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[noise of sewing machine]

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[rooster crows]

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[steady bass music]

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- If you had been born here,

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depending on which family
you had been born into,

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like a very simple
or very poor family,

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you might be a small farmer.

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Or maybe you\'d be...

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A mason or a carpenter,

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or you could be a tailor
like me right now.

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- [singing]
They walk down the boulevard.

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Mothers walk down one by one.

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They turn to central square

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looking for soulless bodies,
you know.

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We are direct descendants
of the Maya.

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The Maya believed in God also

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but maybe a little differently

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from how the Spanish
understood things.

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But they also had the blessing
of a belief in God.

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- Zaculeu is a city built
about 500 years after Christ.

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It was conquered in 1521
by Gonzalo Alvarado,

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a Spanish conquistador.

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Its significance
is that this is a model

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of how they used to live.

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The pyramids, they say,

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were built very tall
so they could be close to God.

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That\'s the most
important meaning.

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- There are people
who are prayer-makers

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who travel
to light their candles

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and to ask the creator
for care and protection.

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We also inherited
from our ancestors

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ceremonial sites to visit.

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We speak the language,

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our mother tongue,
called Popti\'.

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The territory of Jacaltenango
is located

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on the edge of the Cuchumatanes.

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[lively music]

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We have our own culture

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that revolves around
celebrating our patron saints,

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principally the one named
for Candelaria,

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who is the most revered
in Jacaltenango.

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[pounding]

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My brother already decided to go
to the U.S. before

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because he knows
that our situation

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is a little bit hard, right?

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It\'s not easy
to make it through each day.

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Here you work a lot,
but you don\'t make much.

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Sometimes when we talk,
we say it would be fine.

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But as we say here,
I\'m of two hearts,

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because sometimes I say
it\'s a good time for me to go.

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But in part, I\'m also thinking
\"no\" because of my children.

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When one goes
and the children stay behind,

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it\'s not the same as having
both parents at home,

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the papa and the mama.

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The wife stays behind
like a widow.

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[bells clanging]

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- He left on February 4th.

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I remember it was
the Fiesta of Candelaria.

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I received a call saying

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that the \"coyote\" was preparing
to take him.

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He told me, \"I am going.
I am going.

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\"I\'m going because
this is my chance.

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I don\'t know how,
but I\'m going.\"

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And so I said,
\"No, Santi, don\'t go.\"

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I really didn\'t believe
he was really going to leave.

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But that night,
I saw him running around

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getting together everything
he needed to take.

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I said, \"Dear God,
Santiago really is going.\"

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I remember that we went to bed,

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but I couldn\'t sleep
knowing he was leaving.

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When 4:00 a.m. came,
he got out of bed.

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He talked with the children,
to my daughter especially.

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He was going to give something
better to her, to them.

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Santiago left before I knew it.

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Two days passed.

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Then he got to the border
and called me.

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The next day, he started walking
through the desert,

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and all over again,
I didn\'t know where he was

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until the 17th of February,

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when I got a call saying
he\'d arrived in Florida.

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[soft guitar music]

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- There will always be people
from the third world countries

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trying to seek a better life.

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Immigration has been going on
here for decades

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and hundreds of years,

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and we\'ll always
have immigration.

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- It was a while before
the town of Jupiter realized

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that we had
an immigrant community.

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A number of the folks
left Guatemala,

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went to Indiantown,
and eventually came to Jupiter

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for the job potential here.

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[lively music]

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We could all benefit from having
a greater understanding

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of what life is like
in Jacaltenango,

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because I think that, you know,
the more you understand,

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the more empathetic you can be.

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- Let the people stay and work.

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- A lot of people
have negative feelings about it.

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But in many towns,
if the immigrants were gone,

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the economies would collapse.

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- There were complaints
from a local housing area,

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a condominium development
right across

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from where the migrants
gathered.

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They were complaining their
property values were going down.

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There was littering and just
all kinds of safety issues.

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- I live right here,
and, like, they\'re along here,

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and they always ride by...
Bike by their...

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My house and everything,
and I, like...

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A lot of them throw trash
in my yard and everything.

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I\'m not even joking about that.

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And it\'s become a big problem,

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but they opened
that El Sol Resource Center,

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and that\'s helped out a lot.

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- Gaspar Lopez.

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The whole idea of this is to get
the day laborers off the street.

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- I don\'t know
what we\'d do without \'em.

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Honestly.

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In doing odd jobs,

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finding, you know,
stuff that I don\'t want to do.

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I work with the police,

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and I\'ve not heard of any
real problems with them at all,

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crimewise.

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Nicest people I\'ve met.

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- There\'s this girl Mercedes.

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She\'s one of my friends,
and she\'s...

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When she first came
to our school,

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she didn\'t know
how to speak English at all,

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and now she speaks it fluently.

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It\'s pretty cool.

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- We\'re not gonna discriminate
against anybody

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of any race, creed,
color, whatever.

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They can have the job.

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But respect the country,
learn the language,

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and pay taxes
just like everybody else.

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- Unfortunately,
as the population grew

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and tried to find work,

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we began to get complaint.

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- Just a few years ago,
I was clueless.

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It wasn\'t my problem.

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It was something
that the federal government

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was responsible for.

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And it finally struck me
when I realized,

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I\'m just an elected official
in the town of Jupiter,

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and I can\'t solve world hunger,

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but if I really think about it,

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I am responsible for hunger
in the town of Jupiter.

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And like many people,
we\'re busy every day,

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and we don\'t really
open our eyes up,

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and I mean literally
opening your eyes up.

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And I started looking around
our community to see, you know,

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who\'s doing the work
in our community.

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The immigrant population.

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- I heard our councilman
Jim Kuretski

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speak at a local club

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about the plight
of these immigrants

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seeking work
along our city streets

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and how they had an idea

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to establish a central place
for them.

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These are really good people,

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and they really have contributed
to our town in many ways,

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so we were just elated
when the town council decided

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to establish the center.

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- As government,

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we are in somewhat
of a precarious situation,

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and one concern we had
was not being criticized

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for spending, as folks
like to say, taxpayers\' money

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on this venture,

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on people who might be
or might not be illegal,

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and that was one that...
That was, interestingly,

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one thing we had to explain
to our residents,

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that, you know, we had to be
very careful how we proceeded,

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and we were willing
to be a part of it

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if the community itself
stepped forward,

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and they did.

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- Our mission is to help ensure

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the success
of the day labor center

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by providing volunteers
to help in the operation

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and to do fund-raising to
the unmet needs of that center.

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[soft guitar music]

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- We\'re just a little family,
and we\'re fighting to get ahead.

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He was two months old
when I left,

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and I had to see them.

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We decided they had to come here
to be together.

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Now that they\'re here,
I feel peace and warmth

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and love from them both.

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The problem is that it\'s harder
with your family here,

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and it\'s really risky
to bring them.

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There are cases where people
lose their way

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or their guides get lost.

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Also, many people
come through the desert

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because it is
a little bit cheaper,

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and so for this,
I imagine many people

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don\'t want to bring
their families,

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because the desert
is very dangerous.

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There are many animals,
and you can die of hunger

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or of heat exhaustion.

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It was risky because our son
was separated from his mother.

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The boy was in Los Angeles,
and she was in Tijuana.

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- They put me in jail
in Tijuana.

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For 13 days, I didn\'t eat
or drink anything

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out of desperation.

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But thanks to God,
we made it okay.

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More than anything, I wanted
to come to be with my family,

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to have the three of us
together.

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- We borrowed some of the money
from friends.

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We are paying it
little by little.

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We have a loan from the bank
in Guatemala

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that we are paying back monthly.

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When you go to El Sol,

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you\'re never sure
you\'ll get work,

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because you have to wait
for your number to be called.

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Or sometimes no one comes
to hire us.

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So you have to wait and see
if work comes to you or not.

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Right now,
there is very little work,

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and many are unemployed.

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- It must be tremendously
disheartening, to say the least,

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for those who are unable
to find steady work,

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and unfortunately,
that seems to be the plight

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of day laborers,

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especially in these
bad economic times.

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- Right now, I go for days
without work.

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But God is great.

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I\'m going to find a good job.

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She says she\'s scared.

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I am too,
but you have to have faith.

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- When I see
those young men out there,

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many of them are, you know,
just teenagers or in their 20s,

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and it reminds me, you know,
what would\'ve happened

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if I\'d been born down there,
and that could\'ve been me.

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[mellow guitar music]

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- [singing] Tomorrow
I\'ll have to get up early,

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and the neighbor\'s dog
will bark.

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They\'ll bark at me

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once and again.

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Tomorrow, I\'ll leave
in the morning,

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since the roosters
will wake me up,

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and they\'ll sing

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once and again.

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With the machete in my hand

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and the club on my shoulder

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and the rucksack filled,

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the tools.

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I\'ll turn in early.

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Some things need to be done,

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like talking with Malín,

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the owner of my heart.

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Like talking with Malín,

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the owner of my heart.

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- I live here in Jacaltenango,
in the central church parish.

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I have five children,
four boys and a girl.

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Coffee is the crop
I make the most money from.

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But there is much work
in coffee,

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so much work.

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It has to be weeded often.

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It takes a lot of attention
because there is so much to do.

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After weeding,
you have to fertilize,

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because if you don\'t,
it won\'t produce coffee.

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And farmers, they work hard.

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I suppose that if I went
to the United States,

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I imagine that a North American
would not work as hard as I do.

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They would not have the ability.

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And even in the factories
or big businesses,

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they wouldn\'t be able to.

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150 pounds, right?

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It\'s a pity they pay us only $60

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for 100 pounds of coffee,
100 pounds.

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It\'s so little, so little.

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This is unjust.
It\'s not right.

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Where does your bread come from?

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From the land!

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From the land comes everything.

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That is why a farmer
is so important.

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He is worth a lot!

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He should be respected.

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- The few cents
that Pancho makes,

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they don\'t cover our expenses.

00:20:25.125 --> 00:20:26.709
The $6 he makes gets used up
right away.

00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.959
But I don\'t buy meat,

00:20:33.334 --> 00:20:34.958
and I only buy
the children\'s lunches.

00:20:34.959 --> 00:20:36.250
We just buy bread in the morning

00:20:36.959 --> 00:20:38.584
and give the kids 25 cents
for school.

00:20:40.083 --> 00:20:41.667
Most of our work
goes to the children.

00:20:43.834 --> 00:20:46.501
It is not enough!

00:20:52.125 --> 00:20:55.125
[noise of sewing machine]

00:21:04.959 --> 00:21:07.042
- People leave because
there is no development here.

00:21:09.417 --> 00:21:10.457
The governments talk a lot

00:21:11.042 --> 00:21:13.042
about development
during political campaigns.

00:21:14.459 --> 00:21:16.501
Here the government leaders
are people with money.

00:21:22.834 --> 00:21:24.834
They think about their own
money\'s development

00:21:26.959 --> 00:21:29.334
but not about the development
of the general population.

00:21:30.417 --> 00:21:32.417
The people with money
look to the development

00:21:34.375 --> 00:21:36.959
of their own social group.

00:21:38.834 --> 00:21:40.375
To find a job
in the career I studied,

00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:44.584
some say you have to have
a connection

00:21:44.876 --> 00:21:46.584
with project managers
or politicians.

00:21:48.959 --> 00:21:51.083
And I don\'t like to mix in
with politicians like that.

00:21:53.375 --> 00:21:55.626
For that reason, I decided
to go into business for myself

00:21:57.959 --> 00:21:59.959
and become a tailor
and learned carpentry as well.

00:22:06.918 --> 00:22:07.918
I was actually thinking

00:22:11.417 --> 00:22:12.501
that I\'d continue studying

00:22:13.834 --> 00:22:15.959
and maybe that would help me
a little bit too.

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.000
[lively music playing]

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:24.000
[people conversing indistinctly]

00:22:29.042 --> 00:22:30.459
Most of the
two-story houses here

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:36.542
belong to people
working in the U.S.

00:22:39.292 --> 00:22:41.417
That one too.

00:22:49.292 --> 00:22:50.542
On the table here is a diploma.

00:22:55.709 --> 00:22:57.789
But it signifies that I made it
only to the mid-level

00:23:03.417 --> 00:23:05.876
of rural sustainable development
in the field of economics.

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:08.042
Here it\'s very hard to complete
a university degree.

00:23:11.042 --> 00:23:13.242
Here you have to leave home
and go to the city to study,

00:23:16.834 --> 00:23:18.034
and that costs a lot of money.

00:23:19.417 --> 00:23:20.417
To finish the degree,

00:23:23.167 --> 00:23:25.000
you\'d have to pay a lot of money
every month,

00:23:27.959 --> 00:23:29.709
and because
of our economic situation,

00:23:30.959 --> 00:23:31.999
I just couldn\'t afford it,

00:23:32.501 --> 00:23:34.083
especially because
of our children.

00:23:34.959 --> 00:23:37.250
If I\'d only been able to cover
our children\'s expenses...

00:23:39.876 --> 00:23:41.167
but for us,
it was just too hard.

00:23:43.167 --> 00:23:44.667
You have to watch out
for everyone.

00:23:45.375 --> 00:23:47.083
I would have liked
to finish the degree,

00:23:49.834 --> 00:23:51.417
but you have to put
the children first

00:23:52.501 --> 00:23:56.083
and forget about what you want.

00:23:59.918 --> 00:24:05.959
[steady bass music]

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:21.459
[children speaking indistinctly]

00:24:23.709 --> 00:24:25.667
- In my case, I\'m working
for the government,

00:24:26.375 --> 00:24:27.375
and it\'s very difficult.

00:24:28.876 --> 00:24:30.375
I only get paid
every three months.

00:24:33.209 --> 00:24:35.834
The situation is very difficult
because every day, prices go up,

00:24:41.250 --> 00:24:43.417
and my family sometimes
doesn\'t have anything to eat,

00:24:45.334 --> 00:24:46.454
and we have to borrow money.

00:24:47.501 --> 00:24:49.501
For that reason, I\'ve dreamed
of going to the U.S.

00:24:51.876 --> 00:24:53.626
to provide a better life
for my children.

00:24:54.501 --> 00:24:55.584
Because of that situation,

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:58.959
a lot of teachers
as well as other professionals

00:25:00.125 --> 00:25:03.959
are leaving for the U.S.
in search of a better life.

00:25:15.751 --> 00:25:17.751
- People go out and leave
their home and families.

00:25:20.209 --> 00:25:26.959
What they can\'t earn here,
they are able to earn there.

00:25:28.876 --> 00:25:35.083
This is the only way we\'ve found
to make things better.

00:25:36.709 --> 00:25:37.709
[soft guitar music]

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:43.459
- [singing] 500 years ago,
my grandparents had

00:25:48.792 --> 00:25:50.334
such a beautiful
and pretty pigeon.

00:25:55.417 --> 00:25:56.918
Each morning,
she\'d sing for them,

00:26:01.542 --> 00:26:02.542
and her happy singing

00:26:04.334 --> 00:26:05.334
would make them smile.

00:26:08.626 --> 00:26:09.626
Like a white cloud,

00:26:11.542 --> 00:26:12.542
this pigeon was.

00:26:14.083 --> 00:26:15.626
And with no fear,
she got to her nest.

00:26:22.083 --> 00:26:23.083
But someone arrived

00:26:26.918 --> 00:26:27.918
and shot her.

00:26:29.959 --> 00:26:30.959
And, hurt, she flew.

00:26:33.209 --> 00:26:34.209
And, hurt, she flew.

00:26:37.459 --> 00:26:38.459
But someone arrived

00:26:40.876 --> 00:26:41.876
and shot her.

00:26:44.167 --> 00:26:45.167
Bleeding, she flew away.

00:26:47.417 --> 00:26:48.417
Bleeding, she flew away.

00:26:50.918 --> 00:26:53.078
- The situation of the violence
of the 1980s took place

00:26:54.834 --> 00:26:56.375
in the rural areas
in Huehuetenango

00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:58.959
and up in the mountains.

00:27:00.918 --> 00:27:02.417
Some of those people
fled to Mexico

00:27:03.667 --> 00:27:04.751
trying to save their lives.

00:27:06.334 --> 00:27:08.667
- The commander, mayor,
and Father Arnulfo were together

00:27:10.918 --> 00:27:11.918
in the municipal building

00:27:12.918 --> 00:27:15.125
when the commander said,
\"We\'re coming in a helicopter

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:17.250
\"to find out how many bombs
to kill everyone in this town.

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:19.250
We are going to kill everyone.\"

00:27:20.209 --> 00:27:21.709
\"Everyone must leave
right away,\"

00:27:22.667 --> 00:27:24.083
the commander said
to the priest.

00:27:25.125 --> 00:27:26.626
\"We can\'t leave,\"
the priest said.

00:27:26.709 --> 00:27:27.709
\"We can\'t leave.

00:27:29.083 --> 00:27:30.501
\"These people
are not bad people.

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.959
\"They are good people.

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.876
They are workers,\"
he said to the official.

00:27:34.918 --> 00:27:36.459
\"Everyone must leave
immediately,

00:27:36.209 --> 00:27:37.917
\"because we are going
to kill everyone.

00:27:37.918 --> 00:27:39.917
You can\'t leave anyone here,\"
said the commander.

00:27:39.918 --> 00:27:40.918
\"No, we cannot leave.

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.499
You cannot bomb the town.\"

00:27:44.292 --> 00:27:45.959
Because of this,
Father Arnulfo said,

00:27:46.125 --> 00:27:48.667
in order that the colonel would
understand that we are workers,

00:27:50.542 --> 00:27:52.542
\"Let us begin building the road
from here down,\"

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:55.167
and so we began, with picks,
hoes, sticks, and shovels,

00:27:56.918 --> 00:27:58.792
boulders so big,
we\'d move them with ropes.

00:28:02.209 --> 00:28:03.209
So many people.

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:06.876
And that was when we worked
to save our life.

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:11.480
We began the work on the road
to the surrounding communities.

00:28:11.481 --> 00:28:13.459
That was when we worked
like the Maya before us.

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:16.501
Forced, it was forced,
obligatory.

00:28:18.209 --> 00:28:20.042
If we didn\'t go to work,
they would kill us.

00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:22.959
They would bomb us.

00:28:31.501 --> 00:28:33.501
- The men went out to work
in the fields with fear.

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:37.709
- But if there was just
one person alone,

00:28:37.959 --> 00:28:38.959
they would kill him.

00:28:40.334 --> 00:28:42.792
Three or four helicopters
would be flying around watching.

00:28:45.250 --> 00:28:47.531
You had to work in a group
with a white flag flying above.

00:28:48.626 --> 00:28:50.626
The people would be working
with a hoe or a machete

00:28:52.417 --> 00:28:54.292
and the white flag above them.

00:28:55.292 --> 00:28:57.292
- [singing]
My grandparents stopped talking

00:28:57.501 --> 00:28:58.501
while she was flying,

00:29:00.250 --> 00:29:01.250
since her wound...

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:03.167
- So Indiantown
became like a sanctuary

00:29:04.375 --> 00:29:06.542
for all the Guatemalan refugees
fleeing the violence,

00:29:09.167 --> 00:29:11.167
because that area
is an agricultural area also.

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:14.959
At the same time, they every day
worked in Jupiter.

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:18.083
They had construction work

00:29:20.292 --> 00:29:21.292
and also landscape work.

00:29:22.709 --> 00:29:24.792
So those day labor organizations
came to Indiantown.

00:29:27.918 --> 00:29:29.501
They started recruiting
the people,

00:29:30.083 --> 00:29:32.417
and some of them were traveling
to Indiantown, to Jupiter,

00:29:37.751 --> 00:29:41.501
and then finally,
they decided to stay here.

00:29:44.209 --> 00:29:45.209
- Close El Sol!

00:29:46.501 --> 00:29:47.501
Close El Sol!

00:29:49.125 --> 00:29:50.125
Shut it down.

00:29:50.542 --> 00:29:52.250
Illegal alien hiring:
against the law!

00:29:52.792 --> 00:29:53.792
Enforce the law!

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.959
Close the border!

00:29:55.584 --> 00:29:57.125
- Illegal immigrants
is a oxymoron.

00:29:59.918 --> 00:30:01.876
- The residents of Jupiter
became very angry,

00:30:02.709 --> 00:30:03.709
because they were saying,

00:30:04.876 --> 00:30:06.292
\"Why these people
are being here?

00:30:06.375 --> 00:30:07.918
\"Why they don\'t try
to do something?

00:30:09.083 --> 00:30:10.167
\"These people are illegal.

00:30:10.626 --> 00:30:12.375
\"They must go back
to their home country.

00:30:12.709 --> 00:30:13.918
\"They are trashing our place.

00:30:14.709 --> 00:30:15.792
\"They are doing bad things.

00:30:16.959 --> 00:30:18.834
They are harassing
our... our daughters.\"

00:30:22.250 --> 00:30:24.791
- We have no background on these
people that are here illegally.

00:30:24.792 --> 00:30:26.083
We don\'t know what they\'ve done.

00:30:26.084 --> 00:30:27.792
You know, did they murder?
Did they rape?

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:29.667
- With the illegals
comes everything.

00:30:30.626 --> 00:30:32.125
You get the crime.
You get disease.

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:34.959
- They\'re stealing
people\'s telephone bills,

00:30:35.792 --> 00:30:37.438
electric bills
out of their mailboxes

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.959
and coming in
and using that as proof

00:30:39.125 --> 00:30:40.709
that they live
in the city of Jupiter.

00:30:40.751 --> 00:30:42.831
- I know people my own age
that got permits for guns.

00:30:44.959 --> 00:30:45.959
It\'s not safe.

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.416
- It\'s not
the immigrant problem.

00:30:47.417 --> 00:30:48.959
It\'s the illegal immigrant
problem.

00:30:49.542 --> 00:30:50.792
- We\'re a nation of immigrants.

00:30:52.459 --> 00:30:54.834
Politicians and those opposing
immigration enforcement

00:30:57.125 --> 00:30:58.125
will use that.

00:30:58.834 --> 00:31:00.417
But I find that,
frankly, insulting.

00:31:01.542 --> 00:31:02.626
We\'re a nation of citizens.

00:31:03.626 --> 00:31:04.876
Public policy in this country

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:07.709
should be for the benefit
of citizens...

00:31:07.918 --> 00:31:09.918
Not for corporations,
not for religious groups,

00:31:10.709 --> 00:31:12.709
not for ethnic groups,
not for foreign nationals

00:31:12.918 --> 00:31:13.792
but for citizens.

00:31:13.918 --> 00:31:15.125
- Public policy for citizens,

00:31:16.584 --> 00:31:17.584
not for illegal aliens!

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:20.417
- People even here,
they\'ll yell,

00:31:20.459 --> 00:31:21.980
\"Who\'s gonna pick
your vegetables?

00:31:21.981 --> 00:31:23.124
Who\'s gonna mow your yards?\"

00:31:23.125 --> 00:31:24.834
And I usually respond...
Thank you, sir.

00:31:25.167 --> 00:31:26.292
I usually respond by saying,

00:31:27.292 --> 00:31:29.042
\"Well, who did it
before they were here?\"

00:31:29.959 --> 00:31:31.791
I mean, it was Americans
doing those jobs.

00:31:31.792 --> 00:31:32.792
Somebody did it,

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:34.958
and so it was Americans
before they got here.

00:31:34.959 --> 00:31:36.959
- I\'m a carpenter,
a high-end trim carpenter,

00:31:37.626 --> 00:31:39.792
and I see the effects of
immigration on the lower ends,

00:31:41.417 --> 00:31:42.626
the framing end of carpentry,

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:43.959
and that concerns me.

00:31:44.709 --> 00:31:46.584
It could affect
the line of work that I\'m in,

00:31:47.834 --> 00:31:50.167
and I\'m over here supporting
the cause to shut El Sol down.

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:55.579
It\'s... it just... it\'s illegal.
It shouldn\'t be here.

00:31:55.959 --> 00:31:56.959
- Close El Sol!

00:31:58.209 --> 00:31:59.209
Close El Sol!

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:03.083
- They do not speak English.

00:32:03.709 --> 00:32:05.709
They would like to not have
the English language

00:32:07.292 --> 00:32:08.292
as the official language.

00:32:09.501 --> 00:32:11.250
- \"Mexican graduate
from Palm Beach...\"

00:32:15.292 --> 00:32:17.000
- The Jupiter illegal alien
hiring hall,

00:32:18.042 --> 00:32:20.375
whose proper name is El Sol
Neighborhood Resource Center,

00:32:22.250 --> 00:32:23.450
which is a bit of a euphemism,

00:32:25.292 --> 00:32:27.375
is really symbolic of
what\'s wrong with our country.

00:32:28.626 --> 00:32:30.459
Here we have elected
municipal officials

00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:35.042
who are blatantly violating
Section 8

00:32:39.375 --> 00:32:40.501
of federal immigration law,

00:32:42.125 --> 00:32:44.209
which says that it is unlawful
to hire illegal aliens

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:47.119
and provide a means to do so.

00:32:48.667 --> 00:32:49.667
So it\'s not only illegal,

00:32:51.042 --> 00:32:52.876
but they are using
local taxpayers\' money

00:32:54.876 --> 00:32:56.834
to fund their perceived
\"charitable\" cause.

00:33:00.501 --> 00:33:02.209
- The town took a building
that we bought

00:33:03.751 --> 00:33:04.959
for the value of the property.

00:33:05.584 --> 00:33:07.000
It was a building
sitting vacant.

00:33:07.834 --> 00:33:08.834
We put it to a good use.

00:33:09.709 --> 00:33:10.709
We just provided a place

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.959
that enabled the community
to come together

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:15.501
and, together,
make itself better.

00:33:16.375 --> 00:33:18.542
- We\'re required by the town
of Jupiter under our lease

00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:21.709
to not make any guarantees
about the immigration status

00:33:22.959 --> 00:33:24.083
or compliance with any laws

00:33:24.918 --> 00:33:26.459
that employers
have to comply with,

00:33:26.959 --> 00:33:28.334
because we are not the employer.

00:33:29.876 --> 00:33:31.167
- El Sol evolved because of laws

00:33:33.751 --> 00:33:35.751
and because of the lack
of enforcement of laws.

00:33:37.709 --> 00:33:39.542
Our police department
contacted the INS,

00:33:40.709 --> 00:33:42.125
and the response
from the INS was,

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.876
they weren\'t going
to do anything about it.

00:33:46.626 --> 00:33:48.786
And we found that we simply
could not pass an ordinance

00:33:50.751 --> 00:33:52.584
and have folks removed
from Center Street

00:33:54.918 --> 00:33:57.000
unless there was another place
for them to assemble,

00:33:59.209 --> 00:34:00.459
and that was based on case law.

00:34:01.042 --> 00:34:03.125
- Being a complex issue,
people confuse, if you will,

00:34:05.209 --> 00:34:06.709
the differences between policies

00:34:08.709 --> 00:34:10.083
and actions
that we need to take.

00:34:11.959 --> 00:34:12.999
Fine, seal up the borders,

00:34:13.667 --> 00:34:15.250
even though
that\'s impossible to do,

00:34:15.542 --> 00:34:16.792
but the fact is that, you know,

00:34:17.918 --> 00:34:19.417
there is
an immigrant population.

00:34:19.584 --> 00:34:20.624
How do you deal with that?

00:34:21.459 --> 00:34:23.740
- Originally, I felt that this
was simply a federal issue.

00:34:24.959 --> 00:34:26.959
The federal government
has the responsibility

00:34:27.459 --> 00:34:28.459
to secure our borders

00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:30.584
and should be
stopping this problem.

00:34:31.584 --> 00:34:33.751
But we in Florida are bearing
the expense as taxpayers.

00:34:35.918 --> 00:34:37.918
So I said, you know,
\"There should be something

00:34:38.042 --> 00:34:39.202
the state can do about this,\"

00:34:39.959 --> 00:34:40.959
and that\'s when I decided

00:34:41.125 --> 00:34:42.876
to sponsor the
Florida Safe Borders Act,

00:34:43.876 --> 00:34:45.626
and it said that no state,
local, county,

00:34:48.292 --> 00:34:50.292
or city government
should use any taxpayer funds

00:34:52.667 --> 00:34:54.209
to help pay for or support
any entity

00:34:56.876 --> 00:34:58.709
that assists illegals
in procuring jobs.

00:34:59.959 --> 00:35:01.751
- You know, I take issue
with anyone who...

00:35:02.417 --> 00:35:04.292
Anyone who would say
that we are a community

00:35:07.042 --> 00:35:08.167
who doesn\'t enforce our laws

00:35:08.751 --> 00:35:10.417
or we are not
a law-abiding community.

00:35:10.542 --> 00:35:11.542
Of course we are.

00:35:11.792 --> 00:35:13.209
- The questions
are very complex.

00:35:14.959 --> 00:35:17.199
If it\'s a homeowner who is just,
you know, using somebody

00:35:18.375 --> 00:35:19.918
to help clean his yard
for a day or so,

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.000
then, really, they don\'t have
any legal obligation

00:35:24.584 --> 00:35:25.959
to ask for documents
or pay taxes

00:35:26.918 --> 00:35:27.918
or do anything like that.

00:35:29.167 --> 00:35:31.167
It then gets a little more
questionable, you know,

00:35:35.334 --> 00:35:37.000
if it\'s somebody
that\'s hiring people

00:35:38.250 --> 00:35:40.610
over a long period of time,
as far as their legal issues go.

00:35:42.792 --> 00:35:43.872
- As a resident of Jupiter,

00:35:44.292 --> 00:35:46.125
I don\'t know why
they would have done this.

00:35:46.292 --> 00:35:47.542
It affects my property values.

00:35:47.834 --> 00:35:48.834
I live around it.

00:35:49.042 --> 00:35:50.708
You know, moving here
three years ago,

00:35:50.709 --> 00:35:51.958
I didn\'t know this was gonna be,

00:35:51.959 --> 00:35:52.959
and if I saw it now,

00:35:53.042 --> 00:35:54.542
I really don\'t think
I\'d live here.

00:35:54.959 --> 00:35:56.626
- I believe that our town
has let us down

00:35:57.584 --> 00:35:58.584
in this particular case,

00:36:00.375 --> 00:36:01.584
and I\'m really disappointed.

00:36:02.834 --> 00:36:05.000
Our mayor, she\'s just...
She just doesn\'t understand.

00:36:06.626 --> 00:36:07.751
- It\'s not about government,

00:36:08.375 --> 00:36:10.375
and certainly we lease
the building to El Sol,

00:36:13.292 --> 00:36:14.375
but that would mean nothing

00:36:15.876 --> 00:36:17.584
if the community
hadn\'t come together.

00:36:18.083 --> 00:36:19.667
- I\'m convinced
that our congressmen

00:36:20.626 --> 00:36:22.876
and the federal government
has done nothing for decades

00:36:23.959 --> 00:36:25.667
because they understand
the balance.

00:36:27.459 --> 00:36:29.125
Well, we... some may not
want them here,

00:36:32.209 --> 00:36:34.209
but they begrudgingly accept
that we need them.

00:36:36.667 --> 00:36:38.209
So I pragmatically,
as just a leader

00:36:40.542 --> 00:36:42.083
in a small community
in our country,

00:36:43.125 --> 00:36:44.792
recognize that, yeah,
we do need them.

00:36:44.959 --> 00:36:46.584
We need immigrants
in our community,

00:36:46.959 --> 00:36:48.501
and it\'s part
of the global economy,

00:36:49.417 --> 00:36:50.577
that that\'s the way it works,

00:36:51.209 --> 00:36:52.417
and we have to find solutions.

00:36:53.083 --> 00:36:55.167
- There should be no debate,
controversy, discussion

00:36:56.792 --> 00:36:57.876
over illegal immigration.

00:36:58.250 --> 00:36:59.375
The laws should be enforced.

00:36:59.959 --> 00:37:02.501
If people don\'t like these laws,
if they consider them unjust,

00:37:04.834 --> 00:37:05.834
then change them.

00:37:06.167 --> 00:37:07.167
That\'s the American way.

00:37:07.626 --> 00:37:09.292
- The law has to be reviewed
all the time

00:37:10.959 --> 00:37:12.751
and be confrontated
against the reality

00:37:16.709 --> 00:37:18.000
but a reality
that has to be seen

00:37:18.792 --> 00:37:20.375
with the eyes
of a human being as well.

00:37:21.334 --> 00:37:23.334
- We don\'t know
who these people are coming in.

00:37:23.959 --> 00:37:25.709
Yes, a lot of them
are economic refugees

00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:26.959
coming here for jobs.

00:37:27.209 --> 00:37:28.449
But a lot of them might not be.

00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:32.709
There\'s no reason why we can\'t
find the illegals that are here

00:37:34.584 --> 00:37:38.083
and make sure that they go home.

00:37:41.334 --> 00:37:42.334
- Nobody\'s illegal.

00:37:43.834 --> 00:37:44.834
I believe in God.

00:37:45.959 --> 00:37:46.959
We are not criminals.

00:37:47.501 --> 00:37:48.501
We are not delinquents.

00:37:49.167 --> 00:37:50.327
We are not people that steal.

00:37:51.876 --> 00:37:52.876
We want to work,

00:37:53.834 --> 00:37:55.709
and I say we,
because I am also an immigrant.

00:37:56.959 --> 00:37:58.083
- There\'s a 287(g) program,

00:37:59.542 --> 00:38:00.667
which any police department

00:38:01.959 --> 00:38:03.959
or sheriff\'s department
can do that locally,

00:38:05.042 --> 00:38:06.042
and what that is,

00:38:06.542 --> 00:38:08.792
they send a certain number
of their deputies or whatever

00:38:08.959 --> 00:38:11.209
to a training school put on
by Homeland Defense people,

00:38:12.751 --> 00:38:14.709
and they learn how to be
like a federal agent.

00:38:14.959 --> 00:38:16.292
So if somebody gets pulled over

00:38:16.501 --> 00:38:18.166
and they don\'t have
a driver\'s license,

00:38:18.167 --> 00:38:19.167
no other proof of ID,

00:38:20.542 --> 00:38:22.875
they can hold them there until
one of these officers come,

00:38:22.876 --> 00:38:24.834
and then they can arrest them
to deport them.

00:38:25.959 --> 00:38:31.918
[steady bass music]

00:38:35.959 --> 00:38:37.292
- We give them a chance
to learn.

00:38:37.584 --> 00:38:39.417
They wanted someone
for $7 for five hours,

00:38:39.959 --> 00:38:40.959
and nodody would take it,

00:38:41.167 --> 00:38:43.417
so he said,
\"All right, I\'ll pay $8.\"

00:38:46.792 --> 00:38:47.792
- Seven.

00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:49.709
80.

00:38:51.584 --> 00:38:53.584
- Today my lieutenants and I
came up to the El Sol

00:38:54.250 --> 00:38:56.250
to take a look at what the city
of Jupiter has done

00:38:56.751 --> 00:38:58.834
to deal with their day labor,
alien immigrant issues.

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:03.083
We have quite a ubiquitous
population of day laborers

00:39:06.375 --> 00:39:07.415
in the city of Lake Worth,

00:39:07.959 --> 00:39:09.751
and what my lieutenants and I
decided to do

00:39:10.209 --> 00:39:11.292
was to proactively come up,

00:39:12.459 --> 00:39:14.042
take a look at what
the city of Jupiter

00:39:14.417 --> 00:39:16.000
and their police department
has done

00:39:16.626 --> 00:39:17.666
with respects to the issue

00:39:17.959 --> 00:39:18.959
to see what we could glean

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.833
and take back down
to the city of Lake Worth

00:39:20.834 --> 00:39:22.792
to help the city officials
ultimately decide

00:39:23.209 --> 00:39:24.792
how they want to deal
with the issues.

00:39:26.584 --> 00:39:28.584
We were quite impressed
with the way this El Sol

00:39:28.834 --> 00:39:29.834
has taken on this issue

00:39:31.250 --> 00:39:35.751
in terms of at least providing
services for this population.

00:39:51.501 --> 00:39:57.501
[rhythmic drumming]

00:40:02.709 --> 00:40:05.109
- I always talk about my family
because I live for my family.

00:40:06.959 --> 00:40:08.584
I work for my family
and nothing else.

00:40:11.959 --> 00:40:13.292
And many others do this as well.

00:40:14.751 --> 00:40:16.334
The majority come
for their families

00:40:16.751 --> 00:40:17.959
so the families can get ahead.

00:40:20.250 --> 00:40:22.290
They catch some of us,
and many of us are cut short.

00:40:24.876 --> 00:40:27.076
In my case, I have a brother
who was here for two years.

00:40:33.125 --> 00:40:34.125
He\'s an easygoing guy,

00:40:38.918 --> 00:40:40.334
and he never causes
any problems,

00:40:43.667 --> 00:40:45.667
but Immigration caught him
and deported him.

00:40:49.959 --> 00:40:51.751
Here we\'re afraid
to go out on the street.

00:40:57.250 --> 00:40:58.959
They\'re always
putting pressure on us.

00:40:59.501 --> 00:41:01.042
Immigration
is always on our trail.

00:41:02.959 --> 00:41:04.834
But the truth is,
we always try to do right.

00:41:09.626 --> 00:41:10.626
We learn the laws.

00:41:12.959 --> 00:41:14.959
For example, I\'ve been here
for about nine years,

00:41:17.250 --> 00:41:19.209
and I\'ve gotten familiar
with the laws here,

00:41:20.959 --> 00:41:24.292
and so we\'re not going
to get mixed up in problems.

00:41:26.584 --> 00:41:28.167
When you\'re walking
down the street,

00:41:28.959 --> 00:41:30.125
you pass white guys who yell,

00:41:33.375 --> 00:41:34.918
\"Hey, get back
to your own country!\"

00:41:38.542 --> 00:41:40.823
There are a few cases of this
in Jupiter, but not as much.

00:41:46.375 --> 00:41:48.042
But the minority
protesting out there

00:41:51.584 --> 00:41:52.959
pretend to detest the Hispanics,

00:41:55.792 --> 00:41:57.876
but that\'s not true,
because they depend on our work.

00:42:02.501 --> 00:42:03.626
Yes, there are always people

00:42:06.959 --> 00:42:08.834
who\'ll discriminate
against us, saying,

00:42:11.459 --> 00:42:13.417
\"Ah, there go the Hispanics,
those sons of\"...

00:42:14.626 --> 00:42:15.918
They say something bad about us.

00:42:17.125 --> 00:42:19.125
But I think that\'s wrong,
because in this world,

00:42:23.584 --> 00:42:24.584
we\'re all equal.

00:42:25.334 --> 00:42:27.209
Either brown or white
bleed the same color.

00:42:28.667 --> 00:42:30.918
Gringos don\'t bleed blue!

00:42:37.876 --> 00:42:39.751
And we are contributing
to our country too,

00:42:41.375 --> 00:42:42.375
to a good future there.

00:42:42.918 --> 00:42:48.417
We create sources of work
for those without jobs.

00:42:52.042 --> 00:42:53.584
The majority of people
who live here

00:42:54.959 --> 00:42:56.375
and send money back to Guatemala

00:42:59.501 --> 00:43:01.501
usually have the goal
of building their houses.

00:43:03.542 --> 00:43:05.417
And when they begin
building their houses,

00:43:07.375 --> 00:43:09.542
they are giving more work
to the people who live there,

00:43:11.125 --> 00:43:14.292
to the people who don\'t have
the opportunity to come there.

00:43:26.918 --> 00:43:27.918
- I am a professional.

00:43:28.292 --> 00:43:30.125
I am an accountant,
trained in computers,

00:43:31.501 --> 00:43:32.792
but I make my living in masonry.

00:43:36.250 --> 00:43:38.250
Unfortunately,
our economy causes suffering

00:43:41.626 --> 00:43:42.918
and is pulling our country down.

00:43:45.876 --> 00:43:46.876
For that reason,

00:43:46.959 --> 00:43:49.083
many who received education
in various other fields

00:43:51.792 --> 00:43:54.459
work in construction, carpentry,
electricity, or other trades.

00:43:58.626 --> 00:43:59.626
But in construction,

00:44:03.959 --> 00:44:05.999
where you might have made 100%
one or two years ago,

00:44:08.667 --> 00:44:09.667
you are only making 20%.

00:44:11.459 --> 00:44:12.876
The economy has fallen
that much.

00:44:12.959 --> 00:44:15.334
But everyone has to find a way
of meeting their daily needs,

00:44:21.792 --> 00:44:22.832
because if we didn\'t work,

00:44:24.334 --> 00:44:25.834
what would become
of our children?

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:28.000
[lively guitar music]

00:44:30.959 --> 00:44:32.751
And for that, I have family
in the States.

00:44:36.876 --> 00:44:38.167
Victor is there and Gaspar too.

00:44:41.250 --> 00:44:42.290
I also have nephews there.

00:44:43.167 --> 00:44:45.334
They knew it was necessary
to educate their children,

00:44:48.876 --> 00:44:52.334
so they emigrated
to the United States.

00:44:54.959 --> 00:44:56.250
- The economy is worsening now.

00:44:57.292 --> 00:44:59.292
And this is causing
a lot of the deportations,

00:44:59.959 --> 00:45:02.792
and a lot of people
are being sent back.

00:45:08.959 --> 00:45:10.959
Right now, I\'m helping
my brother on this project.

00:45:12.167 --> 00:45:14.167
It\'s a new project
that will bring drinking water

00:45:15.083 --> 00:45:16.375
to the Santa Cruz neighborhood.

00:45:18.959 --> 00:45:21.167
It\'s a private project
benefiting about 250 families.

00:45:23.959 --> 00:45:25.709
No institution
is helping us fund this,

00:45:27.751 --> 00:45:31.292
and so people are doing the work
with their own hands.

00:45:38.042 --> 00:45:40.122
In 2005, I tried to take
advantage of an opportunity,

00:45:43.167 --> 00:45:44.918
and so I decided to go
to the United States

00:45:47.042 --> 00:45:48.042
simply because I had to.

00:45:50.667 --> 00:45:52.417
I had thought I would be there
three years,

00:45:53.501 --> 00:45:54.621
but they sent me back early.

00:45:55.834 --> 00:45:57.792
I didn\'t stay
for the three years I wanted to.

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.959
But thanks to God,
I was able to make a little.

00:46:01.792 --> 00:46:03.209
My objective
was to build a house,

00:46:05.125 --> 00:46:09.417
but at least I am back
with my family.

00:46:21.959 --> 00:46:23.119
- My brother is... was young.

00:46:23.959 --> 00:46:25.125
He didn\'t have commitments,

00:46:25.667 --> 00:46:26.667
no wife, no children.

00:46:31.125 --> 00:46:33.000
But he was doing what was best
for my parents,

00:46:35.459 --> 00:46:37.125
because I have a sister
who is special.

00:46:39.751 --> 00:46:40.751
She has problems.

00:46:41.250 --> 00:46:42.792
And so my brother
wanted to help her,

00:46:46.417 --> 00:46:48.125
and he left our parents behind.

00:46:50.959 --> 00:46:52.959
It is very difficult
to have to recall all this.

00:46:56.459 --> 00:46:58.459
My mother said,
\"I will give him my blessing,\"

00:46:59.167 --> 00:47:00.167
and he left.

00:47:01.375 --> 00:47:03.083
And the words he said
to my parents were,

00:47:03.876 --> 00:47:05.751
\"I am going for you,
my dear little parents,

00:47:05.876 --> 00:47:06.956
to give you a better life.\"

00:47:09.042 --> 00:47:14.542
But lamentably,
he returned without his life.

00:47:21.584 --> 00:47:23.584
- There are people who die
on their jobs there.

00:47:25.209 --> 00:47:27.209
Many from Jacaltenango
have returned home dead.

00:47:31.792 --> 00:47:35.375
They only come back
to be buried here.

00:47:39.292 --> 00:47:40.292
[soft guitar music]

00:47:43.959 --> 00:47:46.079
- [singing] And a boy
crying out in pain in the street

00:47:49.626 --> 00:47:51.042
and his mother
suffering for him.

00:47:55.876 --> 00:47:56.876
There\'s only crying

00:47:58.667 --> 00:47:59.876
and just begging for charity.

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:03.160
What can I do with ten cents?

00:48:09.834 --> 00:48:10.834
Oh, my God.

00:48:13.834 --> 00:48:15.542
If these people
did something for them,

00:48:19.250 --> 00:48:21.000
if they took care
of so many kids like him,

00:48:25.209 --> 00:48:26.751
how many mothers
they\'d make happy.

00:48:33.292 --> 00:48:34.292
Oh, my God.

00:48:37.167 --> 00:48:38.876
If these people
did something for them,

00:48:43.083 --> 00:48:44.083
if they had a kind heart,

00:48:48.959 --> 00:48:56.292
Guatemala would change
in just one day.

00:49:11.459 --> 00:49:12.459
- He was in Jupiter.

00:49:15.626 --> 00:49:16.918
He worked there for four years.

00:49:20.083 --> 00:49:21.834
He left us a great example
of what love is,

00:49:24.834 --> 00:49:26.074
what it is to love one another.

00:49:26.918 --> 00:49:28.501
He always told us
to love our brothers

00:49:31.083 --> 00:49:32.834
because life is something
you can\'t buy.

00:49:33.751 --> 00:49:35.584
There are often times
when this causes one

00:49:37.709 --> 00:49:39.542
to reflect on how one is,
how one really is.

00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:45.080
We try to believe that
everything works for the best.

00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:50.000
But there are moments
when that\'s hard to believe.

00:49:54.125 --> 00:49:55.325
We hope that God will help us.

00:49:55.959 --> 00:49:56.959
More than anything,

00:49:57.626 --> 00:50:00.083
I hope that those who are there
will value their sacrifices,

00:50:02.876 --> 00:50:04.000
value the work they\'re doing

00:50:05.250 --> 00:50:07.334
to achieve their goals
and return to their families,

00:50:10.459 --> 00:50:16.375
which is the essential thing,
their children, their wives.

00:50:23.709 --> 00:50:25.876
- Jupiter\'s a very special
community for many reasons,

00:50:27.167 --> 00:50:28.918
and I\'ve had the privilege
to be in office

00:50:30.667 --> 00:50:31.747
for a little over 20 years,

00:50:32.584 --> 00:50:34.167
and there were a number
of immigrants

00:50:34.667 --> 00:50:36.375
who came from the area
of Jacaltenango.

00:50:39.209 --> 00:50:40.918
And that was the start
of a relationship

00:50:41.417 --> 00:50:42.667
between not just Jacaltenango

00:50:43.459 --> 00:50:44.959
but Guatemala
and Jupiter as well.

00:50:48.709 --> 00:50:49.959
It started with Mr. Camposeco,

00:50:50.626 --> 00:50:52.375
who thought it would be
very interesting

00:50:52.501 --> 00:50:53.621
to have the mayor come here,

00:50:55.083 --> 00:50:56.584
and we were able
to exchange gifts,

00:50:58.083 --> 00:50:59.083
exchange resolutions,

00:51:00.417 --> 00:51:01.497
and talk a little bit about

00:51:03.209 --> 00:51:04.876
what was important
to each community.

00:51:05.542 --> 00:51:07.542
Our gift paled in comparison
to the mayor\'s gift,

00:51:08.959 --> 00:51:10.959
which was handmade
by people from Guatemala,

00:51:13.667 --> 00:51:15.542
and they took the time
to write my name on it,

00:51:16.959 --> 00:51:18.959
and it was just very special
and very personal,

00:51:20.792 --> 00:51:22.792
and I think that spoke
to the warmth of the people

00:51:26.584 --> 00:51:27.792
that I\'ve met from Guatemala.

00:51:30.417 --> 00:51:31.577
- The mayor, one of her ideas

00:51:32.709 --> 00:51:34.459
was that this creation
of the sister city

00:51:35.792 --> 00:51:37.792
is because we can create
a program in Guatemala,

00:51:38.584 --> 00:51:39.584
in Jacaltenango,

00:51:40.125 --> 00:51:41.501
in order for people
to have a job,

00:51:43.125 --> 00:51:44.542
in order for people
to have skills

00:51:46.083 --> 00:51:51.042
to avoid to travel and immigrate
to United States.

00:51:52.876 --> 00:51:53.996
- El Sol has been a shelter,

00:51:55.918 --> 00:51:57.918
a place where they can
discuss their own problems,

00:51:58.959 --> 00:52:02.125
a place
where they feel embraced.

00:52:04.751 --> 00:52:06.751
- We were really living
in two separate cultures,

00:52:07.709 --> 00:52:09.959
and the center has enabled
the cultures to come together

00:52:11.250 --> 00:52:12.410
and to learn from each other.

00:52:12.792 --> 00:52:14.872
- We had a vision to try
to be part of what should be

00:52:17.209 --> 00:52:18.751
a comprehensive
national solution

00:52:20.834 --> 00:52:22.834
to dealing with a very complex
and difficult issue,

00:52:24.167 --> 00:52:25.876
and personally,
as an elected official

00:52:26.667 --> 00:52:27.959
and a member of this community,

00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:30.959
we\'re thrilled with the success
that we\'ve had

00:52:32.375 --> 00:52:33.501
and feel even more confident

00:52:34.375 --> 00:52:35.876
that we need to be
replicating this

00:52:36.959 --> 00:52:38.250
elsewhere across the country.

00:52:38.417 --> 00:52:39.977
- As long as there is a need
for a place

00:52:40.667 --> 00:52:42.167
for workers and employers
to come,

00:52:42.792 --> 00:52:47.209
we will be here regardless
of the outside influences.

00:52:48.542 --> 00:52:50.622
- It\'s unlikely people go there
because they want to.

00:52:50.959 --> 00:52:52.125
They go because they have to.

00:52:53.375 --> 00:52:54.918
The saddest,
most lamentable thing

00:52:56.083 --> 00:52:57.667
is that they suffer
when they arrive.

00:52:57.959 --> 00:53:00.083
Separation from one\'s children
is the hardest thing.

00:53:04.375 --> 00:53:06.375
They cry when they have
to leave their children.

00:53:09.959 --> 00:53:10.959
They suffer.

00:53:11.083 --> 00:53:12.163
- We have to live together.

00:53:14.959 --> 00:53:16.876
We have to live,
each one doing his own part.

00:53:18.125 --> 00:53:19.205
We have to help each other,

00:53:21.083 --> 00:53:23.959
because without one,
the others can\'t live.

00:53:25.626 --> 00:53:31.626
[drum and flute music]

00:53:49.751 --> 00:53:51.876
- I\'m from here in Guatemala.

00:53:54.334 --> 00:53:58.292
I went to Jupiter because
I have families, friends.

00:53:59.667 --> 00:54:01.334
I took a decision
to go to United States

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:03.876
like, seven years ago.

00:54:05.834 --> 00:54:08.292
I\'m here again
for a funeral here.

00:54:12.959 --> 00:54:13.959
My parents are here.

00:54:14.667 --> 00:54:15.959
My grandmom, she\'s living yet.

00:54:17.751 --> 00:54:19.417
And I have many more cousins,
families.

00:54:22.042 --> 00:54:23.282
Now I have a baby of 11 months,

00:54:26.959 --> 00:54:28.959
and I would like him to know
where he comes from.

00:54:30.209 --> 00:54:31.209
[firecrackers popping]

00:54:32.918 --> 00:54:35.918
[crowd cheering]

00:54:39.959 --> 00:54:40.959
- Brothers and sisters,

00:54:42.959 --> 00:54:44.959
families are encountering
many dangers today.

00:54:46.959 --> 00:54:48.959
The danger that fathers
have to go to \"El Norte\"

00:54:51.792 --> 00:54:53.459
because our country
doesn\'t give them

00:54:56.417 --> 00:54:57.457
what they have a right to,

00:54:58.375 --> 00:54:59.959
and so families
are disintegrating.

00:55:01.375 --> 00:55:03.626
The women are left behind
to deal with the dangers alone.

00:55:05.083 --> 00:55:07.083
The children are growing up
without their fathers.

00:55:07.959 --> 00:55:10.959
[man whispering]

00:55:27.167 --> 00:55:28.542
- You are rolling?
- I\'m rolling.

00:55:28.667 --> 00:55:29.876
- Okay, you\'re rolling.

00:56:14.584 --> 00:56:16.292
- [singing]
Jacaltenango is my cradle,

00:56:17.542 --> 00:56:18.662
the cradle where I was born.

00:56:23.125 --> 00:56:25.125
Jacaltenango is my land
where I\'m going to die.

00:56:28.751 --> 00:56:34.918
Jacaltenango is my land
where I\'m going to die.

00:56:38.834 --> 00:56:44.792
I wish I had wings.

00:56:47.792 --> 00:56:49.834
And jump in between flowers
and get God\'s blessing.

00:56:53.083 --> 00:56:59.292
And jump in between flowers
and get God\'s blessing.

00:57:01.959 --> 00:57:03.959
I\'d like to be the sun
and go through your window

00:57:11.751 --> 00:57:12.751
and kiss you softly

00:57:14.501 --> 00:57:15.501
in the morning light.

00:57:17.375 --> 00:57:18.375
And kiss you softly

00:57:20.209 --> 00:57:23.876
in the morning light.

00:57:49.626 --> 00:57:50.751
Jacaltenango is my village,

00:57:52.501 --> 00:57:56.959
the village where I was born.

00:57:59.626 --> 00:58:01.626
Jacaltenango is my land
where I\'m going to die.

00:58:05.459 --> 00:58:06.459
Jacaltenango is my land

00:58:10.959 --> 00:58:14.584
where I\'m going to die.

00:58:16.375 --> 00:58:18.459
- They sell for $5 here.

00:58:22.959 --> 00:58:24.292
Very little.