 542 00:19:13,086 --> 00:19:15,619 BORDER. 543 00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:17,854 HE MAKES THE SHORT WALK FROM HIS 544 00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:20,991 HOUSE TO WHERE HE WORKS. 545 00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:21,324 HE WAS BORN BUT NOT RAISED A 546 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,360 MEXICAN. 547 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,028 >> MY NAME IS JOE. 548 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:26,396 I'M A U.S. MILITARY VETERAN FROM 549 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:31,735 THE MARINE CORE. 550 00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:34,371 I SERVED THE CORE FROM JUNE 4, 551 00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:34,838 1991, TO OCTOBER 12, 1994. 552 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:36,006 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 553 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:38,375 HE WAS A U.S. MARINE. 554 00:19:38,378 --> 00:19:40,410 BUT IF YOU TALK TO ANY MARINE 555 00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:42,279 YOU KNOW THAT ONCE A MARINE, 556 00:19:42,282 --> 00:19:44,848 ALWAYS MARINE. 557 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:46,483 HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS A 558 00:19:46,486 --> 00:19:46,883 SMALL CHILD AND GREW UP IN 559 00:19:46,886 --> 00:19:51,221 CALIFORNIA. 560 00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:52,556 HE IS ONE OF ESTIMATED UP TO 561 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:56,259 3,000 U.S. VETS WHO ENTERED THE 562 00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:56,626 U.S. MILITARY AS NON-U.S. 563 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:58,929 CITIZENS. 564 00:19:58,932 --> 00:20:00,530 HONORABLY DISCHARGED. 565 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:01,965 GRANTED ALIEN RESIDENCY. 566 00:20:01,968 --> 00:20:04,434 BUT THEN DEPORTED WHEN THEY 567 00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:04,768 BROKE THE LAW AFTER HAVING 568 00:20:04,771 --> 00:20:06,169 SERVED. 569 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:08,471 >> SERVED OUR COUNTRY. 570 00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:10,106 MANY IN COMBAT. 571 00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:13,376 AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE CRIME 572 00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:14,144 THEY COMMITTED WHEN THEY WERE 573 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:16,279 RELEASED FROM PRISON. 574 00:20:16,282 --> 00:20:16,613 AFTER PAYING THEIR DEBT TO 575 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:18,481 SOCIETY. 576 00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:18,848 THEY WERE PICKED UP AND 577 00:20:18,851 --> 00:20:22,986 DEPORTED. 578 00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:24,454 >> ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN AND 579 00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:26,356 SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS. 580 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,824 HAVE INTRODUCED SIMILAR BILLS IN 581 00:20:27,827 --> 00:20:30,460 THE HOUSE AND SENATE. 582 00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:32,862 TO GIVE THESE DEPORTED U.S. 583 00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:33,263 VETERANS A CHANCE TO REDEEM 584 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:35,699 THEMSELVES. 585 00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:38,501 AND COME HOME. 586 00:20:38,504 --> 00:20:40,337 >> THEY FOUND REALITY HIT THEM. 587 00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:41,571 AS SOON AS THEY WERE DONE WITH 588 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:42,739 WHATEVER PENALTY THEY HAD BEEN 589 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,441 GIVEN. 590 00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:45,942 BECAUSE OF THE CRIME OR 591 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,877 INFRACTION THEY COMMITTED. 592 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,079 THEY WERE SUDDENLY HAD NO RIGHTS 593 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:51,114 TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 594 00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:54,417 AND THAT'S WHEN THE ENFORCEMENT 595 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:54,718 SIDE OF THE IMMIGRATION LAW TOOK 596 00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:55,885 OVER. 597 00:20:55,888 --> 00:20:59,356 AND THEY WERE DEPORTED. 598 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,090 >> HE ADMIT HE WAS ON PROBATION 599 00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:01,358 FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE. 600 00:21:01,361 --> 00:21:02,025 WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT DRIVING A 601 00:21:02,028 --> 00:21:03,159 STOLEN VEHICLE. 602 00:21:03,162 --> 00:21:06,696 HE PLEADED GUILTY. 603 00:21:06,699 --> 00:21:08,765 AND SERVED ONE YEAR IN JAIL. 604 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:09,132 WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, HE SAYS WAS 605 00:21:09,135 --> 00:21:10,900 SHOCKING. 606 00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:11,201 HIS FAMILY WAS THERE TO PICK HIM 607 00:21:11,204 --> 00:21:12,669 UP. 608 00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:15,505 BUT INSTEAD. 609 00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:16,706 >> WHEN I WAS DONE WITH THE 610 00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:18,108 PRISON SENTENCE I WAS -- I 611 00:21:18,111 --> 00:21:21,511 THOUGHT I WAS RELEASED. 612 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:23,880 HOWEVER TO MY SURPRISE, THERE 613 00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:24,381 WAS AN IMDPRAGS OFFICER WAITING 614 00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:26,316 FOR ME. 615 00:21:26,319 --> 00:21:27,317 THAT SAID I HAD A REMOVAL ORDER. 616 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,519 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. 617 00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:30,020 I THOUGHT I WAS A CITIZEN THE 618 00:21:30,023 --> 00:21:32,188 WHOLE TIME. 619 00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:34,391 WHEN I JOINED THE MILITARY THEY 620 00:21:34,394 --> 00:21:37,327 SAID I WOULD BE A CITIZEN. 621 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:39,029 AND THEY DIDN'T GIVE AN OPTION 622 00:21:39,032 --> 00:21:39,396 TO POST BAIL AND HIRE AN 623 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:40,730 ATTORNEY. 624 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,799 TO FIGHT THE DEPORTATION. 625 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,969 THEY SAID IT WAS NOT AN OPTION. 626 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:46,436 I WAS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS 627 00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:47,871 FELON. 628 00:21:47,874 --> 00:21:50,573 EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE LOWEST IN 629 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:51,141 THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 630 00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:52,409 NEXT TO MISDEMEANOR. 631 00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:52,709 >> WE KNOW THEY DID SOMETHING 632 00:21:52,712 --> 00:21:53,777 WRONG. 633 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:55,812 THEY PAID FOR IT. 634 00:21:55,815 --> 00:22:00,617 AND NOW THEY'RE PAYING AGAIN. 635 00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:02,619 MANY OF THEM REMOVED FROM THEIR 636 00:22:02,622 --> 00:22:03,653 COMMUNITIES THEY KNOW. 637 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:06,790 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 638 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:07,691 >> WHEN I WAS DEPORTED THE JUDGE 639 00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:10,960 ORDERED THE ORDER. 640 00:22:10,963 --> 00:22:13,496 THAT SAME NIGHT AT 10:00 AT 641 00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:15,932 NIGHT I ROLL UP MY STUFF. 642 00:22:15,935 --> 00:22:16,966 AND PICK UP OUR BELONGINGS OUR 643 00:22:16,969 --> 00:22:20,670 LEGAL PAPERS. 644 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:23,907 WE WERE LOADED IN A VAN AND 645 00:22:23,910 --> 00:22:25,442 TAKEN TO ANOTHER CENTER. 646 00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:27,210 PICKED UP A COUPLE PEOPLE. 647 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:27,610 IT WAS FREEZING. 648 00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:29,446 2001. 649 00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:31,181 I ONLY HAD A T-SHIRT ON. 650 00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:31,481 AND TOLD US HE'S YOUR PAPER 651 00:22:31,484 --> 00:22:31,848 WORK. 652 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,316 GOOD LUCK. 653 00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:34,784 WE DIDN'T HAVE A LUNCH WOE 654 00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:38,154 DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING. 655 00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:39,789 IT WAS UP TO US TO SURVIVE. 656 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,491 AND TO IT WAS A STRANGE COUNTRY. 657 00:22:41,494 --> 00:22:41,958 I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 658 00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:44,461 A KID. 659 00:22:44,464 --> 00:22:45,095 >> THE NUMBERS VARY FROM 1,700 660 00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:47,030 TO 3,100. 661 00:22:47,033 --> 00:23:00,577 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 662 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,846 EVERY BORDER COMMUNITY TO EL 663 00:23:02,849 --> 00:23:03,780 PASO -- SAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. 664 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:05,215 IN SOUTH KOREA. 665 00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,350 AND THE CARIBBEAN. 666 00:23:07,353 --> 00:23:09,919 >> THESE VETS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO 667 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:12,489 FEND FOR THEMSELVES. 668 00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:12,989 MOST ARE DEPORTED BACK TO 669 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:15,992 MEXICO. 670 00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:16,659 AND LIKE JOE, WERE LEFT NUMB. 671 00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:17,694 FROM IT ALL. 672 00:23:17,697 --> 00:23:19,329 >> I WAS LOST. 673 00:23:19,332 --> 00:23:20,764 AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE 674 00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:24,868 DAYLIGHT TO BUY A PHONE CALL. 675 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:25,201 I DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE TO CALL MY 676 00:23:25,204 --> 00:23:26,102 FAMILY. 677 00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:27,070 I WAS DESPERATE. 678 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:28,772 VERY DESPERATE. 679 00:23:28,775 --> 00:23:31,674 TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS CRYING. 680 00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:33,376 >> BUT BEING A MARINE, HE CAME 681 00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:35,078 UP WITH A PLAN. 682 00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:36,112 GET BACK HOME TO ARIZONA. 683 00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:37,981 AT ALL COSTS. 684 00:23:37,984 --> 00:23:40,517 HE CALLED HIS SISTER. 685 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,584 >> SHE CAME THE NEXT MORNING AND 686 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:42,485 BROUGHT WARM CLOTHES. 687 00:23:42,488 --> 00:23:46,089 SOME MONEY. 688 00:23:46,092 --> 00:23:47,957 AND I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO 689 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,359 ATTEMPT TO CROSS. 690 00:23:49,362 --> 00:23:51,327 I BOUGHT DECENT CLOTHES. 691 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:53,196 AND I TOLD HER TO STANDBY. 692 00:23:53,199 --> 00:23:55,131 AND WAIT FOR ME TO SEE IF I MADE 693 00:23:55,134 --> 00:23:55,432 IT. 694 00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:56,699 I DID. 695 00:23:56,702 --> 00:23:58,501 LUCKILY FOR ME THE OFFICER WAS 696 00:23:58,504 --> 00:24:01,771 JUST TOO NICE OR BELIEVED ME. 697 00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:02,105 AND LET ME GO THROUGH WITH NO 698 00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:03,740 PROBLEM. 699 00:24:03,743 --> 00:24:06,276 >> HE HAS BEEN DEPORTED THREE 700 00:24:06,279 --> 00:24:07,877 OTHER TIMES. 701 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,113 IN 2005 HE WAS WORKING AS A 702 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:11,915 MANAGER AT A DENNY'S RESTAURANT. 703 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:13,750 WHEN AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER 704 00:24:13,753 --> 00:24:15,118 MISTOOK HIM FOR SOMEONE ELSE. 705 00:24:15,121 --> 00:24:16,986 HE WAS LET GO. 706 00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:18,154 BUT THEN REARRESTED WHEN THE 707 00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:19,823 OFFICER RAN HIS NAME. 708 00:24:19,826 --> 00:24:21,191 AND IT CAME BACK AS IN THE 709 00:24:21,194 --> 00:24:26,463 COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. 710 00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:28,598 HE WAS DEPORTED YET AGAIN. 711 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:29,132 >> GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK TO 712 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:29,632 YOU. 713 00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:31,968 DON'T COME BACK. 714 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:32,302 >> HE SAYS REMEMBER HE IS A U.S. 715 00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:35,338 MARINE. 716 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:36,473 AND HE WAS NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE 717 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:36,806 HIS COUNTRY AND HIS FAMILY 718 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:48,718 BEHIND. 719 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:49,018 SO, HE HAD TO DEVICE ANOTHER 720 00:24:49,021 --> 00:24:50,453 PLAN. 721 00:24:50,456 --> 00:24:51,721 >> YOU TALK TO THEM. 722 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,690 THEY'RE PATRIOTIC. 723 00:24:53,693 --> 00:24:55,091 THEY WOULD DO IT AGAIN. 724 00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:58,595 THEY WOULD VOLUNTEER AGAIN. 725 00:24:58,598 --> 00:25:01,397 AND DO IT AGAIN. 726 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,801 AND THEY'RE LIVING IN A COUNTRY 727 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:06,836 PRIMARILY MEXICO OF WHICH THEY 728 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,371 HAVE NO ROOTS IN. 729 00:25:08,374 --> 00:25:09,539 THEY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM 730 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,174 THIS COUNTRY. 731 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,877 >> THE CONGRESSIONAL BILL 732 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,678 INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN IF 733 00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:19,215 PASSED, WILL OPEN THE DOOR HE 734 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:19,649 SAYS TO A SECOND CHANCE TO BE AN 735 00:25:19,652 --> 00:25:22,385 AMERICAN. 736 00:25:22,388 --> 00:25:24,521 >> THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN THAT 737 00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:24,854 SERVED OUR COUNTED RI IN 738 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:25,221 UNIFORM. 739 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:27,056 VETERANS. 740 00:25:27,059 --> 00:25:29,893 AND ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THE 741 00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:31,861 BILL ASK FOR A PROCESS. 742 00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:35,932 SO THAT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 743 00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:39,736 CAN A CASE BY CASE BASIS BEGIN 744 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:40,236 TO REINTEGRATE AND BRING THE 745 00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:42,205 INDIVIDUALS BACK. 746 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,473 >> WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE 747 00:25:43,476 --> 00:25:45,241 MORNING, I ALWAYS FEEL MYSELF 748 00:25:45,244 --> 00:25:45,508 LIKE I'M GOING TO WAKE UP IN THE 749 00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:48,511 U.S. 750 00:25:48,514 --> 00:25:49,712 AND WALKING AROUND HERE, IT 751 00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,915 DOESN'T -- IT'S THE ONLY THING 752 00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:54,250 THAT BRINGS ME BACK TO REALITY. 753 00:25:54,253 --> 00:25:56,252 I AM IN MEXICO. 754 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:58,087 >> HE WAS ABLE TO GET FAMILY 755 00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:00,256 MEMBERS FROM THE U.S. TO 756 00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:01,090 PURCHASE A FRANCHISE TO A SMALL 757 00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:03,092 CORNER STORE. 758 00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:05,762 THAT HE NOW MANAGES. 759 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:06,095 GIVING HIM A WAY TO MAKE A 760 00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:07,964 LIVING. 761 00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:09,198 HE WAS ALSO WOUNDED BY FRIENDLY 762 00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:11,167 FIRE IN A TRAINING MISSION. 763 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:14,370 WHILE IN THE MARINES. 764 00:26:14,373 --> 00:26:14,771 HIS LEGS STILL REQUIRES MEDICAL 765 00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:17,874 ATTENTION. 766 00:26:17,877 --> 00:26:20,643 >> IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LIVING. 767 00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:23,646 IF YOU EARN A DECENT SALARY THE 768 00:26:23,649 --> 00:26:23,913 AVERAGE SALARY HERE A WEEK IS 769 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:26,215 $40. 770 00:26:26,218 --> 00:26:28,785 SO TO GET YOUR MEDICAL ATTENTION 771 00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:29,152 WITH MY LEG REQUIRES. 772 00:26:29,155 --> 00:26:30,019 MEDICINE. 773 00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:32,021 I JUST CAN'T DO IT. 774 00:26:32,024 --> 00:26:32,488 WITHOUT MY FAMILY I WOULDN'T BE 775 00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:34,190 ABLE TO DO IT. 776 00:26:34,193 --> 00:26:36,593 >> WE CONTINUE THE EDUCATION 777 00:26:36,596 --> 00:26:36,960 CAMPAIGN WITH MEMBER OF 778 00:26:36,963 --> 00:26:39,629 CONGRESS. 779 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:42,532 WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. 780 00:26:42,535 --> 00:26:43,600 THIS IS AN ANOMALY THAT OCCURRED 781 00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:44,000 IN YOU ARE IMMIGRATION 782 00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:47,570 ENFORCEMENT. 783 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:49,072 AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. 784 00:26:49,075 --> 00:26:50,440 AND I THINK WHEN PEOPLE SIT AND 785 00:26:50,443 --> 00:26:52,175 LISTEN REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL. 786 00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:54,110 AND SEE IT'S ABOUT VETERANS. 787 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,578 THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE. 788 00:26:55,581 --> 00:26:57,313 WE HAVE BEEN ABOUT TO CONVERSE 789 00:26:57,316 --> 00:26:58,481 WITH PEOPLE THAT AT FIRST WERE 790 00:26:58,484 --> 00:26:59,616 TOTALLY AGAINST IT. 791 00:26:59,619 --> 00:27:00,917 ONCE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE 792 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:01,217 POPULATION THEY CHANGED THEIR 793 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:03,319 MIND. 794 00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:05,555 >> THIS BILL IS MORE ABOUT 795 00:27:05,558 --> 00:27:05,888 VETERANS THAN ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 796 00:27:05,891 --> 00:27:08,458 PERIOD. 797 00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:11,828 >> I STILL FEEL AMERICAN. 798 00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:12,128 I HAVE NEVER FELT MEXICAN IN MY 799 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,097 LIFE. 800 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,231 >>> FROM CALIFORNIA, TO ARIZONA. 801 00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:17,567 TO NEW MEXICO. 802 00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:19,135 AND TEXAS. 803 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:20,803 THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER SPANS 804 00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:22,372 ALMOST 2,000 MILES. 805 00:27:22,375 --> 00:27:24,574 >> THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK ALONG 806 00:27:24,577 --> 00:27:27,243 THE BORDER SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT 807 00:27:27,246 --> 00:27:28,511 MEXICO, AND A LITTLE BIT U.S. 808 00:27:28,514 --> 00:27:30,613 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL 809 00:27:30,616 --> 00:27:33,583 CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STORIES 810 00:27:33,586 --> 00:27:38,221 THAT IMPACT THE BORDER REGION.