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[BULLFROG CROAKING]

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Previously on Life.

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[SINGING]

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Clothing manufacturing
in Pennsylvania

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have been decimated.

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We're looking for justice.

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There is no justice.

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In today's globalization as
compared with a century ago,

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movement of people
is much less free.

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We are not invisible
in Philadelphia.

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You're playing with fire.

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We are going to see a backlash
against globalization.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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[BELL DINGING]

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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My entire life has been
like a boxing match.

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I've always fought
for what I wanted.

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To achieve the dreams I had,
I've always had to fight.

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I've got so many
stories to tell.

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My life is like a novel.

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[BELL DINGING]

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) My name is
Luis Miguel Rodriguez Juarez.

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I was born here in Chalcatongo
in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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There's no work for
youngsters here anymore.

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The fields are abandoned and
only the old folks stay behind.

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Most of the youngsters go to
look for work in Mexico City

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and some even go as far
as the United States.

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Only the old people
are left here.

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And that's how the whole
story of my crossing

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the border illegally began.

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Having to put up with
so many hardships,

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to jump through so
many hoops that I never

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thought could be so difficult.
It was another world.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) They
have grown up now

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and they want to
lead their own lives.

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And maybe that's why
they are going away

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because they can see
that we don't earn enough

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here to meet all their needs.

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And perhaps it's because
they want to help us as well.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) My
dream has always

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been to become a world champion
boxer in the United States

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so that I could
help out my family.

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My parents work in the country.

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It's a hard life for them.

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They're already of
an age where they

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shouldn't be working so hard.

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By now, it should be
us, their children,

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who provide for their needs.

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But so far, we
haven't been able to.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) I feel
just like one of them.

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Because the way they feel now
is exactly how I once felt.

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I also had to leave my
family and my village

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to improve my prospects
and to get on in life.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) If my sister
carries on working here,

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she's just going to
get stuck in a rut

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and she's never
going to get ahead.

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She's going to be stuck
in a vicious circle.

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That's why I said to her, if
she really wants to get on,

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I mean if she wants
to work in the states,

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she'll get a much better salary.

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Lucila, have you
made up your mind

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to go to the states
with your brother?

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(INTERPRETER) Yes,
I've made up my mind.

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Why?

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(INTERPRETER) More
than anything is

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because I want to see
what it's like there.

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And because I want
to know how it

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feels to be away from my family
and to work more than anything.

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Yes, I think I'm going
to like it there.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) When we're
traveling alone somewhere,

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we always begin to feel sad.

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We began to feel
anxious because we're

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heading out into the unknown.

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But at the same time,
we go with the feeling

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that we will return
with something more

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to help those back home.

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That's what makes it worthwhile.

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For me, my family is my life.

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It's what makes me tick.

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[MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC PLAYING]

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) My plan is to go
and box in the United States.

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That's my goal, to start
boxing professionally.

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[MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC PLAYING]

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) I'm
heading for the states.

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And when I get there, I'm always
going to hold my head high.

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I'll never hang my head
because I come from a country

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that the states has
exploited big time.

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What's this?

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(INTERPRETER) It's
a dividing wall.

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It's a wall that
apparently that we're going

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to use in the war against Iraq.

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But it ended up here
because it seems

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they didn't need it in Iraq.

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So they put it here to separate
us, just like the Berlin Wall.

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It's a crime to be here,
we're breaking the law.

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Yes, we're breaking the law.

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When I cross into the
states, in my eyes,

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I am not breaking
any law or treaty

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because where I'm
going to be was

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a part of Mexico, what was once
Mexico or what still is Mexico.

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I mean, the states is
getting rich on the work

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that we Mexicans do thanks to
the workers they use in Mexico.

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Because really, those people
get very little in return.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) Here in Tijuana,
everything is so expensive.

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They pay you the minimum.

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And really, it's not enough.

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We're on the breadline.

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With four kids, it's not enough
for food nor for clothing,

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for you or for them.

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Not even for a roof over
your head, everything costs.

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(INTERPRETER) As a human
being, I have my rights.

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As far as I'm concerned,
I am free to come and go

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in this world as a human being.

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According to my
principles, we should

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be free to experience life's
ups and downs anywhere

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we like in the world.

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Did you imagine the
border would be like this?

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(INTERPRETER) No.

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I imagined it would be more
difficult. But in fact,

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it isn't.

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It's much easier than I thought.

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(INTERPRETER) Maybe we
won't make it today.

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Maybe not tomorrow.

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Perhaps not even in a week.

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But we'll keep on trying.

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And at some point, we're
bound to get across.

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How many times have
you crossed so far?

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(INTERPRETER) Twice.

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And how many times
did they get you?

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(INTERPRETER) Both times.

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What next?

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(INTERPRETER) We're
going to cross again.

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We'll try again.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) If so many people
can get a cross, why can't I?

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That's what encourages me.

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Yeah, I'm ready to give it a go.

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We're just waiting
for to see if there's

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any more people going to be
coming out across that road

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right there.

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Low crawlers look like
right at the customs lot.

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Yeah, most that traffic
does go east now from Campos

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to the center.

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OK.

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Now, here they come.

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We got about looks about
eight so far crossing over

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on the east side of Campos.

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They go through the
ditches about probably

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15-feet deep and
run down the center

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so we can't see
them because they

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know we have infrared scopes.

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They're running straight
north right now.

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I'll let you know if they
veer off into the treeline.

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[HELICOPTER SOUNDS]

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) We're waiting for
someone to pick us up for work.

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Anything will do.

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I know we need
them to work here.

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We rely on their labor.

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They're soldiers of fortune.

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They want a better life.

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They want it that badly.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) I've been
eight months without work.

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I've had a few jobs that
lasted two or three days,

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but they've been rare.

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It's the fact that I don't
have legal status here

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that makes it so difficult.

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A lot of the
Americans don't want

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to do the jobs that
these people are doing.

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I think people don't
ask any questions

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as long as the job get
done by these people.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) I thought
it would be different.

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Yes, I thought I would
be in a poor district

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and on the outskirts,
but not as bad as these.

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No, I don't like it.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) It's difficult
to go out, especially

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without the right documents.

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If we do, we have to be careful
the immigration people don't

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catch us and send us back.

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And then we'd have to get
across again, so that's a worry.

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But for now, the biggest
problem is I don't have a job.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) Right
now I am preparing

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the main tool of the
trade that I'm going

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to dedicate myself to, boxing.

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I think it's going
to open doors for me.

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I got the opportunity to
work with a trainer called

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Mike Adam.

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And he's going to help me
on the road to success.

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Well, obviously, I've been
around boxing for a long time.

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And I think he's got
an excellent chance.

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He's very dedicated.

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And he's at the
age where he's got

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to make a choice either
box amateur or box pro.

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He wants to make the money.

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And he's a very
disciplined person.

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He goes along with
things that I say

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so I'm going to [INAUDIBLE].

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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[BELL DINGING]

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Ladies and gentlemen.

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[ANNOUNCERS SPEAKING SPANISH]

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Two Bloody Mary.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) My new job is
completely different from what

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I was doing five years ago
when I only had odd jobs

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and was living in the camp.

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The company that I am working
for now, a huge company,

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has no idea that I am
working here illegally.

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Yeah, it's a bit frightening
for me but I just have two grin

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and bear it, just as I would
any other difficulty in life.

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I think I did have a real
chance of becoming a champion.

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Yes, it's actually
very difficult

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to turn your back on
such an opportunity,

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to close the door
behind yourself,

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turn around and walk away.

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But the dream still lives
on, just like before.

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It's just that now it
won't be sport I'm using.

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My dream is to get my parents,
who are now quite old, over

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here to the United States.

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And we're going to
look after them.

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We're going to see
to all their needs,

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to provide them with a life
where they don't have to scrape

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a living from day to day.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) Within two months
of arriving in Los Angeles,

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I got engaged.

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My plan had been to come
and work and some money,

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save as much as possible
and send it back to Mexico

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to help out with the
family back there.

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I got married, got pregnant,
and had to stop working.

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Let's go play.

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(INTERPRETER) I came
here to get ahead.

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But actually, if I'm
worse off, then it's

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better that I should
leave and go back home.

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Perhaps I could do better
than I'm doing now.

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The rest of my family in
the states is in San Diego.

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My sisters are married there.

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They have children
to look after.

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At times I get bored
because I don't

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have friends I feel
comfortable going out with,

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people I can chat to and
confide in, so I feel alone.

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I begin to despair and
I feel like going home.

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I think I'd feel more
loved and happier back home

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with my parents,
who I love as well.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) Here
we are at home.

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It's a one bedroom flat.

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And I'm living here
with my three brothers.

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We've been living here
for about three years.

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The next thing is to
get my parents over here

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to the states.

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I'm hoping the government
will let them have a visa

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so that they can
come here legally.

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I'm going to call and see
how things are back home.

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Hi [INAUDIBLE] it's
your brother here.

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How are you?

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That's good.

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Yes, we're fine.

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I was trying to speak to her
and encourage her to come.

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You know why?

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Ever since I've
been in the States,

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I've always dreamed of
getting us all together again,

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those of us who remain.

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Because despite the fact that
our big brother isn't with us

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anymore, the rest of
us were still alive

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should be reunited again.

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That's always been my dream.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) Yes, they
are all there, all of them,

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from the eldest to the youngest.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) We would
like to see them but

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it's a bit difficult
because they are

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in another country, of course.

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To go over there, we have to go
through all kinds of red tape

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from one country or the other
so that we can cross the border.

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And that's what we don't
really know how to do.

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We're the kind of
people who live

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from the fruits
of our own labors.

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We are not the kind of people
politicians really think of.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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(INTERPRETER) Well, we
are going to the American

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Embassy in Mexico City.

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(INTERPRETER) There's
nothing more we can do.

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Nothing.

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Now that we have tried,
there's nothing left

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to be done other than to carry
on and stay in touch just

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as we have always done.

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