>>> TWO YEARS AGO, MEXICO
GRADUATED ALMOST AS MANY
ENGINEERS AS THE U.S. DID.
AND THAT HAS SPARKED A NEW WAY
OF TEACHING MATH.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
>> IN MY TERMS, SNEAKY MATH.
WE TEACH MATH BACKWARDS.
>> ULTRA SLEEK MODERN
WHEELCHAIRS.
CUSTOM MADE FOR THE ROUGH
TERRAIN OF MEXICAN STREETS.
>> NOBODY WILL HELP US UNTIL WE
PROVE WE CAN -- WE'RE HERE FOR
THAT THIS IS A REALITY.
>> AND A U.S. MARINE.
HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
THEN DEPORTED.
>> I STILL FEEL AMERICAN.
I HAVE NEVER FELT MEXICAN IN MY
LIFE.
>> THIS WEEK FROM THE MEXICAN
SIDE OF THE U.S. -- MEXICO
BORDER.
THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK."
>>> THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER.
THE PEOPLE THE POLITIC, THE
PROPOSAL.
VERY OFTEN DOMINATE THE NEWS
CYCLE.
SO WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH AN
UPDATE FROM CHRISTOPHER.
ON ALL THE HEADLINE IMPACTING
THE BORDER REGION.
>> TOPPING BORDER THIS WEEK.
THE FIGHT OVER THE PRESIDENT'S
PROPOSED BORDER WALL AND THE
EXTENSION OF DACA.
TRUMP ANNOUNCED A DEAL TO TAKE
CARE OF THE GRANTED PROTECTION
UNDER THE DACA.
MUST INCLUDE AN OVER HAUL OF THE
GREEN CARD SYSTEM.
A CRACK DOWN ON UNACCOMPANIED
MINORS COMING TO THE U.S.
ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
AND THE BUILDING OF A WALL ALONG
THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER.
THE DEMANDS ANGER DEMOCRATS AND
SOME REPUBLICANS WHO CALL THE
PLAN A NON-STARTER FOR
NEGOTIATION.
CONGRESS HAS UNTIL FEBRUARY TO
CRAFT A REPLACEMENT FOR DACA.
THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF MET WITH
THE MEDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME.
HE LAID OUT HIS PLANS FOR
SECURING THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER.
>> IN REGARDS TO DRUG SMUGGLING,
I OFTEN SAY THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PAINFUL
FOR US TO HEAR.
WE HAVE THE APPETITE IN THE
COUNTRY.
IF WE WANT TO STOP THE DRUG
FLOW, WE HAVE THE REDUCE THE
APPETITE FOR DRUGS.
WE THROW EVERY AVAILABLE PIECE
OF TECHNOLOGY, AIRCRAFT AGENTS
WHETHER ON FOOT, ATV, HORSES TO
PATROL THE AREAS.
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INTERCEPTING
THE CONTRA BAD AND PEOPLE COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER.
>> HE TOOK OVER AS THE TOP AGENT
IN AUGUST.
HE BEGAN HIS BORDER PATROL
CAREER IN 1986.
BEFORE THAT HE WAS A POLICE
OFFICER FOR TWO YEARS.
>> IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THE
GRADUATION RATE FOR MEXICO ONE
MATH TEACHER TOLD ME MEXICANS
LOVE MATH.
>> IN THE 1988 MOVIE.
STAND AND DELIVER.
EDWARD JAMES PORTRAYS THE TRUE
STORY OF HIGH SCHOOL MATH
TEACHER.
IN EAST LA GARFIELD HEIGHT.
HE TAKES A FAILING GROUP OF
MEXICAN AND FIRST GENERATION
MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDENT US INTO
THE WORLD OF CALCULUS.
IT IS THE INFORMATION IN THIS
NEXT SCENE THAT HAS ALWAYS
INSPIRED THE MEXICAN PASSION FOR
MATH.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT NEITHER THE
GREEK NOR THE ROMANS WERE
CAPABLE OF USING THE CON SET OF
0?
IT WAS YOUR ANCESTORS WHO
CONTEMPLATED THE ZERO.
THE ABSENCE OF.
>> LAY CLAIM TO DISCOVERING
ZERO.
OF THE FACT REMAINS THE MAYAN
CIVILIZATION FIGURED OUT THE
CONCEPT A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE
THE EUROPEENS DID.
THE ACCRA SAY OF THE 365 DAY
CALENDARS BAFFLED ASTRONOMERS.
ALSO ACCURATELY TRACKED THE SUN
AND THE MOON AND THE PLANETS.
IT WAS THIS ANCIENT CULL HUR 700
YEARS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
INVENTED A WRITING SYSTEM.
SP PUBLISHED THOUSANDS OF BOOKS.
FAST FORWARD TO 2006 TO THE
MEXICAN PRESIDENCY.
>> MEXICO A VERY OLD NATION.
OUR ROOTS GO BACK THOUSANDS OF
YEARS.
>> INTEL CHUL WHO EARNED TWO
MASTER DEGREES.
ONE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
IT WAS HIS VISION THAT MEXICO
WOULD BUILD ON HIS ANCIENT
CONNECTION TO MATH.
TO ONE DAY BECOME A MODERN
COUNTRY OF NSHLG ENGINEERS.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
PRESIDENT, BETWEEN 2006 AND
2012, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
BUILT 140 NEW UNIVERSITIES.
120 OF THEM WERE PRIMARILY AIMED
AT SCIENCE.
AND ENGINEERING.
THE CHALLENGE WAS ON.
MAKE MATH A PRIORITY IN MEXICAN
SCHOOLS.
DURING THE PRESIDENCY, AROUND
2009.
AN UNKNOWN MEXICAN ENGINEER
ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE OF HIS
PRESIDENT.
>> NOW DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE
WAY CALLED METRO MATHEMATICS.
TO TRAIN POORLY EDUCATED
WORKERS.
NOW THEY ARE FOREIGN COMPANIES
THAT MANUFACTURE IN MEXICO.
TRAINED WORKERS TO EMBRACE
MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS THAT WOULD
HELP THEM ADVANCE TO HELP THE
COMPANY KEEP PACE.
WITH A DEMAND FOR ENGINEERING
SKILLED WORKERS.
HE TAUGHT THM HOW MATH WORKS IN
THE REAL WORLD.
TRADITIONAL MATH BOOKS WERE
TOSSED.
INSTD HE TAUGHT WORKERS HOW MATH
PLAYED IN TO THEIR EVERY DAY
JOBS.
BY 2010, HE WAS MAKING THE
ROUNDS OF MEXICAN MEDIA.
HE MOVED QUICKLY FROM TEACHING
HIGH LEVEL MATH TO POORLY
EDUCATED WORKERS.
TO STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HIS MATH METHODS OF TEACHING 12
YEAR-OLDS STARTED IN THREE
MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE RESULTS SAY EDUCATORS WERE
ASTOUNDING.
STUDENTS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY
FAILED SIMPLE MATH CLASSES WERE
DOING ALGEBRA.
TRIG AND CALCULUS.
IN 20142 CAUGHT THE SEPTEMBER OF
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SANTA
CRUZ VALLEY UNITED SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN ARZ
ARIZONA.
>> THIS WAS DEVELOPED BY A
MEXICAN ENGINEER.
AND THEN IT MADE ITS WAY TO THE
U.S.
DID YOU TAKE SOME CONVINCING
ONCE YOU LEARNED WHAT IT WAS ALL
ABOUT?
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SIMPLE SYSTEM
TO PUT INTO PLACE.
>> INITIALLY.
BUT WITH OUR DISTRICT WE'RE SO
CLOSE TO THE BORDER.
SO ANY TIME THAT THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE
COLLABORATION WITH THE INDUSTRY
CLOSE TO OUR AREA, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A MEXICAN
MATH.
IT DIDN'T DETER US FROM TAKING A
LOOK AT WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS.
BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE INTERESTED
WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS NOT WHERE
IT WAS COMING FROM.
>> A RETIRED ENGINEER WOULD
BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST METRO
MATHEMATICAL TEACHERS OUTSIDE OF
MEXICO.
>> MY NAME IS TOM.
I'M TEACHING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR
MEASUREMENTS ON THE MACHINE.
MEASURE IN MILLIMETERS.
USE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEOREM
TWO.
METRO MATH MAT KA IS IN MY
TERMS, SNEAKY MATH.
WE TEACH MATH BACKWARDS.
WE GO FROM REAL WORLD THINGS
THAT WE CAN MEASURE.
AND THEN WE GO BACKWARDS AND
FIGURE OUT THE MATH THAT CREATED
THE REAL WORLD THING.
>> METRO MATH MAT KA TRANSFORMED
CLASSROOMS INTO LABORATORIES.
EACH STUDENT IS ASSIGNED A LAB
COAT.
AND GET TO WORK USING REAL
EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS A METROLOGY LAB.
THE SCIENCE OF WEIGHING SP
MEASURING.
>> IT IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF
GOING BACK.
THIS SHOWS UP IN LOOKS AT IT.
THEY'LL LOOK AT THE LAB AND GO,
THIS IS NICE.
>> FRESHMAN.
WHEN I FIRST LOOKED INTO THE
CLASS, I WAS NERVOUS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE
CHALLENGING.
THE THINGS HE SAID WERE
CONFUSING AT FIRST.
>> I'M A NINETY GRADER.
WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THE
CLASSROOM I WAS A LITTLE
NERVOUS.
NOT SURE I CAN COULD HANDLE THE
MATERIALS AND TOOLS.
>> I USED TO DO MATH WITH JUST
PROBLEMS WITH THE TEACHER
EXPLAINING THEM ON THE WHITE
BOARD AND PRACTICE ON THE WORK
SHEET.
NOW HERE, WE USE TOOLS AND
DIFFERENT FORMULAS FOR
EVERYTHING.
>> AIDEN IS BLOSSOMED.
HE GETS THE CLASS.
HE DOESN'T WHEN I THROW A CURVE
BALL, WHEN I CHANGE SOMETHING OR
WANT THEM TO THINK CRITICALLY.
IT DOESN'T PANIC HIM.
HE ROLLS WITH THE CONCEPT AND
THINKS ABOUT IT.
AND HAS THAT AHA MOMENT.
>> FIVE AWAY.
>> IT WILL HELP ME IN THE
FUTURE.
BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT
GETTING A CAREER RELATED TO
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
OR MATH.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS
ABOUT.
>> SHE'S I THINK AT THAT POINT
IN HER LIFE WHERE SHE REALLY
WANTS STO AND REALLY SMART ABOUT
MATH AND SCIENCE.
IT MAY NOT BE COOL FOR A GIRL TO
BE GOOD AT THOSE THINGS.
THIS CLASS LETS HER DO IT.
>> IS IT WORKING?
IN THE END THAT'S WHAT PARENTS,
THAT'S WHAT FUNDERS, THAT'S WHAT
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WANTS TO
KNOW.
IS IT WORKING?
>> YES.
WE RECEIVED OUR LAST MERIT
SOURCE.
AND THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN
THE APPLIED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM
ACTUALLY SCORED HIGHER THAN
OTHER MATH STUDENTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF
THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD TWO
MATH CLASSES.
WE FEEL THE ACTUAL LAB PORTION
OF APPLYING WHAT THEY'RE
LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM IS
REALLY GETTING INTO LEARN MATH.
YOU CAN LEARN ALL YOU WANT
PENCIL AND PAPER.
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO NOW
APPLY IT TO A REAL LIFE PROBLEM,
WE THINK THAT'S THE APPROACH
THAT WILL REALLY HELP THE
STUDENTS GROW AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> THIS CLASS IS PRETTY RADICAL
WHEN YOU SIT BACK AND LOOK AT
THE TRADITIONAL MATH CLASS.
>> METRO MATHEMATIC.
RADICAL MAYBE.
INNOVATIVE, ABSOLUTELY.
>> OUR NEXT STORY PROFILES
ANOTHER ENGINEERING FEAT.
THAT IS HELPING MANY DISABLED
GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.
>> TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACROSS
MEXICO WHERE THE STEETS ARE
DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER.
FEEL WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS PROSTHETICS
CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS.
SO MANY POOR.
THIS EMPTY BLEACH CONTAINER WITH
ITS CON FIGURATION OF FORM,
STICKS AND WIRES FORM A
MAKESHIFT PROSTHETIC LEG.
MAKESHIFT PROSTHETIC LEG.
IT WAS CLEAR, SOMETHING HAD TO
BE DONE.
>> I THINK WE WENT STRAIGHT
AHEAD.
STEAM ROLLED AHEAD LET'S JUST DO
IT.
WE DID IT IN STAGES.
WE DID THE WHEELCHAIR FIRST.
THEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
LATER WE DID THE PROSTHETIC.
AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
LATER, WE DID THE HEARING AID.
WE HAVE DONE IN STAGES.
BUT WE JUST WENT FOR IT.
>> IN 2011, THEY FORMED THE
NON-PROFIT.
THE NAME IS A CONTRACTION OF
ARIZONA BORDER.
THEY SET UT TO FORM A CROSS
BORDER PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD
MAKE SPECIALIZED WHEELCHAIRS FOR
THE DISABLED.
THEY HAD A PLAN, BUT NEEDED TO
RAISE MONEY.
>> ALL WE HAD WAS PAPER.
I TOLD THE DOCTOR WE'RE NOT
GOING TO GET ANY HELP OR NOBODY
WILL HELP US UNTIL WE PROVE WE
CAN -- THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THAT
THIS IS A REALITY.
IT WAS HARD.
WE KNOCKED ON A WILL THE OF
DOORS AND THEY WOULDN'T HOPE.
>> IT WAS A FEATURE NEWS STORY
IN THE INTERNATIONAL THAT NOT
ONLY OPENED THE DOOR.
BUT GOT THE PROJECT ROLLING.
>> THAT'S WHEN SOCIAL CLUBS AND
SOME FOLKS STARTED TO COME TO US
AND SAY HOW CAN WE HELP.
WE WENT BACK TO THE ASSOCIATION
AND DID ATTITUDE WAS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
THEY SAID I THINK WE CAN HELP.
>> AND HELP THEY DID.
THEY DONATED THIS 4,000 KWAR
FOOT BUILDING.
UTILITIES INCLUDED.
IT WOULD RENT FOR ABOUT $7,000 A
MONTH.
THE DESIGN COMES FROM A DISABLED
ENGINEER AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE
UNIVERSITY.
MORE ABOUT HIM LATER.
THAT SAME DESIGN IS BEING USED
TO MANUFACTURE WHEELCHAIRS IN
INDONESIA AND SOLD IN THE U.S.
FOR $600 EACH.
THEY MAKE THE SAME CHAIR FOR
$300.
AND CUSTOM MAKE PROSTHETICS AND
WALKERS FOR CHILDREN.
AND WORKING ON A HEARING AID.
THEY DO IT ALL AT OR BELOW COST.
BUT OFTEN EVEN THE DISCOUNTED
PRICE IS TOO MUCH FOR PARENTS.
>> WHEN THEY COME HERE AND SAY,
IT'S GOING TO COST ME $200 TO
HAVE THAT WALKER MADE.
AND I SAID FORGET THE MONEY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS WALKER.
AND THE KID NEEDS TO BE IN THE
WALKER.
THE MONEY WILL COME.
SOMEHOW.
>> BEHIND THE SCENES, HELPING TO
MAKE THE WHEELCHAIRS.
WALKERS AND PROSTHETICS.
ARE WORKERS WHO THEMSELVES KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A
DISABILITY.
HE MAKES A POINT TO HIRE THE
DISABLED TO WORK IN THE PLANT.
>> HE LOST BOTH LEGS ALMOST 30
YEARS AGO IN MEXICO.
WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.
>> HE WAS WITH A BUNCH OF
FRIENDS AND RIDING ON THE BACK
OF A PICKUP TRUCK.
AND THERE WAS ALCOHOL INVOLVED
AND HAD AN ACCIDENT.
HE SAID WHEN THE POLICE AND THE
RED CROSS THE AMBULANCE CAME, HE
HEARD ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS SAY
THEY'RE ALL DEAD.
>> HE SURVIVED AND WAS FLOWN
FROM MEXICO TO THE HOSPITAL IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
WHILE THERE, HE MET THIS MAN.
AN ENGINEER AT SAN FRANCISCO
STATE UNIVERSITY.
HE'S THE ENGINEER WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT EARLIER.
HIS DESIGN FOR A TRULY MOBILE
WHEELCHAIR THAT CAN TRAVERSE
ROUGH TERRAIN IS BEING USED
AROUND THE WORLD.
HE LOST THE USE OF HIS LEGS IN A
CAR ACCIDENT.
HE DESIGNED A SPECIAL CHAIR FOR
HIMSELF, AND WHILE HE WAS
RECOOPERATING IN SAN FRANCISCO,
HE TOOK A LIKING TO HIM.
AND THERAPY, HE HELPED HIM MAKE
THE WHEELCHAIR.
>> WE BECAME FRIENDS.
HE STARTED BRINGING ME MATERIAL
TO START MAKING THE WHEELS.
HE EVENTUALLY WITHIN THE BACK TO
MEXICO AND STARTED HELPING
OTHERS MAKE THESE CHAIRS.
WHEN HE WENT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TO MAKE THE CHAIR, HE WAS THE
FIRST DESIGNER HE RECOMMENDED.
>> THIS IS MY JOB.
I DO IT WITH GREAT AFFECTION AND
LOVE.
FOR THE PEOPLE.
>> THE CHAIRS ARE SPECIAL.
BECAUSE IT'S MADE TO LAST.
NUMBER TWO, IT'S MADE WITH PARTS
THAT YOU CAN REPLACE EASILY IN
ANY COMMUNITY IN MEXICO.
IT'S GOT BICYCLE WHEELS ON THE
BACK.
REGULAR TIRES.
IT'S GOT THE -- IT'S MADE OF
STEEL.
YOU CAN FIX IT IN ANY COMMUNITY
IN MEXICO YOU CAN FIND A WELDER
THAT WELDS STEEL.
>> HAVE YOU GIVEN MANY AWAY?
>> A LOT.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME
HERE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE
ENTIRE COST.
OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE HAS BEEN
TO FIND SPONSORS FOR THE PERSON.
>> I WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR A KIND OF COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION.
IT'S A BUSINESS BASED COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION.
>> IT HAS BEEN WITH ALMOST SINCE
THE BEGINNINGMENT FINDING THE
SPONSORS, THE MONEY AND KEEPING
THE DREAM ALIVE.
>> I THOUGHT REALLY FOR US IT
WAS THE REALIZIZATION WE THOUGHT
WAS GOING TO TAKE THE LONGEST TO
ACCOMPLISH WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE OF THE
COLLABORATION OF TWO COUNTRIES.
FOCUSING ON THE WELL BEING OF
THE DISABLED.
>> I THINK THE MESSAGE IS THAT
THERE ARE RESOURCES EVERYWHERE.
AND YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT
THE RESOURCES ARE.
AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF PEOPLE
FROM THE UNITED STATES GOING TO
MEXICO AND GIVING ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE.
THE MESSAGE IS WHAT ARE THE
RESOURCES THERE?
HOW CAN YOU TAP INTO THEM.
EVERY COMMUNITY THERE ARE
RESOUSES.
THE RESOURCES ARE PEOPLE.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT IS
THREE THINGS.
WHAT PEOPLE TALENTS ARE.
WHAT THEY WERE BORN WITH.
WHAT THEIR SKILLS ARE.
WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TOO.
AND WHAT THEIR PASSIONS ARE.
>> DO YOU LIKE TO COOK?
>> I DO.
>> YOU HAVE THE INGREDIENTS THAT
MEAN NOTHING.
BUT TOGETHER YOU HAVE AN AMAZING
THING.
EVERYONE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN
INGREDIENT AND TURNED OUT TO BE
THE GREATEST DISH.
>> IN THIS NEXT STORY, WE GO
FROM BUILDING COALITIONS, TO A
MAN LIVING ISOLATED WITHOUT A
COUNTRY.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, ACROSS THE
BORDER.
HE MAKES THE SHORT WALK FROM HIS
HOUSE TO WHERE HE WORKS.
HE WAS BORN BUT NOT RAISED A
MEXICAN.
>> MY NAME IS JOE.
I'M A U.S. MILITARY VETERAN FROM
THE MARINE CORE.
I SERVED THE CORE FROM JUNE 4,
1991, TO OCTOBER 12, 1994.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HE WAS A U.S. MARINE.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO ANY MARINE
YOU KNOW THAT ONCE A MARINE,
ALWAYS MARINE.
HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS A
SMALL CHILD AND GREW UP IN
CALIFORNIA.
HE IS ONE OF ESTIMATED UP TO
3,000 U.S. VETS WHO ENTERED THE
U.S. MILITARY AS NON-U.S.
CITIZENS.
HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
GRANTED ALIEN RESIDENCY.
BUT THEN DEPORTED WHEN THEY
BROKE THE LAW AFTER HAVING
SERVED.
>> SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
MANY IN COMBAT.
AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE CRIME
THEY COMMITTED WHEN THEY WERE
RELEASED FROM PRISON.
AFTER PAYING THEIR DEBT TO
SOCIETY.
THEY WERE PICKED UP AND
DEPORTED.
>> ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN AND
SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS.
HAVE INTRODUCED SIMILAR BILLS IN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
TO GIVE THESE DEPORTED U.S.
VETERANS A CHANCE TO REDEEM
THEMSELVES.
AND COME HOME.
>> THEY FOUND REALITY HIT THEM.
AS SOON AS THEY WERE DONE WITH
WHATEVER PENALTY THEY HAD BEEN
GIVEN.
BECAUSE OF THE CRIME OR
INFRACTION THEY COMMITTED.
THEY WERE SUDDENLY HAD NO RIGHTS
TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE ENFORCEMENT
SIDE OF THE IMMIGRATION LAW TOOK
OVER.
AND THEY WERE DEPORTED.
>> HE ADMIT HE WAS ON PROBATION
FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE.
WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT DRIVING A
STOLEN VEHICLE.
HE PLEADED GUILTY.
AND SERVED ONE YEAR IN JAIL.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, HE SAYS WAS
SHOCKING.
HIS FAMILY WAS THERE TO PICK HIM
UP.
BUT INSTEAD.
>> WHEN I WAS DONE WITH THE
PRISON SENTENCE I WAS -- I
THOUGHT I WAS RELEASED.
HOWEVER TO MY SURPRISE, THERE
WAS AN IMDPRAGS OFFICER WAITING
FOR ME.
THAT SAID I HAD A REMOVAL ORDER.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
I THOUGHT I WAS A CITIZEN THE
WHOLE TIME.
WHEN I JOINED THE MILITARY THEY
SAID I WOULD BE A CITIZEN.
AND THEY DIDN'T GIVE AN OPTION
TO POST BAIL AND HIRE AN
ATTORNEY.
TO FIGHT THE DEPORTATION.
THEY SAID IT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
I WAS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS
FELON.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE LOWEST IN
THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
NEXT TO MISDEMEANOR.
>> WE KNOW THEY DID SOMETHING
WRONG.
THEY PAID FOR IT.
AND NOW THEY'RE PAYING AGAIN.
MANY OF THEM REMOVED FROM THEIR
COMMUNITIES THEY KNOW.
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> WHEN I WAS DEPORTED THE JUDGE
ORDERED THE ORDER.
THAT SAME NIGHT AT 10:00 AT
NIGHT I ROLL UP MY STUFF.
AND PICK UP OUR BELONGINGS OUR
LEGAL PAPERS.
WE WERE LOADED IN A VAN AND
TAKEN TO ANOTHER CENTER.
PICKED UP A COUPLE PEOPLE.
IT WAS FREEZING.
2001.
I ONLY HAD A T-SHIRT ON.
AND TOLD US HE'S YOUR PAPER
WORK.
GOOD LUCK.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LUNCH WOE
DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING.
IT WAS UP TO US TO SURVIVE.
AND TO IT WAS A STRANGE COUNTRY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS
A KID.
>> THE NUMBERS VARY FROM 1,700
TO 3,100.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
EVERY BORDER COMMUNITY TO EL
PASO -- SAN IN THE PHILIPPINES.
IN SOUTH KOREA.
AND THE CARIBBEAN.
>> THESE VETS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO
FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
MOST ARE DEPORTED BACK TO
MEXICO.
AND LIKE JOE, WERE LEFT NUMB.
FROM IT ALL.
>> I WAS LOST.
AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE
DAYLIGHT TO BUY A PHONE CALL.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE TO CALL MY
FAMILY.
I WAS DESPERATE.
VERY DESPERATE.
TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS CRYING.
>> BUT BEING A MARINE, HE CAME
UP WITH A PLAN.
GET BACK HOME TO ARIZONA.
AT ALL COSTS.
HE CALLED HIS SISTER.
>> SHE CAME THE NEXT MORNING AND
BROUGHT WARM CLOTHES.
SOME MONEY.
AND I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO
ATTEMPT TO CROSS.
I BOUGHT DECENT CLOTHES.
AND I TOLD HER TO STANDBY.
AND WAIT FOR ME TO SEE IF I MADE
IT.
I DID.
LUCKILY FOR ME THE OFFICER WAS
JUST TOO NICE OR BELIEVED ME.
AND LET ME GO THROUGH WITH NO
PROBLEM.
>> HE HAS BEEN DEPORTED THREE
OTHER TIMES.
IN 2005 HE WAS WORKING AS A
MANAGER AT A DENNY'S RESTAURANT.
WHEN AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER
MISTOOK HIM FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
HE WAS LET GO.
BUT THEN REARRESTED WHEN THE
OFFICER RAN HIS NAME.
AND IT CAME BACK AS IN THE
COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
HE WAS DEPORTED YET AGAIN.
>> GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK TO
YOU.
DON'T COME BACK.
>> HE SAYS REMEMBER HE IS A U.S.
MARINE.
AND HE WAS NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE
HIS COUNTRY AND HIS FAMILY
BEHIND.
SO, HE HAD TO DEVICE ANOTHER
PLAN.
>> YOU TALK TO THEM.
THEY'RE PATRIOTIC.
THEY WOULD DO IT AGAIN.
THEY WOULD VOLUNTEER AGAIN.
AND DO IT AGAIN.
AND THEY'RE LIVING IN A COUNTRY
PRIMARILY MEXICO OF WHICH THEY
HAVE NO ROOTS IN.
THEY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM
THIS COUNTRY.
>> THE CONGRESSIONAL BILL
INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN IF
PASSED, WILL OPEN THE DOOR HE
SAYS TO A SECOND CHANCE TO BE AN
AMERICAN.
>> THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN THAT
SERVED OUR COUNTED RI IN
UNIFORM.
VETERANS.
AND ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THE
BILL ASK FOR A PROCESS.
SO THAT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
CAN A CASE BY CASE BASIS BEGIN
TO REINTEGRATE AND BRING THE
INDIVIDUALS BACK.
>> WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING, I ALWAYS FEEL MYSELF
LIKE I'M GOING TO WAKE UP IN THE
U.S.
AND WALKING AROUND HERE, IT
DOESN'T -- IT'S THE ONLY THING
THAT BRINGS ME BACK TO REALITY.
I AM IN MEXICO.
>> HE WAS ABLE TO GET FAMILY
MEMBERS FROM THE U.S. TO
PURCHASE A FRANCHISE TO A SMALL
CORNER STORE.
THAT HE NOW MANAGES.
GIVING HIM A WAY TO MAKE A
LIVING.
HE WAS ALSO WOUNDED BY FRIENDLY
FIRE IN A TRAINING MISSION.
WHILE IN THE MARINES.
HIS LEGS STILL REQUIRES MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
>> IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LIVING.
IF YOU EARN A DECENT SALARY THE
AVERAGE SALARY HERE A WEEK IS
$40.
SO TO GET YOUR MEDICAL ATTENTION
WITH MY LEG REQUIRES.
MEDICINE.
I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
WITHOUT MY FAMILY I WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO DO IT.
>> WE CONTINUE THE EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN WITH MEMBER OF
CONGRESS.
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS AN ANOMALY THAT OCCURRED
IN YOU ARE IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT.
AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
AND I THINK WHEN PEOPLE SIT AND
LISTEN REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL.
AND SEE IT'S ABOUT VETERANS.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE.
WE HAVE BEEN ABOUT TO CONVERSE
WITH PEOPLE THAT AT FIRST WERE
TOTALLY AGAINST IT.
ONCE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE
POPULATION THEY CHANGED THEIR
MIND.
>> THIS BILL IS MORE ABOUT
VETERANS THAN ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
PERIOD.
>> I STILL FEEL AMERICAN.
I HAVE NEVER FELT MEXICAN IN MY
LIFE.
>>> FROM CALIFORNIA, TO ARIZONA.
TO NEW MEXICO.
AND TEXAS.
THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER SPANS
ALMOST 2,000 MILES.
>> THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK ALONG
THE BORDER SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT
MEXICO, AND A LITTLE BIT U.S.
ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STORIES
THAT IMPACT THE BORDER REGION.