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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

INTERNATIONAL EDITION

2017

Resist! San Francisco Sanctuary City

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The day is over when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc. We will get them out and we are going to get them out fast! – Donald Trump, January 25

 

 

In the president’s sights are the 11 million undocumented migrants who came to America illegally or overstayed visas.
But Mr Trump has a rebellion on his hands. The “sanctuary cities” movement – led by San Francisco – is a push by hundreds of cities, towns and counties to defy the presidential order. They refuse to co-operate with federal officials whose job is to hunt down and deport undocumented migrants.

 

 

We’re going to protect our immigrants. We’re all immigrants. – Harriet, at Resist! protest, San Francisco
If they are illegally here why would we give them sanctuary? – Cody, Trump supporter

 

 

Mr Trump warns that he will strip federal funding from sanctuary cities. San Francisco alone could lose more than a billion dollars a year, but it’s holding the line.
We have to not be afraid of those fights. - San Francisco mayor Ed Lee in an interview with Foreign Correspondent’s Stephanie March.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s more at stake than federal funding. In California – which is on track to declare itself a “sanctuary state”, undocumented migrants account for a full tenth of the workforce.
The dishwashers, the cooks, the people picking your fruit – the whole economy really is founded on undocumented cheap labour. – Nancy Charrago, San Francisco store owner

 

 

Mr Trump’s chief targets are what he calls “bad hombres” - the estimated 800,000 undocumented migrants with criminal convictions.
One of them is Mexican-born Joaquin Sotelo, who was eight when his mum brought him to America. Later he served three years in jail for domestic assault. He also served five years fighting for the US in the Iraq war and has three children, all US citizens. He now lives in a halfway house for damaged veterans. His service counts for nought.

 

 

I’m now facing deportation even though I’m a US Navy veteran. This is my home. This is what I went and fought for. I deserve to be here. - Joaquin Sotelo

 

 

Stories like Sotelo’s just don’t wash with people like Don Rosenberg, whose son was killed in San Francisco by an unlicensed driver, a Honduran who had come to the US illegally and who had earlier been caught without a licence.

 

 

Once they get here and commit a crime, we’re protecting them. We’re supporting them. That’s the story that needs to be told. - Don Rosenberg

 

 

It's the battle that’s widening the ideological divide in Donald Trump’s America.

 

 

(Language warning.)

 

Drone footage. People on beach

Music

00:00

People on beach holding ‘RESIST’ placards

STEPHANIE MARCH: On the beaches of San Francisco, a fight is brewing. America is home to 11 million illegal immigrants, and Donald Trump wants them out.

00:06

Golden gate bridge

DONALD TRUMP: We will break the cycle of

00:16

o/lay Trump

amnesty and illegal immigration. We will break the cycle.

00:18

Drone footage. People on beach

Music

00:24

Prensky on beach

HARRIET PRENSKY: We are proud. Thank God we live in San Francisco and not other places in the country. We are going to protect our immigrants. What he is doing is un-American.

00:30

Helicopter over beach protest

Music

00:41

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: San Francisco – a so-called ‘Sanctuary City’ where officials protect illegal migrants from being deported. A city now under siege.

00:44

‘Resist!’ protesters

CROWD: Resist! Resist! Resist! Resist!

00:53

San Francisco Year of the Rooster celebrations

 

01:02

GFX: SAN FRANCISCO, USA

 

01:16

TITLE: RESIST!

 

01:23

March in crowd. Super:
Reporter: STEPHANIE MARCH

 

01:30

Year of the Rooster celebrations

STEPHANIE MARCH: San Francisco ushers in the Year of the Rooster. Diversity is in this city’s DNA – one in five residents is ethnic Chinese. A third of the population was born overseas. And it’s famous for its counterculture, from the ‘60s flower power to gay liberation in the ‘70s.

01:35

 

CROWD: Happy New Year!

02:00

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: Pretty much everyone is welcome here.

02:04

March to camera at street parade

This parade is all about luck and good fortune. But 2017 is shaping up not to be a good year for tens of thousands of this city’s undocumented migrants – most of them from Latin America. Donald Trump calls them illegal aliens. He wants them deported. For many of them, the only thing stopping them from being kicked out of America is the sanctuary and protection that this city provides.

02:08

Mayor Lee in parade

CROWD: Happy New Year!

MAYOR ED LEE: Happy New Year!

STEPHANIE MARCH: Democrat Mayor Edwin Lee is the son of Chinese migrants. He’s proud to call San Francisco a Sanctuary City.

 

02:34

Faces in crowd

That means so-called undocumented immigrants can openly work, go to school, raise families – protected by City Hall and local police – and in open defiance of Washington.

02:52

Mayor Lee

MAYOR LEE: You know, I think Sanctuary City is about us being ourselves and who we are and respecting everybody. That’s what we do here in San Francisco. It means safer communities, it means diverse communities, it means welcome communities.

03:05

Mayor Lee on car in parade

STEPHANIE MARCH: It also means Mayor Lee is out of step with many Americans beyond his city. There are about 11 million undocumented migrants in America right now – some crossed the border illegally, others overstayed their visas. Around 800,000 have criminal convictions.

03:23

Time lapse San Francisco GVs/Trump

Music

03:49

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: Less than a week into his Presidency, Republican Donald Trump declared criminal illegals the target of a sweeping crackdown.

DONALD TRUMP: The day is over

03:59

Trump press conference

when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc. We are going to get them out and we are going to get them out fast.

04:11

Joaquin walks

Music

04:23

 

JOAQUIN SOTELO: I joined the military from 2001 to 2006. I was in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom

04:29

Joaquin interview

and it is honourable. And now I’m very proud to say that I served in the time of need of this country.

04:39

Joaquin and March look at photos

Music

04:46

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: For Joaquin Sotelo, home is now this halfway house – a shelter for military veterans damaged by life.

04:50

 

JOAQUIN SOTELO: This is standing the watch in the Gulf.

STEPHANIE MARCH: Did you enjoy it though, your time in the Navy?

04:05

 

JOAQUIN SOTELO: Every single minute of it.

STEPHANIE MARCH: He served under the US flag, but he’s not a citizen.

JOAQUIN SOTELO: It’s a great experience.

05:04

Joaquin military photos

STEPHANIE MARCH: His mother brought him to the US illegally

05:11

Joaquin at home into kitchen

from Mexico when he was eight. Raised on food stamps, he wanted to give something back to America. But after leaving the Navy, Joaquin’s life unravelled.

 

 

05:16

Joaquin interview

JOAQUIN SOTELO: I was using alcohol and using drugs and I wasn’t stable, mentally nor physically, and I carried out domestic violence. I was a very aggressive person. I was very in denial.

05:37

Joaquin and March look at documents

JOAQUIN SOTELO: It’s drug abuse resistance education.

STEPHANIE MARCH: That landed him a three year prison sentence. After early release for good behaviour, he was held in immigration detention for another 16 months, and marked for deportation. Joaquin was released again

05:57

Joaquin and March look at family photos

four weeks ago on a bond the government is now trying to revoke.

JOAQUIN SOTELO: This is my family. This is my daughter, this is my other daughter and this is my little boy.

STEPHANIE MARCH: And how old are they now?

06:17

 

JOAQUIN SOTELO: Jesus, he is six, Jamila is eight, and Hennessy is nine.

06:30

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: Joaquin’s kids were all born in America – they’re US citizens. He says he’s now on good terms with their mother. But by choice, he hasn’t seen them now for five years.

 

 

 

06:35

Joaquin interview

JOAQUIN SOTELO: Right now I have the opportunity to go out there and hug them and be with them, but I think I’m going to make things worse when I have to leave again. So it’s very difficult. I have to make a choice and I cannot be selfish. So I don’t want to go out there and promise them Daddy is going to be here forever, when I have that ghost of deportation behind me.

06:48

Time lapse San Francisco

Music

07:28

 

REPORTER: Raids for immigrants continue to sweep the country.

07:32

News report

A wave of fear and panic is gripping undocumented workers – many terrified that they’ll be rounded up next and deported.

07:34

ICE agents in car/on raid

Music 

07:41

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers – known as ICE agents – have stepped up raids across the country. Arrests occurred under the Obama administration too, but at the urging of their new president, the tempo has increased. Under Trump’s order, millions of illegals who don’t have criminal records are also fair game.

07:45

San Francisco GVs

Hundreds of counties, towns, and cities have declared varying forms of sanctuary protection. ICE targets them regardless. So far, ICE is notably absent from San Francisco, which has become de-facto capital of the Sanctuary movement.

08:08

March to camera on street

STEPHANIE MARCH: One thing you notice about San Francisco is there’s a real sense of fear among the migrant community. I’ve spoken to a lot of immigrants, some undocumented, some even have temporary visas that allow them to stay, and most of them are far too terrified to speak on camera. There’s a real sense that they’re retreating back into the shadows. A lot of them are watching the arrests that are going on across the country and feel that here in San Francisco they are living in the eye of the cyclone.

08:29

San Francisco GVs

 

08:58

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: San Francisco was one of the first American cities to declare Sanctuary protection back in the 1980s.

09:04

CARACEN Support Center interior. Bryan with support worker

Here at the CARACEN Support Center, 22-year-old Bryan from Honduras is one of the few willing to give his name, and tell his story. He’s living here illegally and alone. In the last three years, he’s been deported eight times – but keeps coming back.

09:10

Bryan interview

BRYAN: I have my mother and two sisters over there – thank God – and with the little bit of work I get, I can help them financially, and my sister with her studies. I can provide food and anything they need.

09:34

Bryan undergoes tattoo removal

STEPHANIE MARCH: This tattoo removal program is intended to make it easier to find work in the US. But for those unlucky enough to get deported, it may just save their lives. Back in Central America, all ink is assumed to be gang related – a potential death sentence.

09:48

 

BRYAN: They’re the names of people in my family. I also have a picture of my dad. In my country there are a lot of problems with the police and gangs. They discriminate against you if you have tattoos, even if you are a good person.

10:11

Tattoo removal continues

TATTOO REMOVALIST: There’s concern that they might get deported. And in a lot of countries it’s really unsafe to have tattoos, so we have a lot of people that we expedite, so that we can try to remove tattoos and then if they get deported, that they won’t be targeted by police.

10:37

Bryan on bench with Lauriza

BRYAN: Everything was oaky, but now with the new president we don’t know what’s going to happen. I want to finish removing my tattoos before I have to go back to my country. I want to be prepared.

10:52

Bryan leaves clinic

STEPHANIE MARCH: The session over, he heads back out to take his chances on the streets.

11:08

San Francisco street shots

 

11:22

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: San Francisco is a compact, crowded blend of poverty and privilege, soaring house prices and social activism.

11:32

Homeless on streets/Middle class/GVs

A huge homeless population shares the city with a burgeoning tech-industry middle class. Added to this mix are 35,000 undocumented migrants. In the urban sprawl beyond the city limits are up to half a million more so-called illegals.

11:50

 

NANCY CHARRAGA: It used to be Italian, Irish working class. In the ‘60s/‘70s, it became more Mexican. And then

12:20

Nancy in her shop

during the ‘80s/‘90s with the wars in Central America, it became more Central American.

12:28

Anti-Trump products in shop

This has been very popular. This is made in the USA with soy-based inks.

STEPHANIE MARCH: Nancy Charraga came to the US, legally, from Mexico when she was just a kid. Now her Mission District store does a roaring trade in anti-Trump paraphernalia.

NANCY CHARRAGA: Well, definitely

12:34

Nancy shows piñatas.

I don’t mean to brag, but I do think I have the best Trump piñata.

STEPHANIE MARCH: It’s very lifelike.

NANCY CHARRAGA: Yes. And this one really looks like Trump. We have different price ranges.

STEPHANIE MARCH: Are they quite popular?

NANCY CHARRAGA: Very popular, yes; these are best sellers, yes.

12:54

‘Make American Mexico again’ products in shop

STEPHANIE MARCH: Before the US formally annexed California in 1848, this region was actually part of Mexico.

NANCY CHARRAGA: I’ll tell you, the best seller is ‘Make America Mexico again.’

13:09

Migrant murals

Music

13:21

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: Undocumented migrants comprise a staggering 10% of California’s labour force.

13.26

Coit tower/Views of SF

DONALD TRUMP: Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion dollars a year, and this is what we get. Most illegal immigrants are lower skilled workers with less education, who compete directly against vulnerable American workers,

13:32

 

and that these illegal workers draw much more out from the system than they can every possibly pay back.

13:52

SF/Trump

Music

14:01

Nancy in shop

NANCY CHARRAGA: Well, all you have to do is go into any restaurant and if you go to the kitchen, the dishwasher, the cooks, the people picking your fruit, the people working the agriculture, that’s all --the whole economy really is founded on undocumented cheap labour. So I think that it’s not just as simple as saying you need to come here legally and you need to go back home, you know? If that were the reality, then you need to be willing to give up the cheap labour – and I don’t think the US is really willing to do that.

14:07

Aerial. San Francisco/Trump overlay

DONALD TRUMP: Block funding for Sanctuary cities. We block the funding – no more funding. Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars.

14:45

Mayor Lee at function greeting supporters

STEPHANIE MARCH: For San Francisco’s Mayor Lee, the threat of losing more than a billion dollars a year in federal funding only deepens his resolve.

14:59

Lee interview. Super: 
EDWIN LEE
Mayor of San Francisco

STEPHANIE MARCH: Is that a big amount of money for you?

MAYOR ED LEE: Well, of course it is. It could be in the billions of dollars. But we have to also not be afraid of those fights. I think America has changed. I think Mr Trump wants to just preserve a certain type of America in his mind. I believe America, particularly in the cities that I live in, New York, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, has changed. And I think it’s been a lot more diverse than he believes it is.

15:10

[continues]

STEPHANIE MARCH: How are you feeling about the fight you’ve got on your hands?

MAYOR ED LEE: Well, we’re ready. We have to fight. I get up every morning and I’m always having to challenge myself about who I’m going to help today. But it’s unfortunate that we have to fight our own federal administration in order to have the voice of America be heard. And I think the better president would be someone who would listen to what’s happening in other cities across the country.

15:38

Street musicians

Music

 

 

16:05

Embarcadero district

STEPHANIE MARCH: Across town, the Embarcadero district symbolises the multicultural tolerant image this city promotes. But a couple of years ago, something happened here that critics say exposed deep flaws in the Sanctuary system.

16:14

March to camera on pier

STEPHANIE MARCH: This is the scene of one of the most significant events in this entire debate. In July 2015, Kate Steinle, a 32-year-old San Francisco resident, was walking along here with her father when she was hit in the back by a bullet that ricocheted off the pier. She died in hospital a few hours later. Police say the man that was holding the gun was Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant who had been deported from the United States five times before. In fact, he had been picked up only a few months earlier on a drug charge but, because of San Francisco’s Sanctuary ordinance, he wasn’t handed over to immigration officials. This case became a major focal point of President Donald Trump’s campaign. He says that Kate Steinle could still be alive if this country had stricter immigration laws.

16:38

News Report relating to trial

CHERYL JENNINGS, ABC7 NEWS: The undocumented immigrant accused of shooting a San Francisco woman at Pier 14 will stand trial for murder.

17:36

 

MATT GONZALEZ, SF PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE CHIEF ATTORNEY: He did not have the gun prior to picking it up wrapped up.

 

17:43

SF pier, site of shooting. Memorial bench/Trump overlay

DONALD TRUMP: On my first day in office, I am also going to ask Congress to pass Kate’s Law, named for Kate Steinle, to ensure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal re-entry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences. Strong! And then we get them out!

17:51

Photo. Kate Steinle

STEPHANIE MARCH: Kate Steinle was not the first casualty.

18:17

Rosenberg being ejected from immigration enforcement hearing

Don Rosenberg is the grieving father of another victim. A passionate opponent of sanctuary cities, his determination to be heard resulted in him being ejected from an immigration enforcement hearing in Washington.

DON ROSENBERG: My son was killed by an illegal alien in 2010.

18:24

Photo. Drew Rosenberg

STEPHANIE MARCH: His son died on the streets of San Francisco.

18:42

March walks with Rosenberg to site of killing

This is the first time Don Rosenberg has been to the street corner where a Honduran immigrant killed his son, Drew.

18:53

 

DON ROSENBERG: Probably good to get it out of the way. But I don’t know. And it doesn’t look like anything bad should’ve happened.

19:03

Photo. Drew

STEPHANIE MARCH: Drew was 25. He’d moved here to go to University and was loving it.

19:21

Traffic/Photo. Roberto Galo

Riding his motorbike through this intersection, he was hit by Roberto Galo, who’d entered the US illegally.

19:26

March and Rosenberg on street

DON ROSENBERG: And he hit Drew and Drew flew over his motorcycle or flew over the front of the car. Drew’s helmet had come off and wedged under one of his tyres, so he stopped and backed up, driving over him a second time.

19:34

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: Galo had been pulled over by local police for unlicensed driving just months before the accident. It didn’t stop him

19:50

 

from getting back behind the wheel.

DON ROSENBERG: He was protected by the city because he was caught driving without a licence. And instead of following the law, they did the exact opposite, ‘Oh no problem, go ahead, you can drive! We’re not going to enforce that law.’ And he kept driving and he killed Drew.

19:59

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: California has since issued more than 800,000 driving licences to undocumented migrants. The theory is they’ll drive anyway, but will be safer on the roads if tested. A lifelong Democrat, Don feels ignored by his party and feels he has no choice but to turn to Trump.

20:20

Rosenberg with March

DON ROSENBERG: I keep seeing the same thing happening day after day after day, and have our fucking government up until maybe now saying, oh, we’ve got to get these people, put them on a pathway to citizenship! They’re wonderful! They don’t do anything wrong! They don’t commit any crimes!

20:43

Photo. Galo

STEPHANIE MARCH: Drew’s killer served just 43 days of a six month sentence for vehicular manslaughter and was eventually deported.

21:00

Rosenberg with March

DON ROSENBERG: The Mayor, the Police Chief, the Board of Supervisors, City Council men all belong in jail for the rest of their lives, because it’s not just Drew. They have harmed and killed so many people because of their policies.

21:10

Golden Gate Bridge

Music

21:29

Oakland wrestling event. People in line

STEPHANIE MARCH: Across the Bay in Oakland – another Sanctuary City – it’s fight night. In this Democrat stronghold, this is a rare gathering of Trump supporters.

21:34

Two men outside venue

MAN: In my opinion, using the word undocumented immigrants is just a way of saying ‘illegal immigrants’. So I mean, if they are illegally here, I don’t know why we would give them sanctuary.

21:49

Wrestling match

Music

21:59

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: TV wrestling has tapped America’s love of entertainment, sport, and red-blooded patriotism.

22:04

Man outside venue

MAN 2: You know, we are all kids tonight. Give Donald Trump a chance!

 

 

22:14

File footage. Wrestling match. Trump tackles McMahon to ground

STEPHANIE MARCH: A decade before Donald Trump was President, he made a name for himself in the ring. Taking on fellow billionaire, wrestling impresario Vince McMahon, the performance helped win over those Trump calls the ‘forgotten men and women of America’.

22:17

Photo. President trump with Linda McMahon

Their bond strengthened recently, when Trump appointed Vince’s wife Linda McMahon to run the Small Business Administration.

22:37

Wrestling match

As for the fans, they love what Donald Trump is doing now and share his concerns on immigration.

22:47

Man outside venue

MAN 3: I think it is a great thing to have order in a country, because I wouldn’t expect somebody like me to go over to Australia and demand to be a citizen without doing paperwork or anything. So I think it is good to have rules and to abide by the rules. And I don’t think there is anything wrong with wanting to be safe and wanting to protect our children and things like that.

22:58

Drone shot. SF suburbs

Music

 

 

 

 

 

23:15

March with Hing on balcony

PROFESSOR BILL ONG HING, LAW PROFESSOR: Over that hill over there is more of the Latino part of town which is probably more like 60-70% Latino, although...

STEPHANIE MARCH: Professor Bill Ong Hing has been working in immigration law here for more than 40 years. Back in the ‘80s, he helped draft San Francisco’s Sanctuary Ordinance.

PROFESSOR BILL ONG HING: For example, it would be a violation of the

23:27

Hing interview. Super:
BILL ONG HING
Law Professor

Sanctuary ordinance if a police officer stopped someone for running a red light and the police officer somehow finds out that the person is undocumented, it would be a violation of the Sanctuary Ordinance to call up immigration and say, hey, I have an undocumented person here.

23:53

 

What Sanctuary City is not, is it’s not going to result in the San Francisco police standing guard at the border of San Francisco and battling the ICE, the immigration enforcement officials, and keeping them restrained from coming into the city. That’s not going to happen.

24:12

Medal of Valor ceremony

STEPHANIE MARCH: San Francisco’s Police, upholders of the Sanctuary City policy, turn out for the annual Medal of Valor ceremony.

24:35

Hing at ceremony

Professor Bill Hing is also here. He has just been appointed to the city’s civilian police commission, which has the power to fire everyone from the beat cops up to the chief, who is firmly on message.

25:02

Scott interview. Super:
WILLIAM SCOTT
San Francisco Police Chief

SAN FRANCISCO POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM SCOTT: So you shouldn't be worried about getting deported or about us even questioning your immigration status, because we are a Sanctuary City.

STEPHANIE MARCH: ICE’s job is much easier in cities

25:20

Police at ceremony

where they have backup from local police. That’s not happening here. ICE officers are stretched thin; there are only 5,000 nationwide. Donald Trump has ordered 10,000 more be recruited. He has also ordered local cops be deputised to become immigration agents, a request San Francisco refuses.

25:31

Scott interview

POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM SCOTT: Our local role is not to enforce immigration laws, it is to enforce the law. So I wouldn't say we are not on the same page; we just have different roles.

25:59

Protestors on street

CROWD: Say it loud, say it clear! Refugees are welcome here! Say it loud, say it clear! Refugees are welcome here! Say it loud, say it clear! Refugees are welcome here!

26:08

Flag flies on City Hall. Joaquin addresses crowd

STEPHANIE MARCH: It’s a big day for Joaquin Sotelo down at City Hall, out of the shadows and into the limelight.

26:21

 

JOAQUIN SOTELO: I am now facing deportation, even though I am a United States Navy veteran, who has gone before to fight freedom for all of us.

26:29

Joaquin gives interview on street. Passer-by interrupts

STEPHANIE MARCH: He’s lonely, vulnerable, but prepared to go down fighting.

26:40

 

PASSER-BY: God bless Donald Trump! God bless Donald Trump! God bless America!

REPORTER: God bless the fuck! Go away!

26:48

Inside City Hall. Joaquin enters committee hearing

STEPHANIE MARCH: The City Council is considering the creation of a legal defence unit to protect immigrants from deportation. Joaquin wants to share his story.

26:56

Joaquin addresses hearing

JOAQUIN SOTELO: I am a United States Navy veteran and I was there to see the faces of many, many other veterans and many other undocumented people that were there with me.

27:10

Joaquin interview

JOAQUIN SOTELO: It’s not just my family back, but the thing I went to fight for the most, my freedom. My right to live in this free country that I went to fight for, that many of us went before others to fight for.

27:24

Prof Hing plays guitar in office

 

27:41

 

STEPHANIE MARCH: America’s so-called Sanctuary Cities are under threat like never before. The days of refuge may soon be over.

[Hing sings]

27:50

SF suburbs

 

28:05

Hing interview

PROFESSOR BILL ONG HING: The city has to get ready for ICE operations at different places of employment in particular. The community has got to be prepared for that to happen, definitely.

28:09

Hing playing guitar

Music

28:19

Rosenberg interview

DON ROSENBERG: No matter what we do, we’ll never stop every person that sneak into this country illegally. But we’re helping them! We’re supporting them! Once they get here and they commit a crime, we’re protecting them! So that’s the story! That’s a story that needs to be told.

28:23

Hing playing guitar

[Hing sings]

28:40

Joaquin walking down street

 

28:44

Joaquin interview

JOAQUIN SOTELO: I live in fear every day of my life. Every time I walk out, I’m walking on eggshells.

28:48

 

I’ll be honest with you, even if I get deported, this is my land. This is my home. This is what I went and fought for. I’m going to come right back.

28:55

 

And I’m going to jump that border, as long as it takes. They could even throw me in prison because I did that, but this is my land. This is what I went and fought for. I deserve to be here.

 

29:03

Time lapse GV San Francisco

[Hing sings]

29:17

Credits: 

Reporter: Stephanie March

Producer: Mark Corcoran

Camera: David Martin

Research: Jill Kolgan

Editor: Garth Thomas

Time lapse camera: Mattia Bicchi

Drone camera: Daniel Bosler; Paolo Villacarlos

Executive producer: Marianne Leitch

 

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