WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.074 . >>> THE ARIZONA/MEXICO BORDER, 00:09.076 --> 00:12.044 >>> THE ARIZONA/MEXICO BORDER, ONCE SEEN A AS THE CROSSING FOR 00:12.046 --> 00:13.512 ONCE SEEN A AS THE CROSSING FOR DRUGS IN TO THE COUNTRY. 00:13.514 --> 00:15.047 DRUGS IN TO THE COUNTRY. >> THE TREND SEEMS TO BE A LOT 00:15.049 --> 00:18.851 >> THE TREND SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF BACKPACKERS BRINGING IN THE 00:18.853 --> 00:19.251 OF BACKPACKERS BRINGING IN THE CONTRABAND. 00:19.253 --> 00:20.786 CONTRABAND. >> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 00:20.788 --> 00:23.689 >> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND TONS OF 00:23.691 --> 00:25.657 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND TONS OF NARCOTICS A DANGEROUS AND DEADLY 00:25.659 --> 00:26.325 NARCOTICS A DANGEROUS AND DEADLY TREK NORTH. 00:26.327 --> 00:28.594 TREK NORTH. A LOOK AT THE BORDER PATROL AND 00:28.596 --> 00:30.229 A LOOK AT THE BORDER PATROL AND THE SEARCH FOR MISSING LOVED 00:30.231 --> 00:30.529 THE SEARCH FOR MISSING LOVED ONES. 00:30.531 --> 00:33.999 ONES. WE SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED BY 00:34.001 --> 00:34.299 WE SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED BY THAT. 00:34.301 --> 00:39.671 THAT. BUT, OUR DESERT IS BECOMING A 00:39.673 --> 00:41.106 BUT, OUR DESERT IS BECOMING A GRAVEYARD UNFORTUNATELY. 00:41.108 --> 00:43.275 GRAVEYARD UNFORTUNATELY. >> OUR CREW TRAVELS ALONG THE 00:43.277 --> 00:43.609 >> OUR CREW TRAVELS ALONG THE BORDER. 00:43.611 --> 01:01.627 BORDER. THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 01:01.629 --> 01:03.962 THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." >> ARIZONA SHARES NEARLY 370 01:03.964 --> 01:06.298 >> ARIZONA SHARES NEARLY 370 MILES OF BORDER WITH MEXICO. 01:06.300 --> 01:08.067 MILES OF BORDER WITH MEXICO. THERE ARE TWO SECTORS THAT 01:08.069 --> 01:09.935 THERE ARE TWO SECTORS THAT PATROL THE INTERNATIONAL LINE. 01:09.937 --> 01:12.604 PATROL THE INTERNATIONAL LINE. UMA AND TUCSON. 01:12.606 --> 01:14.606 UMA AND TUCSON. THE TOWN OF SAN LUIS IS 01:14.608 --> 01:16.508 THE TOWN OF SAN LUIS IS SOUTHWEST OF YUMA, THERE THE 01:16.510 --> 01:17.943 SOUTHWEST OF YUMA, THERE THE AGENCY BUILT A THREE LAYERED 01:17.945 --> 01:20.846 AGENCY BUILT A THREE LAYERED FENCING IS SYSTEM AND IN NEARLY 01:20.848 --> 01:22.247 FENCING IS SYSTEM AND IN NEARLY TEN YEARS, ARRESTS HAVE DROPPED 01:22.249 --> 01:23.315 TEN YEARS, ARRESTS HAVE DROPPED NEARLY 95%. 01:23.317 --> 01:27.052 NEARLY 95%. A TESTAMENT, THE AGENCY SAYS, TO 01:27.054 --> 01:29.922 A TESTAMENT, THE AGENCY SAYS, TO THE MANPOWER, INFRASTRUCTURE AND 01:29.924 --> 01:30.322 THE MANPOWER, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY. 01:30.324 --> 01:36.061 TECHNOLOGY. AGENT DOUGLAS CHOI FROM THE YUMA 01:36.063 --> 01:36.829 AGENT DOUGLAS CHOI FROM THE YUMA SECT 01:36.831 --> 01:38.030 SECT SECTOR, WE ARE IN THE LAYERED 01:38.032 --> 01:39.031 SECTOR, WE ARE IN THE LAYERED EFFECT AREA? 01:39.033 --> 01:40.432 EFFECT AREA? >> YES, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT 01:40.434 --> 01:42.034 >> YES, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE SECONDARY FENCE AND 01:42.036 --> 01:43.836 IS THE SECONDARY FENCE AND BEYOND THAT WE HAVE THE PRIMARY 01:43.838 --> 01:45.604 BEYOND THAT WE HAVE THE PRIMARY FENCE AND THEN IF YOU LOOK HERE, 01:45.606 --> 01:49.341 FENCE AND THEN IF YOU LOOK HERE, WE HAVE THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AND 01:49.343 --> 01:51.610 WE HAVE THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AND WE HAVE IT HERE BECAUSE WE USED 01:51.612 --> 01:53.545 WE HAVE IT HERE BECAUSE WE USED TO GET HIT HARD IN THIS AREA. 01:53.547 --> 01:55.714 TO GET HIT HARD IN THIS AREA. THERE WERE BONZAI RUNS AND THERE 01:55.716 --> 02:00.119 THERE WERE BONZAI RUNS AND THERE WERE A LOT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS 02:00.121 --> 02:03.355 WERE A LOT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS JUMPING OVER AND TRYING TO BUM 02:03.357 --> 02:04.256 JUMPING OVER AND TRYING TO BUM RUSH US WITH NUMBERS. 02:04.258 --> 02:06.458 RUSH US WITH NUMBERS. THEY HAVE A LAYER TO DETER THAT 02:06.460 --> 02:08.093 THEY HAVE A LAYER TO DETER THAT AND HELP US HAVE A RESPONSE 02:08.095 --> 02:08.393 AND HELP US HAVE A RESPONSE TIME. 02:08.395 --> 02:10.062 TIME. ONCE THEY COME IN THIS AREA AND 02:10.064 --> 02:12.798 ONCE THEY COME IN THIS AREA AND THEY GET BEYOND THE LEVY ROAD, 02:12.800 --> 02:13.532 THEY GET BEYOND THE LEVY ROAD, THERE'S RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THAT 02:13.534 --> 02:14.166 THERE'S RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THAT IS CLOSE. 02:14.168 --> 02:15.868 IS CLOSE. AND FOR US, RESPONSE TIME IS 02:15.870 --> 02:17.703 AND FOR US, RESPONSE TIME IS CRUCIAL IN APPREHENDING THEM. 02:17.705 --> 02:19.505 CRUCIAL IN APPREHENDING THEM. >> THAT VIDEO THAT WE SEE, IT'S 02:19.507 --> 02:27.946 >> THAT VIDEO THAT WE SEE, IT'S BOLD AND BRAVE OF THEM TO JUST, 02:27.948 --> 02:29.915 BOLD AND BRAVE OF THEM TO JUST, JUST DOZENS OF PEOPLE HOP OVER 02:29.917 --> 02:31.517 JUST DOZENS OF PEOPLE HOP OVER AND HEADACHE-- AND MAKE A DASH . 02:31.519 --> 02:34.153 AND HEADACHE-- AND MAKE A DASH . >> AND YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 02:34.155 --> 02:36.321 >> AND YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO MAKE THE 02:36.323 --> 02:37.789 ENOUGH OFFICERS TO MAKE THE APPREHENSIONS AND THEN TIME IS 02:37.791 --> 02:39.191 APPREHENSIONS AND THEN TIME IS CRUCIAL, ONCE THEY ARE IN THE 02:39.193 --> 02:41.093 CRUCIAL, ONCE THEY ARE IN THE HOUSING, IT'S HARD TO TRACK 02:41.095 --> 02:41.493 HOUSING, IT'S HARD TO TRACK THEM. 02:41.495 --> 02:43.028 THEM. SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE 02:43.030 --> 02:44.263 SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE LAYERED FENCING AND BETTER 02:44.265 --> 02:45.631 LAYERED FENCING AND BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MORE 02:45.633 --> 02:47.132 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MORE MANPOWER AND BETTER WORK WITH 02:47.134 --> 02:49.635 MANPOWER AND BETTER WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS YUMA 02:49.637 --> 02:52.504 OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS YUMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND YUMA 02:52.506 --> 02:55.007 COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND YUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SAN LUIS 02:55.009 --> 02:56.742 POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SAN LUIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S MORE 02:56.744 --> 02:58.177 POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S MORE MANPOWER OUT THERE PATROLLING 02:58.179 --> 03:00.112 MANPOWER OUT THERE PATROLLING THE BORDER AND PATROLLING THIS 03:00.114 --> 03:01.947 THE BORDER AND PATROLLING THIS AREA TO DETER ILLEGAL ENTRY. 03:01.949 --> 03:03.949 AREA TO DETER ILLEGAL ENTRY. IF THERE'S AN ILLEGAL ENTRY, 03:03.951 --> 03:05.651 IF THERE'S AN ILLEGAL ENTRY, THERE'S QUICK RESPONSE TIME. 03:05.653 --> 03:08.287 THERE'S QUICK RESPONSE TIME. THERE'S MORE MANPOWER AND BOOTS 03:08.289 --> 03:09.054 THERE'S MORE MANPOWER AND BOOTS ON THE FIELD. 03:09.056 --> 03:10.689 ON THE FIELD. AND THIS HELPS US WITH OUR 03:10.691 --> 03:11.623 AND THIS HELPS US WITH OUR RESPONSE TIME AS WELL. 03:11.625 --> 03:13.392 RESPONSE TIME AS WELL. >> IT SEEMS ALMOST 20 FEET TALL, 03:13.394 --> 03:15.160 >> IT SEEMS ALMOST 20 FEET TALL, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT SOMEONE 03:15.162 --> 03:16.862 HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT SOMEONE CAN SCALE IT, HAVE YOU SEEN IT? 03:16.864 --> 03:18.630 CAN SCALE IT, HAVE YOU SEEN IT? >> WHEN WE USUALLY HAVE IS ON 03:18.632 --> 03:20.032 >> WHEN WE USUALLY HAVE IS ON THE MEXICAN SIDE, THERE'S PEOPLE 03:20.034 --> 03:21.967 THE MEXICAN SIDE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE LADDERS, TALLER 03:21.969 --> 03:23.368 THAT HAVE LADDERS, TALLER LADDERS AND WE CALL THEM THE 03:23.370 --> 03:24.670 LADDERS AND WE CALL THEM THE LADDER CREW GUYS. 03:24.672 --> 03:25.470 LADDER CREW GUYS. THEY WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT POST 03:25.472 --> 03:27.105 THEY WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT POST THE LADDERS UP ON THE PRIMARY 03:27.107 --> 03:29.308 THE LADDERS UP ON THE PRIMARY FENCE OVER THERE, AND PEOPLE 03:29.310 --> 03:30.142 FENCE OVER THERE, AND PEOPLE WILL COME OVER WITH ANOTHER 03:30.144 --> 03:32.744 WILL COME OVER WITH ANOTHER LADDER, A LARNLER LADDER FOR THE 03:32.746 --> 03:33.445 LADDER, A LARNLER LADDER FOR THE SECONDARY FENCE AND THEY WILL 03:33.447 --> 03:36.014 SECONDARY FENCE AND THEY WILL APPROXIMATE US THE LADDER UP AND 03:36.016 --> 03:37.382 APPROXIMATE US THE LADDER UP AND THEN PEOPLE CLIMB OVER AND WUNTS 03:37.384 --> 03:39.985 THEN PEOPLE CLIMB OVER AND WUNTS THEY GET TO THIS -- AND ONCE 03:39.987 --> 03:42.087 THEY GET TO THIS -- AND ONCE THEY GET THOUGH THAT AREA, THEY 03:42.089 --> 03:45.657 THEY GET THOUGH THAT AREA, THEY WILL BUT BLANKETS ON THE BARBED 03:45.659 --> 03:46.992 WILL BUT BLANKETS ON THE BARBED WIRE AT THE THE TOP AND TRY TO 03:46.994 --> 03:47.960 WIRE AT THE THE TOP AND TRY TO JUMP OVER THE FENCE. 03:47.962 --> 03:49.461 JUMP OVER THE FENCE. THIS PROCESS HERE, DEPENDING ON 03:49.463 --> 03:54.099 THIS PROCESS HERE, DEPENDING ON THE CREW, KIT COULD TAKE A ALON 03:54.101 --> 03:56.201 THE CREW, KIT COULD TAKE A ALON TIME, DEPENDING ON THE PERSON. 03:56.203 --> 03:57.469 TIME, DEPENDING ON THE PERSON. OR IT COULD BE SHORT AND QUICK. 03:57.471 --> 04:00.872 OR IT COULD BE SHORT AND QUICK. FOR US, WE NEED TO BE HERE AND 04:00.874 --> 04:04.042 FOR US, WE NEED TO BE HERE AND PATROL THIS AREA AT A GOOD RATE 04:04.044 --> 04:05.510 PATROL THIS AREA AT A GOOD RATE TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE AND 04:05.512 --> 04:07.846 TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE AND PATROLLING AND THAT IS TO DETER 04:07.848 --> 04:09.248 PATROLLING AND THAT IS TO DETER THEM, WHEN THEY DO MAKE AN 04:09.250 --> 04:10.449 THEM, WHEN THEY DO MAKE AN ENTRY, THAT IS USUALLY HOW THEY 04:10.451 --> 04:10.916 ENTRY, THAT IS USUALLY HOW THEY DO IT. 04:10.918 --> 04:13.385 DO IT. ONCE THEY ARE ACROSS, THE LADDER 04:13.387 --> 04:14.953 ONCE THEY ARE ACROSS, THE LADDER CREW WILL GO BACK WITH THE 04:14.955 --> 04:16.488 CREW WILL GO BACK WITH THE LADDER SO THEY CAN USE IT AGAIN. 04:16.490 --> 04:18.590 LADDER SO THEY CAN USE IT AGAIN. FOR US, WHEN WE GET THE LADDER, 04:18.592 --> 04:21.526 FOR US, WHEN WE GET THE LADDER, IT'S A BENEFIT FOR US, WE KNOW 04:21.528 --> 04:22.828 IT'S A BENEFIT FOR US, WE KNOW WE STOPPED IT FOR THAT AMOUNT OF 04:22.830 --> 04:23.128 WE STOPPED IT FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. 04:23.130 --> 04:25.998 TIME. >> PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING IT, 04:26.000 --> 04:27.566 >> PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THE THREE 04:27.568 --> 04:28.867 EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THE THREE LAYERED FENCING SYSTEM HERE? 04:28.869 --> 04:30.602 LAYERED FENCING SYSTEM HERE? >> YEAH, AND WE THINK THEY STILL 04:30.604 --> 04:32.170 >> YEAH, AND WE THINK THEY STILL DO IT BECAUSE MAYBE THEY FEEL 04:32.172 --> 04:33.939 DO IT BECAUSE MAYBE THEY FEEL THAT THAT SYSTEM WITH THE 04:33.941 --> 04:35.641 THAT THAT SYSTEM WITH THE LADDERS IS ASSISTING THEM, BUT 04:35.643 --> 04:37.609 LADDERS IS ASSISTING THEM, BUT FOR US, NUMBERS WISE, WE THINK 04:37.611 --> 04:41.113 FOR US, NUMBERS WISE, WE THINK THIS HAD HAS STOPPED IT, AND THE 04:41.115 --> 04:45.217 THIS HAD HAS STOPPED IT, AND THE NUMBERS FOR 2005 APPREHENSION 04:45.219 --> 04:48.620 NUMBERS FOR 2005 APPREHENSION WISE WAS 138,000. 04:48.622 --> 04:52.190 WISE WAS 138,000. AND SERVICE 6100 FOR 2013. 04:52.192 --> 04:53.125 AND SERVICE 6100 FOR 2013. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS 04:53.127 --> 04:54.893 THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN A HELP IN DETERRING AND 04:54.895 --> 04:57.029 BEEN A HELP IN DETERRING AND HELPINGS US APPREHEND THOSE THAT 04:57.031 --> 04:58.397 HELPINGS US APPREHEND THOSE THAT STILL BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN MAKE 04:58.399 --> 04:59.431 STILL BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN MAKE THAT ILLEGAL ENTRY. 04:59.433 --> 05:00.666 THAT ILLEGAL ENTRY. >> IT WORKS. 05:00.668 --> 05:02.334 >> IT WORKS. I MEAN, THIS PROVES IT. 05:02.336 --> 05:04.002 I MEAN, THIS PROVES IT. BUT THERE'S A ELEMENT OF DANGER 05:04.004 --> 05:04.803 BUT THERE'S A ELEMENT OF DANGER FOR THE AGENCY. 05:04.805 --> 05:06.305 FOR THE AGENCY. FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PATROL 05:06.307 --> 05:08.006 FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PATROL THIS BORDER REGION. 05:08.008 --> 05:09.341 THIS BORDER REGION. TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS. 05:09.343 --> 05:10.809 TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS. >> RIGHT, WE LIKE TO CALL THIS 05:10.811 --> 05:12.811 >> RIGHT, WE LIKE TO CALL THIS AREA BETWEEN THE SECONDARY FENCE 05:12.813 --> 05:14.680 AREA BETWEEN THE SECONDARY FENCE AND THE PRIMARY FENCE AS NO 05:14.682 --> 05:16.481 AND THE PRIMARY FENCE AS NO MAN'S LAND, AS YOU SEE, IT'S 05:16.483 --> 05:19.017 MAN'S LAND, AS YOU SEE, IT'S PRETTY BARRON, THERE'S REALLY NO 05:19.019 --> 05:19.818 PRETTY BARRON, THERE'S REALLY NO COVER. 05:19.820 --> 05:21.386 COVER. WHEN THEY MAKE IT INTO THE 05:21.388 --> 05:23.789 WHEN THEY MAKE IT INTO THE RESPECTAL AREAS, SOMETIMES -- 05:23.791 --> 05:25.223 RESPECTAL AREAS, SOMETIMES -- RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SOMETIMES WE 05:25.225 --> 05:27.559 RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNITS. 05:27.561 --> 05:28.927 HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNITS. THEY CAN RESPOND TO THOSE AREAS 05:28.929 --> 05:30.062 THEY CAN RESPOND TO THOSE AREAS MORE QUICKLY THAN WE CAN. 05:30.064 --> 05:31.463 MORE QUICKLY THAN WE CAN. AND THAT ALSO HELPS WITH OUR 05:31.465 --> 05:33.198 AND THAT ALSO HELPS WITH OUR EFFICIENCY A AS WELL. 05:33.200 --> 05:34.232 EFFICIENCY A AS WELL. BECAUSE, THESE URBAN 05:34.234 --> 05:35.334 BECAUSE, THESE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY WITH 05:35.336 --> 05:37.502 NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRSK OF SAN LUIS WITH THE 05:37.504 --> 05:38.737 THE TRSK OF SAN LUIS WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND 05:38.739 --> 05:41.573 AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND PEDESTRIANS, A BICYCLE IS GOING 05:41.575 --> 05:42.307 PEDESTRIANS, A BICYCLE IS GOING TO GET SOMEWHERE QUICKER THAN A 05:42.309 --> 05:42.674 TO GET SOMEWHERE QUICKER THAN A TRUCK CAN. 05:42.676 --> 05:44.743 TRUCK CAN. >> SO THIS IS IS A TYPICAL CHEVY 05:44.745 --> 05:47.546 >> SO THIS IS IS A TYPICAL CHEVY THAT IS USED TO PATROL THE 05:47.548 --> 05:48.613 THAT IS USED TO PATROL THE BORDER, BUT IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE 05:48.615 --> 05:50.349 BORDER, BUT IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S PREPARED FOR THE 05:50.351 --> 05:51.516 IN THAT IT'S PREPARED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO? 05:51.518 --> 05:52.050 WORST CASE SCENARIO? >> CORRECT. 05:52.052 --> 05:54.886 >> CORRECT. THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL THE WAR 05:54.888 --> 05:55.220 THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL THE WAR WAGONS. 05:55.222 --> 05:57.189 WAGONS. THESE HAVE THESE METAL PLATES 05:57.191 --> 05:58.056 THESE HAVE THESE METAL PLATES OUTFITTED ON THEM. 05:58.058 --> 05:59.658 OUTFITTED ON THEM. AND THEY ARE STURDY AS YOU CAN 05:59.660 --> 06:00.592 AND THEY ARE STURDY AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY ARE METAL AND THEY 06:00.594 --> 06:02.427 TELL, THEY ARE METAL AND THEY ARE ON THE GLASS. 06:02.429 --> 06:03.729 ARE ON THE GLASS. THEY ARE ON THE LIGHTS. 06:03.731 --> 06:05.097 THEY ARE ON THE LIGHTS. AND THIS IS TO PROTECT THE 06:05.099 --> 06:06.732 AND THIS IS TO PROTECT THE AGENTS AND THE DRIVES THAT ARE 06:06.734 --> 06:09.968 AGENTS AND THE DRIVES THAT ARE IN HERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE 06:09.970 --> 06:10.602 IN HERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE INCIDENTS WHERE THERE ARE 06:10.604 --> 06:12.904 INCIDENTS WHERE THERE ARE ROCKINGS AND BOTTLES BEING 06:12.906 --> 06:14.072 ROCKINGS AND BOTTLES BEING THROWN AND THESE ARE NOT THE 06:14.074 --> 06:15.340 THROWN AND THESE ARE NOT THE SMALL ROCKS THAT PEOPLE ARE 06:15.342 --> 06:16.041 SMALL ROCKS THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF. 06:16.043 --> 06:18.009 THINKING OF. THESE ARE LARGE ROCKS, THESE ARE 06:18.011 --> 06:19.811 THESE ARE LARGE ROCKS, THESE ARE INTEND TO HARM THE AGENTS AND 06:19.813 --> 06:22.881 INTEND TO HARM THE AGENTS AND THE VEHICLES, SO WE LIKE TO HAVE 06:22.883 --> 06:24.316 THE VEHICLES, SO WE LIKE TO HAVE THE AGENTS PROTECTED ESPECIALLY 06:24.318 --> 06:26.084 THE AGENTS PROTECTED ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE IN THESE SPOTS. 06:26.086 --> 06:28.186 WHEN THEY ARE IN THESE SPOTS. IF A GIANT ROCK WERE THROWN AND 06:28.188 --> 06:29.855 IF A GIANT ROCK WERE THROWN AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD OR WINDOW, IT 06:29.857 --> 06:31.356 HIT THE WINDSHIELD OR WINDOW, IT WILL GO THROUGH AND HIT THE 06:31.358 --> 06:31.656 WILL GO THROUGH AND HIT THE AGENT. 06:31.658 --> 06:34.059 AGENT. IT COULD HURT THEM AND AT WORSE, 06:34.061 --> 06:35.060 IT COULD HURT THEM AND AT WORSE, THEY MAY BE KILLED. 06:35.062 --> 06:38.296 THEY MAY BE KILLED. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. 06:38.298 --> 06:39.765 THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. SO, WE WANT OUR AGENTS TO TO BE 06:39.767 --> 06:41.032 SO, WE WANT OUR AGENTS TO TO BE READY FOR THAT TYPE OF 06:41.034 --> 06:42.567 READY FOR THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, LIKE WE SHOWED YOU 06:42.569 --> 06:44.636 ENVIRONMENT, LIKE WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY 06:44.638 --> 06:46.705 EARLIER IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY IN NO MAN'S LAND, IF SOMETHING 06:46.707 --> 06:47.406 IN NO MAN'S LAND, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN. 06:47.408 --> 06:49.341 WERE TO HAPPEN. YOU SAW THERE WAS NOT THAT MUCH 06:49.343 --> 06:49.641 YOU SAW THERE WAS NOT THAT MUCH COVER. 06:49.643 --> 06:50.942 COVER. IF THEY NEEDED TO EXIT THE AREA. 06:50.944 --> 06:52.544 IF THEY NEEDED TO EXIT THE AREA. THEY NEEDED TO DRIVE THROUGH A 06:52.546 --> 06:52.878 THEY NEEDED TO DRIVE THROUGH A GATE. 06:52.880 --> 06:55.680 GATE. THESE ARE HERE TO BETTER PROTECT 06:55.682 --> 06:58.817 THESE ARE HERE TO BETTER PROTECT THE AGENTS BECAUSE THESE PROVIDE 06:58.819 --> 07:02.554 THE AGENTS BECAUSE THESE PROVIDE GOOD COVER. 07:02.556 --> 07:03.255 GOOD COVER. IF A AGENT NEEDS TO BE ON NOT. 07:03.257 --> 07:04.556 IF A AGENT NEEDS TO BE ON NOT. IF THEY GET TO THE TRUCK, THEY 07:04.558 --> 07:05.791 IF THEY GET TO THE TRUCK, THEY CAN PROVIDE COVER FOR THAT TYPE 07:05.793 --> 07:06.425 CAN PROVIDE COVER FOR THAT TYPE OF DANGER. 07:06.427 --> 07:07.959 OF DANGER. >> THE THIS IS HOW REAL THE 07:07.961 --> 07:09.327 >> THE THIS IS HOW REAL THE SITUATION CAN BE FOR YOU AND 07:09.329 --> 07:10.195 SITUATION CAN BE FOR YOU AND YOUR AGENTS OUT HERE. 07:10.197 --> 07:10.829 YOUR AGENTS OUT HERE. >> CORRECT. 07:10.831 --> 07:12.531 >> CORRECT. THIS IS A TYPE OF STUFF THAT WE 07:12.533 --> 07:14.833 THIS IS A TYPE OF STUFF THAT WE FACE WHEN WE ARE ON THE FIELD, 07:14.835 --> 07:16.268 FACE WHEN WE ARE ON THE FIELD, AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR 07:16.270 --> 07:17.636 AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR IT, WE WANT TO BE READY FOR IT. 07:17.638 --> 07:19.271 IT, WE WANT TO BE READY FOR IT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 07:19.273 --> 07:21.807 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENTS ARE READY FOR IT AND 07:21.809 --> 07:22.541 THE AGENTS ARE READY FOR IT AND THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY 07:22.543 --> 07:23.742 THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO COME BACK 07:23.744 --> 07:25.377 EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO COME BACK HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY AND 07:25.379 --> 07:27.846 HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY AND TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION. 07:27.848 --> 07:30.449 TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION. >> THE YUMA SECTOR SHARES 61 07:30.451 --> 07:32.217 >> THE YUMA SECTOR SHARES 61 MILES OF BORDER WITH MEXICO, 07:32.219 --> 07:33.652 MILES OF BORDER WITH MEXICO, MUCH SMALLER THAN THE TUCSON 07:33.654 --> 07:35.620 MUCH SMALLER THAN THE TUCSON CONSECUTIVE IS TORE THAT SHARES 07:35.622 --> 07:38.824 CONSECUTIVE IS TORE THAT SHARES 262 MILES OF LINEAR BORDER WITH 07:38.826 --> 07:39.157 262 MILES OF LINEAR BORDER WITH MEXICO. 07:39.159 --> 07:42.394 MEXICO. AT ITS PEAK IN 2000, BORDER 07:42.396 --> 07:44.796 AT ITS PEAK IN 2000, BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN THE TUCSON 07:44.798 --> 07:47.466 PATROL AGENTS IN THE TUCSON SECTOR ARRESTED MORE THAN 07:47.468 --> 07:51.102 SECTOR ARRESTED MORE THAN 120,000 PEOPLE AND SEIZED 2600 07:51.104 --> 07:52.771 120,000 PEOPLE AND SEIZED 2600 TONS OF DRUGS. 07:52.773 --> 07:56.908 TONS OF DRUGS. THE TUCSON SECTOR HAS DOUBLED 07:56.910 --> 07:58.944 THE TUCSON SECTOR HAS DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF AGENCIES IN 07:58.946 --> 08:01.713 THE NUMBER OF AGENCIES IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 08:01.715 --> 08:03.482 SOUTHERN ARIZONA. BORDER PATROL AGENT BRIAN 08:03.484 --> 08:04.483 BORDER PATROL AGENT BRIAN FLOWERS, DESCRIBE THE AREA WHERE 08:04.485 --> 08:05.450 FLOWERS, DESCRIBE THE AREA WHERE WE ARE STANDING NOW. 08:05.452 --> 08:08.086 WE ARE STANDING NOW. >> YES, THIS AREA HERE IS PART 08:08.088 --> 08:12.791 >> YES, THIS AREA HERE IS PART OF THE NOGALLIS BORDER PATROL 08:12.793 --> 08:15.527 OF THE NOGALLIS BORDER PATROL AREA PART OF RESPONSIBILITY. 08:15.529 --> 08:17.729 AREA PART OF RESPONSIBILITY. YOU KIND OF SEE, BEHIND US, WE 08:17.731 --> 08:20.899 YOU KIND OF SEE, BEHIND US, WE HAVE THE FENCING AND DISPLAYED 08:20.901 --> 08:21.900 HAVE THE FENCING AND DISPLAYED THE IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 08:21.902 --> 08:23.468 THE IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE. 08:23.470 --> 08:25.103 WE HAVE HERE. >> YOU MENTION THE STATION, HOW 08:25.105 --> 08:26.838 >> YOU MENTION THE STATION, HOW MANY STATIONS ARE THERE WITHIN 08:26.840 --> 08:28.006 MANY STATIONS ARE THERE WITHIN THE TUCSON SECTOR? 08:28.008 --> 08:30.108 THE TUCSON SECTOR? >> THERE ARE A TOTAL OF EIGHT 08:30.110 --> 08:31.977 >> THERE ARE A TOTAL OF EIGHT STATIONS THAT ARE SUB DIVIDED TO 08:31.979 --> 08:34.412 STATIONS THAT ARE SUB DIVIDED TO MAKE UP THE ENTIRE SECTOR BORDER 08:34.414 --> 08:34.746 MAKE UP THE ENTIRE SECTOR BORDER PATROL. 08:34.748 --> 08:35.947 PATROL. >> EXPLAIN FOR VIEWERS WHAT THE 08:35.949 --> 08:37.916 >> EXPLAIN FOR VIEWERS WHAT THE AREA OF COVERAGE IS WHEN WE 08:37.918 --> 08:39.918 AREA OF COVERAGE IS WHEN WE DESCRIBE THE TUCSON SECTOR? 08:39.920 --> 08:41.987 DESCRIBE THE TUCSON SECTOR? >> IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR A TOTAL 08:41.989 --> 08:45.290 >> IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF 262 LINEAR MILES OF BORDER. 08:45.292 --> 08:47.893 OF 262 LINEAR MILES OF BORDER. THAT EXTENDS FROM THE ARIZONA 08:47.895 --> 08:49.528 THAT EXTENDS FROM THE ARIZONA NEW MEXICO COSTATE LINE ALL THE 08:49.530 --> 08:52.831 NEW MEXICO COSTATE LINE ALL THE WAY WEST, THAT MAKES UP THE 262 08:52.833 --> 08:53.665 WAY WEST, THAT MAKES UP THE 262 LINEAR MILES. 08:53.667 --> 08:57.536 LINEAR MILES. AND OUR AGENTS PATROL OVER 295 08:57.538 --> 08:58.837 AND OUR AGENTS PATROL OVER 295 SQUARE MILES OF AREA. 08:58.839 --> 09:01.940 SQUARE MILES OF AREA. >> THIS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS 09:01.942 --> 09:02.908 >> THIS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS GROUND ZERO. 09:02.910 --> 09:05.443 GROUND ZERO. HERE WE ARE 2014, LOOKING BACK, 09:05.445 --> 09:07.679 HERE WE ARE 2014, LOOKING BACK, ARE THERE NUMBERS THAT WERE 09:07.681 --> 09:10.015 ARE THERE NUMBERS THAT WERE IMPRESSIVE AS FAR AS THE SEIZERS 09:10.017 --> 09:12.284 IMPRESSIVE AS FAR AS THE SEIZERS AND APPREHENSIONS? 09:12.286 --> 09:14.853 AND APPREHENSIONS? >> YES, IT'S ONE OF THE HOST 09:14.855 --> 09:16.855 >> YES, IT'S ONE OF THE HOST BUSY SECTORS FOR BORDER PATROL. 09:16.857 --> 09:21.626 BUSY SECTORS FOR BORDER PATROL. LAST YEAR, WE SEIZED 2.1 MILLION 09:21.628 --> 09:22.627 LAST YEAR, WE SEIZED 2.1 MILLION POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. 09:22.629 --> 09:24.296 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. IF YOU COMPARE, YOU REFLECT BACK 09:24.298 --> 09:26.331 IF YOU COMPARE, YOU REFLECT BACK TO THE YEAR 2000, IF THAT YEAR, 09:26.333 --> 09:29.434 TO THE YEAR 2000, IF THAT YEAR, WE HAD 1500 AGENTS THROUGH 09:29.436 --> 09:31.570 WE HAD 1500 AGENTS THROUGH TUCSON'S SECTOR, AND WE 09:31.572 --> 09:33.538 TUCSON'S SECTOR, AND WE APPREHENDED THE MOST ILLEGAL 09:33.540 --> 09:33.872 APPREHENDED THE MOST ILLEGAL ALIENS. 09:33.874 --> 09:37.142 ALIENS. WE A APPREHENDED ALMOST 616,000 09:37.144 --> 09:38.310 WE A APPREHENDED ALMOST 616,000 LAST YEAR. 09:38.312 --> 09:40.211 LAST YEAR. AND SEIZED 240 THOUSAND POUNDS 09:40.213 --> 09:41.012 AND SEIZED 240 THOUSAND POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. 09:41.014 --> 09:43.748 OF MARIJUANA. AND GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE 09:43.750 --> 09:45.717 AND GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE ALMOST 242 AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE 09:45.719 --> 09:48.320 ALMOST 242 AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE SECTOR AND ARE WE REDUCED THE 09:48.322 --> 09:50.722 SECTOR AND ARE WE REDUCED THE APPREHENSION NUMBERS TO OVER 09:50.724 --> 09:53.558 APPREHENSION NUMBERS TO OVER 120,000 ILLEGAL ALIEN 09:53.560 --> 09:54.426 120,000 ILLEGAL ALIEN APPREHENSIONS. 09:54.428 --> 09:59.397 APPREHENSIONS. THAT SHOWS BY HAVING MORE 09:59.399 --> 10:02.000 THAT SHOWS BY HAVING MORE OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND WE CAN 10:02.002 --> 10:03.602 OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND WE CAN FOCUS MORE TOWARD THE DIFFERENT 10:03.604 --> 10:05.370 FOCUS MORE TOWARD THE DIFFERENT TRENDS AND THE ROUTES THEY ARE 10:05.372 --> 10:08.940 TRENDS AND THE ROUTES THEY ARE USING THAT LED TO US SEIZING 1.2 10:08.942 --> 10:10.375 USING THAT LED TO US SEIZING 1.2 MILLION UNDER TOS OF MARIJUANA. 10:10.377 --> 10:11.710 MILLION UNDER TOS OF MARIJUANA. >> A LOT ON OF PEOPLE ARE 10:11.712 --> 10:13.144 >> A LOT ON OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY WATCHING THE THIS AND 10:13.146 --> 10:14.613 PROBABLY WATCHING THE THIS AND THINKING WHY ARE PEOPLE COMING 10:14.615 --> 10:15.580 THINKING WHY ARE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR 10:15.582 --> 10:16.381 THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR? 10:16.383 --> 10:17.782 CORRIDOR? WHAT MAKES IT APPEALING TO THE 10:17.784 --> 10:20.185 WHAT MAKES IT APPEALING TO THE PEOPLE COMING NORTH? 10:20.187 --> 10:22.153 PEOPLE COMING NORTH? >> WE USE A VARIETY OF WAYS AND 10:22.155 --> 10:23.955 >> WE USE A VARIETY OF WAYS AND METHODS TO MAKE THE BORDER 10:23.957 --> 10:25.624 METHODS TO MAKE THE BORDER ENCOURAGE ARE AS FAR AS ENTERING 10:25.626 --> 10:26.424 ENCOURAGE ARE AS FAR AS ENTERING THE U.S. 10:26.426 --> 10:28.426 THE U.S. NOW WE SIGH TRAFFIC MOVING TO 10:28.428 --> 10:29.561 NOW WE SIGH TRAFFIC MOVING TO THE REMOVE AREAS. 10:29.563 --> 10:31.930 THE REMOVE AREAS. ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN CORRIDOR. 10:31.932 --> 10:34.399 ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN CORRIDOR. YOU LOOK AT BORDER PATROLS AREA 10:34.401 --> 10:35.066 YOU LOOK AT BORDER PATROLS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 10:35.068 --> 10:36.935 OF RESPONSIBILITY. BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING 10:36.937 --> 10:39.871 BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS, WHEREAS YEARS PAST, THE 10:39.873 --> 10:41.172 IS, WHEREAS YEARS PAST, THE URBAN AREAS WERE POPULAR. 10:41.174 --> 10:47.078 URBAN AREAS WERE POPULAR. THAT IS ONE THING WE SEE IN 10:47.080 --> 10:47.779 THAT IS ONE THING WE SEE IN TUCSON''S SECTOR. 10:47.781 --> 10:48.613 TUCSON''S SECTOR. THESE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS 10:48.615 --> 10:50.281 THESE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS WILL TRY TO CROSS THE 10:50.283 --> 10:51.816 WILL TRY TO CROSS THE INDIVIDUALS IN MORE REMOTE AREAS 10:51.818 --> 10:55.153 INDIVIDUALS IN MORE REMOTE AREAS AND THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE 10:55.155 --> 10:55.920 AND THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE DETE 10:55.922 --> 10:56.287 DETE DETECTED. 10:56.289 --> 10:57.522 DETECTED. THAT MEANS THE OPEN TERRAIN AND 10:57.524 --> 10:58.790 THAT MEANS THE OPEN TERRAIN AND DESERT THAT ARE PUTTING THE 10:58.792 --> 11:00.258 DESERT THAT ARE PUTTING THE INDIVIDUALS IN A HIGHER RISK FOR 11:00.260 --> 11:01.660 INDIVIDUALS IN A HIGHER RISK FOR ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN DURING 11:01.662 --> 11:02.994 ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN DURING THAT JOURNEY. 11:02.996 --> 11:04.496 THAT JOURNEY. >> SO, AGENT FLOWERS HERE WE ARE 11:04.498 --> 11:07.132 >> SO, AGENT FLOWERS HERE WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE AREA. 11:07.134 --> 11:08.433 IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE AREA. A MORE URBAN REGION. 11:08.435 --> 11:10.201 A MORE URBAN REGION. DESCRIBE THE FENCE HERE TO US. 11:10.203 --> 11:13.038 DESCRIBE THE FENCE HERE TO US. >> YES, LIKE I SAY, IT'S SIMILAR 11:13.040 --> 11:15.407 >> YES, LIKE I SAY, IT'S SIMILAR TO OUR NEW AND IMPROVED TYPE 11:15.409 --> 11:15.740 TO OUR NEW AND IMPROVED TYPE FENCING. 11:15.742 --> 11:17.375 FENCING. SOME OF THE BENEFITS, OBVIOUSLY, 11:17.377 --> 11:19.577 SOME OF THE BENEFITS, OBVIOUSLY, OF HAVING IT NOW COMPARED TO THE 11:19.579 --> 11:21.246 OF HAVING IT NOW COMPARED TO THE OLD STYLE, YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE 11:21.248 --> 11:22.414 OLD STYLE, YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE WHAT POTENTIAL THREATS COULD BE 11:22.416 --> 11:24.649 WHAT POTENTIAL THREATS COULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE 11:24.651 --> 11:24.949 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE HERE. 11:24.951 --> 11:27.118 HERE. BY HAVING THIS, THE AGENTS CAN 11:27.120 --> 11:28.520 BY HAVING THIS, THE AGENTS CAN KNOW WHAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS 11:28.522 --> 11:30.522 KNOW WHAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS MAY BE PREPARING TO JUMP, IF 11:30.524 --> 11:31.790 MAY BE PREPARING TO JUMP, IF MAYBE THEY ARE THE NUMBERS, HOW 11:31.792 --> 11:33.758 MAYBE THEY ARE THE NUMBERS, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE GROUP. 11:33.760 --> 11:36.094 MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE GROUP. AND IF THEY ARE CARRYING 11:36.096 --> 11:36.461 AND IF THEY ARE CARRYING NARCOTICS. 11:36.463 --> 11:39.764 NARCOTICS. AGENTS WILL KNOW HOW TO 11:39.766 --> 11:43.234 AGENTS WILL KNOW HOW TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO THAT 11:43.236 --> 11:43.968 APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO THAT PROBLEM. 11:43.970 --> 11:48.373 PROBLEM. OUR BIKE PATROL UNIT IS ONE OF 11:48.375 --> 11:49.941 OUR BIKE PATROL UNIT IS ONE OF OUR SPECIALTY UNITS. 11:49.943 --> 11:52.744 OUR SPECIALTY UNITS. IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EVEN 11:52.746 --> 11:54.279 IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EVEN SOME OF OUR GOVERNMENT VEHICLES. 11:54.281 --> 12:01.319 SOME OF OUR GOVERNMENT VEHICLES. BY GETTING IN TO THE ALLEY WAYS. 12:01.321 --> 12:03.755 BY GETTING IN TO THE ALLEY WAYS. >> THE TERRAIN IS UNIQUE, AND 12:03.757 --> 12:04.756 >> THE TERRAIN IS UNIQUE, AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TRYING 12:04.758 --> 12:06.324 IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TRYING TO CROSS OVER AND FOR THE 12:06.326 --> 12:06.658 TO CROSS OVER AND FOR THE AGENTS. 12:06.660 --> 12:09.694 AGENTS. >> YES, WE ARE IN A URBAN AREA. 12:09.696 --> 12:11.196 >> YES, WE ARE IN A URBAN AREA. THEY ARE DOING -- POSING 12:11.198 --> 12:12.630 THEY ARE DOING -- POSING DIFFERENT CHALLENGES COMPARED TO 12:12.632 --> 12:18.103 DIFFERENT CHALLENGES COMPARED TO THE REMOTE AREAS. 12:18.105 --> 12:19.637 THE REMOTE AREAS. OUR AGENTS KNOW THEY HAVE 12:19.639 --> 12:22.073 OUR AGENTS KNOW THEY HAVE SECONDS TO MINUTES TO RESPOND TO 12:22.075 --> 12:23.074 SECONDS TO MINUTES TO RESPOND TO ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS 12:23.076 --> 12:23.374 ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS HERE. 12:23.376 --> 12:26.077 HERE. BY THE TIME THE INDIVIDUAL JUMPS 12:26.079 --> 12:27.912 BY THE TIME THE INDIVIDUAL JUMPS THE FENCE, THEY WILL LITERALLY 12:27.914 --> 12:29.614 THE FENCE, THEY WILL LITERALLY HAVE SECONDS TO MINUTES TO 12:29.616 --> 12:29.948 HAVE SECONDS TO MINUTES TO RESPOND. 12:29.950 --> 12:31.082 RESPOND. THAT INDIVIDUAL CAN ATTEMPT TO 12:31.084 --> 12:34.219 THAT INDIVIDUAL CAN ATTEMPT TO BLEND IN WITH THE SHOPPING TO 12:34.221 --> 12:36.321 BLEND IN WITH THE SHOPPING TO TOURISM AND LOAD UP IN THE 12:36.323 --> 12:37.789 TOURISM AND LOAD UP IN THE VEHICLE AND HEAD NORTHBOUND 12:37.791 --> 12:41.092 VEHICLE AND HEAD NORTHBOUND WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. 12:41.094 --> 12:43.495 WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. THIS AREA, WE WILL HAVE 12:43.497 --> 12:44.462 THIS AREA, WE WILL HAVE EXPEDITED RESPONSES. 12:44.464 --> 12:47.532 EXPEDITED RESPONSES. >> WILL YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE 12:47.534 --> 12:48.900 >> WILL YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE CAMERAS ENTHAIL? 12:48.902 --> 12:52.971 CAMERAS ENTHAIL? >> THAT IS OUR REMOTE VIDEO 12:52.973 --> 12:53.505 >> THAT IS OUR REMOTE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. 12:53.507 --> 12:57.876 SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. IT'S IN PLACE TO DETECT ANY 12:57.878 --> 12:59.277 IT'S IN PLACE TO DETECT ANY POTENTIAL BORDER INCURSIONS THAT 12:59.279 --> 13:01.212 POTENTIAL BORDER INCURSIONS THAT MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE FENCE OR 13:01.214 --> 13:04.682 MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE FENCE OR THOSE THAT TRY TO MOVE NARCOTICS 13:04.684 --> 13:09.020 THOSE THAT TRY TO MOVE NARCOTICS FURTHER NORTH INTO THE U.S. IT 13:09.022 --> 13:10.488 FURTHER NORTH INTO THE U.S. IT HAS FOUR CAMERAS ON THE TOP OF 13:10.490 --> 13:11.489 HAS FOUR CAMERAS ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER. 13:11.491 --> 13:13.291 THE TOWER. WE HAVE OPERATORS CONTROLLING IT 13:13.293 --> 13:14.626 WE HAVE OPERATORS CONTROLLING IT FROM THE TECHNICAL OPERATIONS 13:14.628 --> 13:16.094 FROM THE TECHNICAL OPERATIONS CENTER AND THE AREA WILL BE ABLE 13:16.096 --> 13:18.129 CENTER AND THE AREA WILL BE ABLE TO PAN AROUND AND DETECT AND 13:18.131 --> 13:19.664 TO PAN AROUND AND DETECT AND IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY ANY 13:19.666 --> 13:21.733 IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY ANY POTENTIAL THREATS THAT MAY BE IN 13:21.735 --> 13:22.433 POTENTIAL THREATS THAT MAY BE IN THE AREA AND BE ABLE TO GIVE 13:22.435 --> 13:25.503 THE AREA AND BE ABLE TO GIVE AGENTS AWARENESS OF LEGITIMATE 13:25.505 --> 13:27.205 AGENTS AWARENESS OF LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE THREATS. 13:27.207 --> 13:28.807 AND ILLEGITIMATE THREATS. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO 13:28.809 --> 13:29.207 >> THAT IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO YOU? 13:29.209 --> 13:32.410 YOU? >> YES, OUR TECHNOLOGY PIECE IS 13:32.412 --> 13:34.779 >> YES, OUR TECHNOLOGY PIECE IS ESSENTIAL AND HELPFUL TO US. 13:34.781 --> 13:37.015 ESSENTIAL AND HELPFUL TO US. OUR TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THAT 13:37.017 --> 13:38.550 OUR TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD, IMPROVES OUR 13:38.552 --> 13:42.420 WE HAVE HAD, IMPROVES OUR ABILITY TO DETER AND DETECT AND 13:42.422 --> 13:44.222 ABILITY TO DETER AND DETECT AND CLASSIFY AND IDENTIFY AND 13:44.224 --> 13:52.463 CLASSIFY AND IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE BORDER INCUR SYMPTSIONS 13:52.465 --> 13:53.164 RESOLVE BORDER INCUR SYMPTSIONS >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT'S 13:53.166 --> 13:53.865 >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT'S LIKE IF FOR THE BOOTS ON THE 13:53.867 --> 13:54.199 LIKE IF FOR THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 13:54.201 --> 13:55.667 GROUND. WHAT ARE THE DANGERS YOU FACE? 13:55.669 --> 13:58.203 WHAT ARE THE DANGERS YOU FACE? >> ALL OF THE AGENTS FACE A LOT 13:58.205 --> 14:00.805 >> ALL OF THE AGENTS FACE A LOT OF DANGER WHEN TAKING ON THIS 14:00.807 --> 14:01.206 OF DANGER WHEN TAKING ON THIS JOB. 14:01.208 --> 14:02.140 JOB. ONE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE 14:02.142 --> 14:03.474 ONE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY IS OUR TERRAIN. 14:03.476 --> 14:06.044 OBVIOUSLY IS OUR TERRAIN. WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST RUGGED, 14:06.046 --> 14:08.379 WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST RUGGED, AND REMOTE TERRAIN THAT THEY 14:08.381 --> 14:08.680 AND REMOTE TERRAIN THAT THEY HAVE. 14:08.682 --> 14:10.782 HAVE. JUST WHERE WE ARE NOW, IF YOU 14:10.784 --> 14:14.018 JUST WHERE WE ARE NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEST, YOU SEE THE 14:14.020 --> 14:14.385 LOOK AT THE WEST, YOU SEE THE MOUNTAINS. 14:14.387 --> 14:16.688 MOUNTAINS. THEY ARE REMOTE AND RUGGED 14:16.690 --> 14:16.988 THEY ARE REMOTE AND RUGGED AREAS. 14:16.990 --> 14:18.223 AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS HERE IN THE TUCSON 14:18.225 --> 14:20.692 THE MOUNTAINS HERE IN THE TUCSON SECTOR AND OFTEN TIMES WE REFER 14:20.694 --> 14:23.928 SECTOR AND OFTEN TIMES WE REFER TO IN COMPARED THE TO MOUNTAINS 14:23.930 --> 14:24.896 TO IN COMPARED THE TO MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN IN HOW ROUGH AND 14:24.898 --> 14:25.430 OF AFGHANISTAN IN HOW ROUGH AND RUGGED THEY ARE. 14:25.432 --> 14:26.998 RUGGED THEY ARE. AND THERE'S DANGERS AND THINGS 14:27.000 --> 14:28.633 AND THERE'S DANGERS AND THINGS THAT CAN COME, TO AGENCIES THAT 14:28.635 --> 14:30.301 THAT CAN COME, TO AGENCIES THAT ARE PATROLLING THE AREAS, THAT 14:30.303 --> 14:31.236 ARE PATROLLING THE AREAS, THAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE ILLEGAL 14:31.238 --> 14:33.104 HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE ILLEGAL TRAFFIC AND FOR THE ILLEGAL 14:33.106 --> 14:33.671 TRAFFIC AND FOR THE ILLEGAL TRAFFIC THEMSELVES. 14:33.673 --> 14:35.907 TRAFFIC THEMSELVES. THE GROUPS THAT TRY TO OF INTO 14:35.909 --> 14:38.576 THE GROUPS THAT TRY TO OF INTO THE U.S. THROUGH THE REMOTE 14:38.578 --> 14:39.277 THE U.S. THROUGH THE REMOTE AREAS. 14:39.279 --> 14:41.112 AREAS. >> THE STATION AND AREA, IS THAT 14:41.114 --> 14:44.415 >> THE STATION AND AREA, IS THAT TREND LIKELY TO CONTINUE OR 14:44.417 --> 14:45.149 TREND LIKELY TO CONTINUE OR BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING 14:45.151 --> 14:47.285 BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING DO YOU FEEL THAT IT'S HEADED IN 14:47.287 --> 14:49.487 DO YOU FEEL THAT IT'S HEADED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? 14:49.489 --> 14:51.689 A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? >> I SAY THE TUCSON SECTOR IS 14:51.691 --> 14:53.958 >> I SAY THE TUCSON SECTOR IS THE BUSIEST SECTOR. 14:53.960 --> 14:55.560 THE BUSIEST SECTOR. WE HAVE SHOWN GREAT IMPROVEMENTS 14:55.562 --> 14:57.595 WE HAVE SHOWN GREAT IMPROVEMENTS BY SEEING OUR NUMBERS DECREASE. 14:57.597 --> 14:59.864 BY SEEING OUR NUMBERS DECREASE. FROM 2000, TO WHERE WE ARE 14:59.866 --> 15:00.231 FROM 2000, TO WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. 15:00.233 --> 15:01.633 CURRENTLY. I SAY THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE 15:01.635 --> 15:05.003 I SAY THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE HAVE, I WILL ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE 15:05.005 --> 15:06.738 HAVE, I WILL ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE IMPROVEMENTS AND PROPER MIXTURE 15:06.740 --> 15:08.106 IMPROVEMENTS AND PROPER MIXTURE OF ON OUR PERSONNEL AND 15:08.108 --> 15:08.539 OF ON OUR PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGIES. 15:08.541 --> 15:09.774 TECHNOLOGIES. I SEE US GOING IN THE RIGHT 15:09.776 --> 15:11.809 I SEE US GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BY SEEING EACH YEAR, 15:11.811 --> 15:14.879 DIRECTION BY SEEING EACH YEAR, WE ARE GAINING, SEIZING MORE OF 15:14.881 --> 15:16.981 WE ARE GAINING, SEIZING MORE OF THESE NARCOTIC LOADS AND 15:16.983 --> 15:19.484 THESE NARCOTIC LOADS AND DIFFERENT NARCOTIC NUMBERS. 15:19.486 --> 15:23.121 DIFFERENT NARCOTIC NUMBERS. THEREFORE, WE ARE USING A LOT OF 15:23.123 --> 15:26.791 THEREFORE, WE ARE USING A LOT OF INTELLIGENCE AND THREAT LEVEL 15:26.793 --> 15:27.225 INTELLIGENCE AND THREAT LEVEL INTELLIGENCE. 15:27.227 --> 15:28.860 INTELLIGENCE. AND FINDING OUT WHERE WE SHOULD 15:28.862 --> 15:31.095 AND FINDING OUT WHERE WE SHOULD DEPLOY OUR ASSETS AND RESOURCES. 15:31.097 --> 15:33.965 DEPLOY OUR ASSETS AND RESOURCES. IT IS MAKING OUR BORDER MORE 15:33.967 --> 15:36.401 IT IS MAKING OUR BORDER MORE SAFE TODAY THAN IT HAS BEEN. 15:36.403 --> 15:40.171 SAFE TODAY THAN IT HAS BEEN. >> EVERY YEAR, UNDOCUMENTED 15:40.173 --> 15:44.075 >> EVERY YEAR, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LOSE LIVES CROSSING 15:44.077 --> 15:45.510 IMMIGRANTS LOSE LIVES CROSSING THE DESERT. 15:45.512 --> 15:46.911 THE DESERT. MEN, WOMEN AND EVEN CHILDREN 15:46.913 --> 15:49.347 MEN, WOMEN AND EVEN CHILDREN FROM VARIOUS REGIONS OF LATIN 15:49.349 --> 15:50.915 FROM VARIOUS REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA. 15:50.917 --> 15:54.152 AMERICA. ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA ALEXANDER 15:54.154 --> 15:58.222 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA ALEXANDER HAS THE STORY. 15:58.224 --> 16:02.226 HAS THE STORY. >> AT THE CORE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 16:02.228 --> 16:09.600 >> AT THE CORE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, WE TRY TO COMPARE TOES TO THE 16:09.602 --> 16:11.903 WE TRY TO COMPARE TOES TO THE BIOLOGICAL MEDICAL EXAMINER, WE 16:11.905 --> 16:17.041 BIOLOGICAL MEDICAL EXAMINER, WE HAVE A CRY SES HERE IN SOUTHERN 16:17.043 --> 16:17.775 HAVE A CRY SES HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 16:17.777 --> 16:28.686 ARIZONA. >> WHEN 93 SAY MI-- THE WORK -- 16:28.688 --> 16:31.122 >> WHEN 93 SAY MI-- THE WORK -- WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A 16:31.124 --> 16:32.557 WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A CONSTRUCTED CRISIS, WE HAVE 16:32.559 --> 16:35.493 CONSTRUCTED CRISIS, WE HAVE PEOPLE DYING IN THE DESERT 16:35.495 --> 16:36.995 PEOPLE DYING IN THE DESERT BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES, THE 16:36.997 --> 16:38.396 BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES, THE SECURITY INITIATIVES AND THE 16:38.398 --> 16:43.034 SECURITY INITIATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE UNITED 16:43.036 --> 16:45.570 ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES, SO WE HAVE POLE FACTORS 16:45.572 --> 16:47.872 STATES, SO WE HAVE POLE FACTORS THAT ARE DISPLACING PEOPLE FROM 16:47.874 --> 16:51.242 THAT ARE DISPLACING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES AND THEY ARE 16:51.244 --> 16:52.610 THEIR HOMES AND THEY ARE FUNNELED INTO REMOTE REGIONS. 16:52.612 --> 16:54.946 FUNNELED INTO REMOTE REGIONS. SO IN ESSENCE, IT'S A TRAGEDY 16:54.948 --> 16:57.215 SO IN ESSENCE, IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. 16:57.217 --> 16:59.117 THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. >> AN ISSUE THAT STRETCHES 16:59.119 --> 17:01.452 >> AN ISSUE THAT STRETCHES BEYOND ANY BORDER. 17:01.454 --> 17:02.186 BEYOND ANY BORDER. >> DEATHS IN THE DESERT AFFECT 17:02.188 --> 17:03.054 >> DEATHS IN THE DESERT AFFECT ALL OF US. 17:03.056 --> 17:05.423 ALL OF US. THEY EFFECT OUR COMMUNITY. 17:05.425 --> 17:08.126 THEY EFFECT OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY ESPECIALLY EFFECT THE 17:08.128 --> 17:09.794 AND THEY ESPECIALLY EFFECT THE FAMILIES OF THE MISSING AND 17:09.796 --> 17:10.828 FAMILIES OF THE MISSING AND DEAD. 17:10.830 --> 17:13.097 DEAD. WHO OFTEN TIMES CAN'T MOVE ON. 17:13.099 --> 17:13.965 WHO OFTEN TIMES CAN'T MOVE ON. THEY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD. 17:13.967 --> 17:15.867 THEY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANSWERS. 17:15.869 --> 17:21.139 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANSWERS. THEY CANNOT ACCEPT THE DEATH 17:21.141 --> 17:22.206 THEY CANNOT ACCEPT THE DEATH BECAUSE SOCIALLY SPEAKING, A 17:22.208 --> 17:25.643 BECAUSE SOCIALLY SPEAKING, A DEATH CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A 17:25.645 --> 17:25.943 DEATH CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A BODY. 17:25.945 --> 17:29.981 BODY. >> SHE WANTS THE FAMILIES OF 17:29.983 --> 17:31.682 >> SHE WANTS THE FAMILIES OF THOSE MISSING TO HAVE THEIR 17:31.684 --> 17:32.383 THOSE MISSING TO HAVE THEIR STORY TOLD. 17:32.385 --> 17:34.318 STORY TOLD. >> I THINK WHEN PEOPLE FOCUS TOO 17:34.320 --> 17:35.253 >> I THINK WHEN PEOPLE FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THE NUMBERS. 17:35.255 --> 17:36.554 MUCH ON THE NUMBERS. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING. 17:36.556 --> 17:38.656 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING. WELL, MAYBE THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. 17:38.658 --> 17:39.924 WELL, MAYBE THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. OR MAYBE THAT THE IS TOO MUCH. 17:39.926 --> 17:42.126 OR MAYBE THAT THE IS TOO MUCH. I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO 17:42.128 --> 17:43.227 I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT ONE PERSON 17:43.229 --> 17:44.495 RECOGNIZE IS THAT ONE PERSON WOULD BE TOO MUCH. 17:44.497 --> 17:46.564 WOULD BE TOO MUCH. LET ALONE 2500. 17:46.566 --> 17:50.101 LET ALONE 2500. SO, WHEN YOU HAVE 2500 PEOPLE 17:50.103 --> 17:54.872 SO, WHEN YOU HAVE 2500 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE DESERT AND 2,000 17:54.874 --> 17:56.674 WHO DIED IN THE DESERT AND 2,000 MORE, OR POSSIBLY MORE MISSING 17:56.676 --> 17:57.875 MORE, OR POSSIBLY MORE MISSING YOU HAVE A DISASTER. 17:57.877 --> 18:00.845 YOU HAVE A DISASTER. >> THE CENTER WORKS CLOSELY WITH 18:00.847 --> 18:01.913 >> THE CENTER WORKS CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING 18:01.915 --> 18:03.781 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE U.S. BORDER PATROL SEARCH. 18:03.783 --> 18:06.050 THE U.S. BORDER PATROL SEARCH. TRAUMA AND RESCUE UNITS. 18:06.052 --> 18:10.221 TRAUMA AND RESCUE UNITS. KNOWN AS BOR-STAR. 18:10.223 --> 18:12.256 KNOWN AS BOR-STAR. THEY TRACK MISSING PERSON 18:12.258 --> 18:15.226 THEY TRACK MISSING PERSON INFORMATION AND WORK TO MAKE AN 18:15.228 --> 18:15.693 INFORMATION AND WORK TO MAKE AN IDENTIFICATION. 18:15.695 --> 18:17.128 IDENTIFICATION. >> THEY DO CHECK FOR 18:17.130 --> 18:18.796 >> THEY DO CHECK FOR APPREHENSION HISTORY FOR US. 18:18.798 --> 18:20.531 APPREHENSION HISTORY FOR US. THEY CAN PROVIDE FINGERPRINTS IN 18:20.533 --> 18:22.500 THEY CAN PROVIDE FINGERPRINTS IN THE PERSON HAS BEEN APPREHENDED 18:22.502 --> 18:26.971 THE PERSON HAS BEEN APPREHENDED IF WE REQUEST IT AND BOR-STAR 18:26.973 --> 18:28.840 IF WE REQUEST IT AND BOR-STAR EXECUTES SEARCHES IF WE HAVE 18:28.842 --> 18:29.373 EXECUTES SEARCHES IF WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. 18:29.375 --> 18:30.641 ENOUGH INFORMATION. THEY KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE 18:30.643 --> 18:31.576 THEY KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE TERRAIN IN THE AREA AND THEY 18:31.578 --> 18:33.678 TERRAIN IN THE AREA AND THEY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN HELPING US 18:33.680 --> 18:34.645 HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN HELPING US NARROW DOWN, BUT SOMETIMES AT 18:34.647 --> 18:36.514 NARROW DOWN, BUT SOMETIMES AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE 18:36.516 --> 18:37.381 THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE LIKE, WE ARE REALLY SORRY, THIS 18:37.383 --> 18:39.750 LIKE, WE ARE REALLY SORRY, THIS IS THE TOO BIG OF A HAY STACK. 18:39.752 --> 18:40.785 IS THE TOO BIG OF A HAY STACK. TOO SMALL OF A NEEDLE. 18:40.787 --> 18:43.187 TOO SMALL OF A NEEDLE. >> WORKERS FOR THE NEWLY 18:43.189 --> 18:45.189 >> WORKERS FOR THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION FOUNDED 18:45.191 --> 18:47.024 ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION FOUNDED LAST AUGUST KNOW THE TRENDS OF 18:47.026 --> 18:48.593 LAST AUGUST KNOW THE TRENDS OF THE DESERT DEATHS ALL TOO WELL. 18:48.595 --> 18:51.662 THE DESERT DEATHS ALL TOO WELL. >> MOST OF THE TIME, THE PEOPLE 18:51.664 --> 18:54.432 >> MOST OF THE TIME, THE PEOPLE GO MISSING IS BECAUSE THEY ARE 18:54.434 --> 18:56.067 GO MISSING IS BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER LOST OR SEPARATED FROM 18:56.069 --> 18:57.468 EITHER LOST OR SEPARATED FROM THE GROUP OR BECAUSE THEY CAN 18:57.470 --> 18:58.336 THE GROUP OR BECAUSE THEY CAN PHYSICALLY NOT CONTINUE. 18:58.338 --> 19:00.371 PHYSICALLY NOT CONTINUE. AND THE GROUP CHOOSES TO MOVE ON 19:00.373 --> 19:01.439 AND THE GROUP CHOOSES TO MOVE ON WITHOUT THEM. 19:01.441 --> 19:05.209 WITHOUT THEM. SO, MOST OF TIME, IT HAS TO DO 19:05.211 --> 19:06.511 SO, MOST OF TIME, IT HAS TO DO WITH MEDICAL DISTRESS. 19:06.513 --> 19:09.614 WITH MEDICAL DISTRESS. >> THE CENTER PUT DATA ON THE 19:09.616 --> 19:09.881 >> THE CENTER PUT DATA ON THE MAP. 19:09.883 --> 19:14.652 MAP. AND IT PAINTS A PAINFUL PICTURE 19:14.654 --> 19:15.953 AND IT PAINTS A PAINFUL PICTURE OF DEATHS ON THE BORDER. 19:15.955 --> 19:16.921 OF DEATHS ON THE BORDER. >> THESE WERE MAPPED OVER A 19:16.923 --> 19:19.157 >> THESE WERE MAPPED OVER A PROGRESSION OF YEARS AND IT 19:19.159 --> 19:20.992 PROGRESSION OF YEARS AND IT PROVIDES A VISUAL AT LEAST FOR 19:20.994 --> 19:25.463 PROVIDES A VISUAL AT LEAST FOR THE PERIOD OF 1999 TO 2007 AND 19:25.465 --> 19:27.165 THE PERIOD OF 1999 TO 2007 AND THIS EXAMPLE, OF HOW THE DEATHS 19:27.167 --> 19:29.634 THIS EXAMPLE, OF HOW THE DEATHS SORT OF EXPLOEDED AND WHERE IT 19:29.636 --> 19:33.137 SORT OF EXPLOEDED AND WHERE IT IS HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY IN 19:33.139 --> 19:33.471 IS HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY IN ARIZONA. 19:33.473 --> 19:35.139 ARIZONA. SO I THINK IT WORKS BEST TO SEE 19:35.141 --> 19:35.640 SO I THINK IT WORKS BEST TO SEE IT IN PROGRESSION. 19:35.642 --> 19:40.545 IT IN PROGRESSION. SO I WILL DO IT THAT WAY. 19:40.547 --> 19:42.280 SO I WILL DO IT THAT WAY. THIS IS STARTING WITH 1999, 19:42.282 --> 19:45.983 THIS IS STARTING WITH 1999, 2000, 2001. 19:45.985 --> 19:47.285 2000, 2001. 2002. 19:47.287 --> 19:47.585 2002. 2003. 19:47.587 --> 19:49.921 2003. 2004. 19:49.923 --> 19:53.057 2004. 2005. 19:53.059 --> 19:55.560 2005. 2006. 19:55.562 --> 20:00.565 2006. 2007. 20:00.567 --> 20:02.767 2007. AND THEN THIS MAP IS APPROXIM19 20:02.769 --> 20:04.302 AND THEN THIS MAP IS APPROXIM19 2009 THAT SHOWS IT WITH THE MORE 20:04.304 --> 20:05.336 2009 THAT SHOWS IT WITH THE MORE DETAILED MAP IN THE BACKGROUND. 20:05.338 --> 20:08.105 DETAILED MAP IN THE BACKGROUND. >> WE MAY NOT FIND THEM EVER. 20:08.107 --> 20:09.440 >> WE MAY NOT FIND THEM EVER. OR IT MAY TAKE YEARS AND YEARS 20:09.442 --> 20:11.242 OR IT MAY TAKE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND ON SO, THE 20:11.244 --> 20:13.144 AND YEARS AND ON SO, THE FAMILIES DON'T STOP LOOKING. 20:13.146 --> 20:15.446 FAMILIES DON'T STOP LOOKING. >> WHO THAN A DOT ON THE MAP, 20:15.448 --> 20:17.215 >> WHO THAN A DOT ON THE MAP, THERE'S HOPE FORECLOSURE. 20:17.217 --> 20:22.587 THERE'S HOPE FORECLOSURE. FOR ARIZONA WEEK, I'M ALEXANDER 20:22.589 --> 20:22.920 FOR ARIZONA WEEK, I'M ALEXANDER SALAZAR. 20:22.922 --> 20:24.689 SALAZAR. >> BECAUSE SOME PORTIONS OF THE 20:24.691 --> 20:33.898 >> BECAUSE SOME PORTIONS OF THE ARIZONA DESERT ARE SO VAST AND 20:33.900 --> 20:35.233 ARIZONA DESERT ARE SO VAST AND DRY, AGENTS WERE EMPLOYED TO 20:35.235 --> 20:36.567 DRY, AGENTS WERE EMPLOYED TO HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. 20:36.569 --> 20:38.603 HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. THOUGH WE CANNOT GIVE AWAY THE 20:38.605 --> 20:39.303 THOUGH WE CANNOT GIVE AWAY THE LOCATIONS OF ONE. 20:39.305 --> 20:41.405 LOCATIONS OF ONE. WE WERE ESCORTED TO WHAT IS 20:41.407 --> 20:47.111 WE WERE ESCORTED TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS A FORD OPERATING BASE 20:47.113 --> 20:47.612 KNOWN AS A FORD OPERATING BASE CAMP. 20:47.614 --> 20:48.946 CAMP. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 20:48.948 --> 20:49.947 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. 20:49.949 --> 20:51.649 >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> WE ARE STANDING OUTSIDE OF 20:51.651 --> 20:53.784 >> WE ARE STANDING OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS CAMP GRIP, 20:53.786 --> 20:55.152 WHAT IS KNOWN AS CAMP GRIP, DESCRIBE TO PEOPLE WHAT THIS 20:55.154 --> 20:57.188 DESCRIBE TO PEOPLE WHAT THIS PLACE MEANS, WHAT IT ENTAILS IN. 20:57.190 --> 20:58.623 PLACE MEANS, WHAT IT ENTAILS IN. >> IT'S OUR FORWARD OPERATING 20:58.625 --> 21:00.691 >> IT'S OUR FORWARD OPERATING BASE FOR THE STATION. 21:00.693 --> 21:02.126 BASE FOR THE STATION. IT'S ONE OF THE FORWARD 21:02.128 --> 21:03.694 IT'S ONE OF THE FORWARD OPERATING BASES THAT YUMA SECTOR 21:03.696 --> 21:06.397 OPERATING BASES THAT YUMA SECTOR HAD HAS, IN FACT THE ONLY ONE. 21:06.399 --> 21:10.568 HAD HAS, IN FACT THE ONLY ONE. WAS PUT OUT HERE IN 2002001, BA 21:10.570 --> 21:11.802 WAS PUT OUT HERE IN 2002001, BA ON AN OPERATION THAT HAPPENED. 21:11.804 --> 21:15.172 ON AN OPERATION THAT HAPPENED. WHERE WHERE 14 OF THE PEOPLE 21:15.174 --> 21:17.508 WHERE WHERE 14 OF THE PEOPLE THAT TRIED TO KCROSS THE BORDER 21:17.510 --> 21:18.743 THAT TRIED TO KCROSS THE BORDER ENDED UP DYING. 21:18.745 --> 21:20.578 ENDED UP DYING. THEY DOE EMPLOY METHOD CAMP TO 21:20.580 --> 21:21.212 THEY DOE EMPLOY METHOD CAMP TO ADDRESS THAT. 21:21.214 --> 21:22.647 ADDRESS THAT. >> THIS IS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE 21:22.649 --> 21:23.581 >> THIS IS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 21:23.583 --> 21:25.349 OF NOWHERE. HAS IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE? 21:25.351 --> 21:27.418 HAS IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE? ARE THE DEATHS DECLINING BECAUSE 21:27.420 --> 21:28.252 ARE THE DEATHS DECLINING BECAUSE THERE'S MANPOWER OUT HERE? 21:28.254 --> 21:30.321 THERE'S MANPOWER OUT HERE? >> THE DEATHS HAVE DEFINITELY 21:30.323 --> 21:31.122 >> THE DEATHS HAVE DEFINITELY DECLINED OUT HERE. 21:31.124 --> 21:34.091 DECLINED OUT HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS ON 21:34.093 --> 21:35.726 I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS ON HOW MANY HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 21:35.728 --> 21:36.060 HOW MANY HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN. 21:36.062 --> 21:37.628 THEN. BUT I KNOW THAT SINCE I HAVE 21:37.630 --> 21:40.164 BUT I KNOW THAT SINCE I HAVE BEEN OUT HERE, FROM 2002 ON, 21:40.166 --> 21:43.000 BEEN OUT HERE, FROM 2002 ON, VERY FEW DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED 21:43.002 --> 21:45.036 VERY FEW DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE CAMP AND OUR 21:45.038 --> 21:46.637 BECAUSE OF THE CAMP AND OUR ABILITY TO QUICKLY GET TO THE 21:46.639 --> 21:48.239 ABILITY TO QUICKLY GET TO THE AREA AND RESPOND TO THE TRAFFIC. 21:48.241 --> 21:49.307 AREA AND RESPOND TO THE TRAFFIC. >> THIS IS MORE PRACTICAL FOR 21:49.309 --> 21:50.908 >> THIS IS MORE PRACTICAL FOR THE AGENCY IN THAT YOU DO NOT 21:50.910 --> 21:52.810 THE AGENCY IN THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE AGENTS LOGGING MULTIPLE 21:52.812 --> 21:54.512 HAVE AGENTS LOGGING MULTIPLE MILES A DAY AND DRIVING IN FROM 21:54.514 --> 21:55.780 MILES A DAY AND DRIVING IN FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. 21:55.782 --> 21:57.148 MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. THIS IS A HOME BASE FOR A TIME 21:57.150 --> 21:58.582 THIS IS A HOME BASE FOR A TIME PERIOD AND THAT IS THEIR JOB IS 21:58.584 --> 22:00.384 PERIOD AND THAT IS THEIR JOB IS TO WATCH FOR PEOPLE AND DRUG 22:00.386 --> 22:01.018 TO WATCH FOR PEOPLE AND DRUG SEIZERS, IS THAT CORRECT? 22:01.020 --> 22:01.919 SEIZERS, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. 22:01.921 --> 22:03.321 >> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. 22:03.323 --> 22:04.255 THAT IS CORRECT. >> WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE 22:04.257 --> 22:06.457 >> WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE ABOUT BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS AREA 22:06.459 --> 22:06.791 ABOUT BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS AREA IS LIKE? 22:06.793 --> 22:08.459 IS LIKE? I MEAN, IT'S VERY REMOTE, YOU DO 22:08.461 --> 22:09.760 I MEAN, IT'S VERY REMOTE, YOU DO SEE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH. 22:09.762 --> 22:12.129 SEE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH. THEN YOU HAVE SMUGGLERING 22:12.131 --> 22:13.164 THEN YOU HAVE SMUGGLERING BRINGING IN CONTRABAND. 22:13.166 --> 22:14.832 BRINGING IN CONTRABAND. WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU SAW OUT 22:14.834 --> 22:15.132 WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU SAW OUT HERE? 22:15.134 --> 22:17.301 HERE? >> WELL, YOU GET A VARIETY OF 22:17.303 --> 22:18.703 >> WELL, YOU GET A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT CROSS OUT 22:18.705 --> 22:19.003 DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT CROSS OUT HERE. 22:19.005 --> 22:19.837 HERE. WE HAVE SOME FROM DIFFERENT 22:19.839 --> 22:20.805 WE HAVE SOME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 22:20.807 --> 22:22.173 PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. LATELY THE TREND SEEMS TO BE A 22:22.175 --> 22:24.075 LATELY THE TREND SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF BACKPACKERS JUST BRINGING 22:24.077 --> 22:25.943 LOT OF BACKPACKERS JUST BRINGING IN THE CONTRABAND AS YOU WERE 22:25.945 --> 22:26.344 IN THE CONTRABAND AS YOU WERE DESCRIBING. 22:26.346 --> 22:28.079 DESCRIBING. MOST OF IT IS MARIJUANA. 22:28.081 --> 22:30.715 MOST OF IT IS MARIJUANA. THE GROUPS VARY THIS IN SIZE. 22:30.717 --> 22:32.583 THE GROUPS VARY THIS IN SIZE. YOU CAN GET GROUPS AS SMALL AS 2 22:32.585 --> 22:34.919 YOU CAN GET GROUPS AS SMALL AS 2 AND 3 AND ALL THE WAY UP TO, I 22:34.921 --> 22:36.620 AND 3 AND ALL THE WAY UP TO, I HAVE SEEN GROUPS OF 50 OUT HERE. 22:36.622 --> 22:37.988 HAVE SEEN GROUPS OF 50 OUT HERE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL 22:37.990 --> 22:38.255 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL GET. 22:38.257 --> 22:39.523 GET. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DANGER 22:39.525 --> 22:41.926 >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DANGER ELEMENT THAT FACES A BORDER 22:41.928 --> 22:43.327 ELEMENT THAT FACES A BORDER PATROL AGENT, IT'S SOMEWHAT 22:43.329 --> 22:44.295 PATROL AGENT, IT'S SOMEWHAT INCREASED WHEN YOU ARE OUT HERE 22:44.297 --> 22:45.996 INCREASED WHEN YOU ARE OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. 22:45.998 --> 22:47.798 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. >> YEAH, THE RESPONSE TIME 22:47.800 --> 22:50.234 >> YEAH, THE RESPONSE TIME OBVIOUSLY WAS A BIT MORE, 22:50.236 --> 22:51.569 OBVIOUSLY WAS A BIT MORE, BECAUSE YOU ARE SO FAR SPREAD 22:51.571 --> 22:52.336 BECAUSE YOU ARE SO FAR SPREAD OUT FROM THE STATION. 22:52.338 --> 22:53.804 OUT FROM THE STATION. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE OUT HERE, 22:53.806 --> 22:57.808 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE OUT HERE, YOU ARE GENERALLY WORKING WITH 22:57.810 --> 22:59.043 YOU ARE GENERALLY WORKING WITH QUALIFIED AGENTS THAT KNOW WHERE 22:59.045 --> 23:03.414 QUALIFIED AGENTS THAT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, AND THERE'S EMERGENCY 23:03.416 --> 23:04.148 YOU ARE, AND THERE'S EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINED TECHNICIANS OUT 23:04.150 --> 23:05.082 MEDICAL TRAINED TECHNICIANS OUT HERE AS WELL. 23:05.084 --> 23:06.717 HERE AS WELL. SO ANY HELP, THERE'S AN 23:06.719 --> 23:07.685 SO ANY HELP, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, THEY RESPOND TO IT 23:07.687 --> 23:09.487 EMERGENCY, THEY RESPOND TO IT AND TRY TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY 23:09.489 --> 23:10.821 AND TRY TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN. 23:10.823 --> 23:11.956 THAT THEY CAN. >> YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE 23:11.958 --> 23:13.491 >> YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE SEIZERS OUT HERE DAILY? 23:13.493 --> 23:13.824 SEIZERS OUT HERE DAILY? WEEKLY? 23:13.826 --> 23:16.193 WEEKLY? CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FREQUENCY? 23:16.195 --> 23:17.461 CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FREQUENCY? >> EVERY NIGHT THERE'S GROUPS 23:17.463 --> 23:18.095 >> EVERY NIGHT THERE'S GROUPS COMING THROUGH HERE. 23:18.097 --> 23:19.930 COMING THROUGH HERE. AND LIKE I HAD, SOMETIMES THEY 23:19.932 --> 23:21.399 AND LIKE I HAD, SOMETIMES THEY ARE TO THE WEST AND SOMETIMES 23:21.401 --> 23:22.666 ARE TO THE WEST AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE TO THE EAST OF US. 23:22.668 --> 23:25.269 THEY ARE TO THE EAST OF US. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STATION 23:25.271 --> 23:26.670 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STATION TO CLAMP DOWN MORE ON THE AREA. 23:26.672 --> 23:28.672 TO CLAMP DOWN MORE ON THE AREA. IT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. 23:28.674 --> 23:31.409 IT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. THE GROUPS LIKE I SAID VARY IN 23:31.411 --> 23:32.910 THE GROUPS LIKE I SAID VARY IN SIZES, BUT THE TREND SEEMS TO BE 23:32.912 --> 23:34.311 SIZES, BUT THE TREND SEEMS TO BE THAT MORE MARIJUANA IS COMING 23:34.313 --> 23:36.046 THAT MORE MARIJUANA IS COMING THROUGH AT THIS TIME. 23:36.048 --> 23:40.818 THROUGH AT THIS TIME. >> THE YUMA SECTION COME BRIEZS 23:40.820 --> 23:43.053 >> THE YUMA SECTION COME BRIEZS THREE STATIONS, IT ONCE WAS AN 23:43.055 --> 23:44.989 THREE STATIONS, IT ONCE WAS AN EXTREME HOT SPOT FOR DRUG AND 23:44.991 --> 23:45.956 EXTREME HOT SPOT FOR DRUG AND HUMAN SMUGGLING. 23:45.958 --> 23:47.792 HUMAN SMUGGLING. HERE WE ARE IN 2014, SOME TEN 23:47.794 --> 23:51.328 HERE WE ARE IN 2014, SOME TEN YEARS AFTER IT REALLY HIT THE 23:51.330 --> 23:56.133 YEARS AFTER IT REALLY HIT THE PEAK, WHAT IS S-- WHAT IS IT LIE 23:56.135 --> 23:56.400 PEAK, WHAT IS S-- WHAT IS IT LIE NOW? 23:56.402 --> 24:01.238 NOW? >> WE HAD 138,000 PEOPLE IN 24:01.240 --> 24:02.306 >> WE HAD 138,000 PEOPLE IN 2005, AND THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS 24:02.308 --> 24:04.642 2005, AND THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS ABOUT 6100 PEOPLE. 24:04.644 --> 24:05.676 ABOUT 6100 PEOPLE. SO THEY HAVE GONE DOWN 24:05.678 --> 24:06.110 SO THEY HAVE GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. 24:06.112 --> 24:07.611 SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND IF 24:07.613 --> 24:08.479 WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND IF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANPOWER THEY 24:08.481 --> 24:11.348 INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANPOWER THEY HAVE DEPLOYED SUCH A AS, YOU 24:11.350 --> 24:13.617 HAVE DEPLOYED SUCH A AS, YOU KNOW TO CAMP GRIP, IT'S BEEN 24:13.619 --> 24:14.718 KNOW TO CAMP GRIP, IT'S BEEN ABLE TO COMBAT THE TRAFFIC 24:14.720 --> 24:15.553 ABLE TO COMBAT THE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THE AREA. 24:15.555 --> 24:17.488 COMING THROUGH THE AREA. SO IT HAS HELPED OUT 24:17.490 --> 24:17.922 SO IT HAS HELPED OUT SIGNIFICANTLY. 24:17.924 --> 24:20.291 SIGNIFICANTLY. >> SO REPRESENTING THE YUMA 24:20.293 --> 24:22.393 >> SO REPRESENTING THE YUMA SECTOR, YOU THINK IT HAS IN FACT 24:22.395 --> 24:25.229 SECTOR, YOU THINK IT HAS IN FACT SERVED I.T. PURPOSE. 24:25.231 --> 24:28.532 SERVED I.T. PURPOSE. THE INCREASE HAS WORKED WELL. 24:28.534 --> 24:29.333 THE INCREASE HAS WORKED WELL. >> YES. 24:29.335 --> 24:31.902 >> YES. IT CAN GET UP TO 120 DEGREES OUT 24:31.904 --> 24:33.704 IT CAN GET UP TO 120 DEGREES OUT HERE AND PEOPLE THAT CROSS HERE, 24:33.706 --> 24:35.840 HERE AND PEOPLE THAT CROSS HERE, THEY ARE TOLD IT'S A SHORT WALK 24:35.842 --> 24:37.408 THEY ARE TOLD IT'S A SHORT WALK TO THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, 24:37.410 --> 24:39.410 TO THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO LOAD UP. 24:39.412 --> 24:40.411 WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO LOAD UP. SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUT HERE FOR 24:40.413 --> 24:42.413 SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUT HERE FOR FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DAYS 24:42.415 --> 24:44.415 FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DAYS DEPENDING ON THE ROUTE THEY 24:44.417 --> 24:44.715 DEPENDING ON THE ROUTE THEY TAKE. 24:44.717 --> 24:46.517 TAKE. IT CAN BE 60 PLUS MILES, AGAIN, 24:46.519 --> 24:48.652 IT CAN BE 60 PLUS MILES, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE ROUTE THEY 24:48.654 --> 24:48.953 DEPENDING ON THE ROUTE THEY TAKE. 24:48.955 --> 24:50.521 TAKE. IT CAN BE DANGEROUS, YOU HAVE TO 24:50.523 --> 24:51.755 IT CAN BE DANGEROUS, YOU HAVE TO BATTLE THE ELEMENTS AND 24:51.757 --> 24:52.389 BATTLE THE ELEMENTS AND OBVIOUSLY THE CRIMINAL 24:52.391 --> 24:53.757 OBVIOUSLY THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE OUT HERE AS 24:53.759 --> 24:54.058 ORGANIZATIONS ARE OUT HERE AS WELL. 24:54.060 --> 24:55.926 WELL. IT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE TO 24:55.928 --> 24:56.961 IT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE TO WORK AND INTERESTING PLACE TO 24:56.963 --> 24:57.728 WORK AND INTERESTING PLACE TO TRY TO CROSS. 24:57.730 --> 24:58.562 TRY TO CROSS. NOT A GOOD IDEA. 24:58.564 --> 25:00.097 NOT A GOOD IDEA. >> YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF 25:00.099 --> 25:02.700 >> YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE SITUATIONS FIRST HAND 25:02.702 --> 25:03.601 THE SITUATIONS FIRST HAND YOURSELF AS AN AGENT HAVING TO 25:03.603 --> 25:04.969 YOURSELF AS AN AGENT HAVING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. 25:04.971 --> 25:06.337 HELP THESE PEOPLE. CAN YOU KIND OF MAYBE STEP OUT 25:06.339 --> 25:07.638 CAN YOU KIND OF MAYBE STEP OUT OF YOUR UNIFORM FOR A SECOND AND 25:07.640 --> 25:08.973 OF YOUR UNIFORM FOR A SECOND AND DESCRIBE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 25:08.975 --> 25:10.241 DESCRIBE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ENCOUNTER THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 25:10.243 --> 25:12.843 ENCOUNTER THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUR ARRIVED THESE HARDSHIPS OUT 25:12.845 --> 25:14.044 SUR ARRIVED THESE HARDSHIPS OUT IN THE TERRAIN? 25:14.046 --> 25:16.714 IN THE TERRAIN? >> WELL, LIKE I SAID, TO BRING 25:16.716 --> 25:19.049 >> WELL, LIKE I SAID, TO BRING THIS MUCH WATER TO TRAVEL 60 25:19.051 --> 25:21.151 THIS MUCH WATER TO TRAVEL 60 MILES IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. 25:21.153 --> 25:23.354 MILES IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO IT. 25:23.356 --> 25:24.455 I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO IT. IT DOES TAKE A LOT. 25:24.457 --> 25:27.424 IT DOES TAKE A LOT. AND A LOT OF THE GUYS WILL FILL 25:27.426 --> 25:29.560 AND A LOT OF THE GUYS WILL FILL UP AT DIFFERENT TANKS DURING THE 25:29.562 --> 25:29.860 UP AT DIFFERENT TANKS DURING THE AREA. 25:29.862 --> 25:31.095 AREA. THEY ARE DRINKING DIRTY WATER 25:31.097 --> 25:33.531 THEY ARE DRINKING DIRTY WATER AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM DOING 25:33.533 --> 25:34.732 AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM DOING THAT. 25:34.734 --> 25:37.134 THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIND 25:37.136 --> 25:39.003 BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIND SOMEBODY IN DISTRESS, YOU WANT 25:39.005 --> 25:40.137 SOMEBODY IN DISTRESS, YOU WANT TO HELP THEM OUT. 25:40.139 --> 25:42.406 TO HELP THEM OUT. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT NATIONALITY 25:42.408 --> 25:42.773 DOESN'T MATTER WHAT NATIONALITY THEY ARE. 25:42.775 --> 25:44.241 THEY ARE. WE HAVE OUR AGENTS THAT ARE 25:44.243 --> 25:45.309 WE HAVE OUR AGENTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO HELP OUT AND THEY 25:45.311 --> 25:46.644 ASSIGNED TO HELP OUT AND THEY ARE THE SEARCH AND RESCUE. 25:46.646 --> 25:49.713 ARE THE SEARCH AND RESCUE. SO WHEN WE DO KNOW OF PEOPLE IN 25:49.715 --> 25:51.382 SO WHEN WE DO KNOW OF PEOPLE IN DISTRESS, WE DEPLOY OUR AGENTS 25:51.384 --> 25:53.083 DISTRESS, WE DEPLOY OUR AGENTS OUT THERE TO TRY TO HELP TOO 25:53.085 --> 25:53.951 OUT THERE TO TRY TO HELP TOO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF YOU KNOW, 25:53.953 --> 25:57.288 PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF YOU KNOW, THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. 25:57.290 --> 25:58.589 THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. >> AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FROM 25:58.591 --> 25:59.390 >> AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FROM THE BORDER. 25:59.392 --> 26:00.824 THE BORDER. WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE 26:00.826 --> 26:02.760 WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE STUDIO FOR THE BUZZ WITH MY 26:02.762 --> 26:07.932 STUDIO FOR THE BUZZ WITH MY COLLEAGUE, CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. 26:07.934 --> 26:10.668 COLLEAGUE, CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. >> THE BUZZ AROUND THE CAPITOL 26:10.670 --> 26:12.202 >> THE BUZZ AROUND THE CAPITOL WAS ONCE AGAIN THE STATE BUDGET. 26:12.204 --> 26:13.637 WAS ONCE AGAIN THE STATE BUDGET. THE HOUSE MOVED IT'S VERSION OF 26:13.639 --> 26:15.673 THE HOUSE MOVED IT'S VERSION OF OF A SPENDING PLAN QUICKLY 26:15.675 --> 26:17.107 OF A SPENDING PLAN QUICKLY THROUGH COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, BUT 26:17.109 --> 26:18.943 THROUGH COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, BUT WHEN IT GOT TO THE FLOOR, IT 26:18.945 --> 26:19.843 WHEN IT GOT TO THE FLOOR, IT BOGGED DOWN. 26:19.845 --> 26:21.312 BOGGED DOWN. SIX MODERATE REPUBLICANS 26:21.314 --> 26:22.379 SIX MODERATE REPUBLICANS INITIALLY SIDED WITH DEPOSITIONS 26:22.381 --> 26:24.348 INITIALLY SIDED WITH DEPOSITIONS TO KEEP THE BUDGET FROM BEING 26:24.350 --> 26:24.715 TO KEEP THE BUDGET FROM BEING APPROVED. 26:24.717 --> 26:27.384 APPROVED. THEY WANTED MORE MONEY FOR CHILD 26:27.386 --> 26:28.786 THEY WANTED MORE MONEY FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE 26:28.788 --> 26:30.187 PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE CONTINUATION OF A PROGRAM 26:30.189 --> 26:31.522 CONTINUATION OF A PROGRAM ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO 26:31.524 --> 26:34.692 ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CONVERT SOME SCHOOLS TO CHARTER 26:34.694 --> 26:35.025 CONVERT SOME SCHOOLS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. 26:35.027 --> 26:36.360 SCHOOLS. THEY HELD UP THE BUDGET UNTIL 26:36.362 --> 26:37.561 THEY HELD UP THE BUDGET UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 26:37.563 --> 26:39.296 LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BUDGET PASSED BY THE HOUSE, 26:39.298 --> 26:40.831 THE BUDGET PASSED BY THE HOUSE, AND IT'S SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN 26:40.833 --> 26:42.299 AND IT'S SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE ONE PASSED BY THE SENATE. 26:42.301 --> 26:45.102 THE ONE PASSED BY THE SENATE. IT SETS ASIDE, $33 MILLION FOR 26:45.104 --> 26:46.604 IT SETS ASIDE, $33 MILLION FOR DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOLS. 26:46.606 --> 26:48.472 DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOLS. KEEPING THAT PROGRAM ALIVE FOR 26:48.474 --> 26:49.673 KEEPING THAT PROGRAM ALIVE FOR ONE MORE YEAR. 26:49.675 --> 26:51.075 ONE MORE YEAR. SENATE PRESIDENT ANDY BIGS THIS 26:51.077 --> 26:52.776 SENATE PRESIDENT ANDY BIGS THIS WEEK HOWEVER PASSED THE BILL 26:52.778 --> 26:54.545 WEEK HOWEVER PASSED THE BILL THROUGH COMMITTEE ENDING THAT 26:54.547 --> 26:55.312 THROUGH COMMITTEE ENDING THAT PROGRAM. 26:55.314 --> 26:58.515 PROGRAM. IN THE AREA OF CPS, THE MODERATE 26:58.517 --> 26:59.850 IN THE AREA OF CPS, THE MODERATE REPUBLICANS REQUESTED 15 MILLION 26:59.852 --> 27:02.920 REPUBLICANS REQUESTED 15 MILLION MORE THAN THE SENATE PROPOSAL. 27:02.922 --> 27:04.888 MORE THAN THE SENATE PROPOSAL. THEY GOT 3 MILLION, THAT COULD 27:04.890 --> 27:06.523 THEY GOT 3 MILLION, THAT COULD BE A STICKING POINT WITH 27:06.525 --> 27:08.258 BE A STICKING POINT WITH GOVERNOR BREWER WHO WANTS MORE 27:08.260 --> 27:09.994 GOVERNOR BREWER WHO WANTS MORE MONEY TO REVAMP THE CHILD 27:09.996 --> 27:10.761 MONEY TO REVAMP THE CHILD PROTECTION AGENCY. 27:10.763 --> 27:12.663 PROTECTION AGENCY. THE GROUP REQUESTED MORE FUNDING 27:12.665 --> 27:15.065 THE GROUP REQUESTED MORE FUNDING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 27:15.067 --> 27:16.634 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. SPECIFICALLY THEY WANTED $4 27:16.636 --> 27:18.002 SPECIFICALLY THEY WANTED $4 MILLION TO HELP THE UNIVERSITY 27:18.004 --> 27:19.937 MILLION TO HELP THE UNIVERSITY GET A VETERINARY SCHOOL STARTED 27:19.939 --> 27:21.105 GET A VETERINARY SCHOOL STARTED IN THE END THEY CONVINCED THE 27:21.107 --> 27:23.507 IN THE END THEY CONVINCED THE HOUSE LEADERS TO GIVE THEM $2.5 27:23.509 --> 27:23.907 HOUSE LEADERS TO GIVE THEM $2.5 MILLION. 27:23.909 --> 27:25.442 MILLION. THE SENATE WILL TAKE UP THE 27:25.444 --> 27:26.844 THE SENATE WILL TAKE UP THE HOUSE BUDGET BILLS NEXT WEEK. 27:26.846 --> 27:29.046 HOUSE BUDGET BILLS NEXT WEEK. AND THAT'S THE BUZZ FROM THE 27:29.048 --> 27:29.980 AND THAT'S THE BUZZ FROM THE STATE CAPITOL. 27:29.982 --> 27:31.315 STATE CAPITOL. THAT IS ALSO OUR SHOW FOR THIS 27:31.317 --> 27:33.884 THAT IS ALSO OUR SHOW FOR THIS THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, WE WILL 27:33.886 --> 27:36.787 THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, WE WILL TAKE AN INDEPTH LOOK AT 27:36.789 --> 27:37.154 TAKE AN INDEPTH LOOK AT WILDFIRES. 27:37.156 --> 27:39.456 WILDFIRES. FOR ALL OF US HERE, I'M 27:39.458 --> 27:40.491 FOR ALL OF US HERE, I'M CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANK YOU 27:40.493 --> 27:41.625 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.