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- [Narrator] Sanora 
Babb, a former reporter,

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who had grown up in the 
area around no man's land.

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Had found a new job with a 
farm security administration.

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With her boss, Tom Collins,

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she went up and down 
the central valley.

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Informing the newly 
arrived migrants

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about programs to 
provide them with food

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and medical assistance 
for their families.

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Education for their children.

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And better living conditions.

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- [Woman] Only a few days ago,

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we met a young man walking 
along the road to town.

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In search of immediate 
work and help.

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His wife had had a 
baby three days before

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in an abandoned milk house 
separated from any camp.

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Where they had taken refuge 
during the recent storms.

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He was desperate.

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Since the birth, his wife,

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their other children and 
he himself had not eaten

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for three days.

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If he did not get 
something for them at once,

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she and the baby would die.

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- [Narrator] When the 
refugees learned Sanora

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had grown up on the 
southern plains,

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it helped establish 
a trust and respect

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that extended both ways.