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MAN 1: (IN SPANISH)
MAN 2: (IN ENGLISH) I'd actually like to know how she was admitted to the bar
since, uh, the oath of office
requires you to adhere to the laws of California
and the laws of the United States.
WOMAN: Interesting you bring that up,
because California benefits to illegal immigrants
are as follows: driver's licenses,
in-state tuition, ability to practice law,
-some welfare benefits they get. -(RADIO CLICKS)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PUNCHES LANDING)
TRAINER: Strike. Keep going. C'mon, c'mon.
Forward, forward. Boom, boom, boom, bro.
LIZBETH MATEO: Sometimes my life feels like it will be out of control
if I don't remain focused on what's important
and what's in front of me.
I think everyone has the right to dream.
I'm willing to fight and to work hard
for those dreams.
TRAINER: C'mon, everything you got.
(CAR ENGINES RUMBLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(IN SPANISH)
Una, dos, tres!
(CROWD APPLAUDING, CHEERING)
MAN: (IN ENGLISH) Yeah, Lizbeth!
(DOOR UNLOCKING)
(ASSISTANT SPEAKING SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) The state of California has decided that
someone's immigration status doesn't determine
whether they can become an attorney or not.
If someone passes the bar
and meets all of the other requirements to practice law,
you can become a licensed attorney
in this state.
-(DOOR OPENING) -CLIENT: Good morning.
-ASSISTANT: Hi, good morning. -How are you?
-Fine, and yourself? -Good, thank you.
-Lizbeth is in the office. -Oh, okay.
LIZBETH: I want to fight for people like myself,
people like my family.
I want to show this community
that even if you're undocumented,
you can fight back.
And I use my own story, my own experience, to do that.
LIZBETH'S MOTHER: Mm-hmm.
LIZBETH: (IN SPANISH)
MOTHER: Mm-hmm.
(IN SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) My family moved here when I was 14.
When we first moved here, my mom said,
"Don't tell anyone that you're undocumented."
So my mom's voice was always in the back of my head
every time I would say, "I'm undocumented."
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LIZBETH: It was in college that I met other undocumented students
and we started organizing.
-Undocumented! -(ANCHORMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) It was scary at first, and then I just realized
the only way that I can keep my family safe
is if I'm as visible as possible
because if something happens, people will know.
(IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH) The immigrant rights movement
has definitely taken lessons from the civil rights movement.
Basically putting ourselves,
our bodies, our futures on the line.
We have to be at the forefront.
ANCHORMAN: The state senate now actually appointing
an illegal immigrant, attorney Lizbeth Mateo,
to a state-wide committee
advising college access and financial aid.
Mateo says, "Illegal immigrants are not adequately represented
in government."
(LAUGHS) My.
Shame on you for turning U.S. citizenship
into something that's cheap.
She went to college and law school in this country.
I highly encourage you
to call the Department of Homeland Security
and report this woman, Lizbeth Mateo,
from Oaxaca, Mexico, to ICE.
I had never received that kind of...
that kind of hate.
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LIZBETH: People were sending me messages
saying, "I hope that you die.
I hope that your family and you get killed."
I don't live in fear for myself.
Where I worry is being separated from my family.
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(IN SPANISH)
LIZBETH'S FATHER: Mm-hmm.
-MOTHER: -LIZBETH:
-(MOTHER SPEAKING SPANISH) -FATHER:
(CARS HONKING)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) There are specific cases
that I'm focusing my time and my energy in
because I think that if we can win those cases,
that will have a huge impact in the way that we fight and win
for other undocumented people in this country.
(IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH) Edith's case is unique
because it has already gone through all the appeals
from going to the immigration judge
to the Board of Immigration Appeals
and then the Sixth Circuit.
She's been fighting...
for years now to be able to stay here.
She's in a church, and she's safe
from ICE entering the church and detaining her, removing her,
but she doesn't have the freedom that she had before.
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EDITH ESPINAL: (IN SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) When Edith fled Mexico to enter the U.S.
and, um, seek asylum, she was fleeing cartel violence.
During the initial hearing,
Edith was not allowed to provide evidence
and to explain in detail her fears
for returning to Mexico.
Her asylum case was denied.
She had a judge who had an over 90 percent denial rate.
She has potential avenues for relief,
but the wait is long. It could be over four years.
And I can't, in good conscience, tell my client
to wait five years in a church.
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(INSECTS CHIRPING)
EDITH: Hello?
(IN SPANISH)
(EDITH SPEAKING SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) When I got off the plane, I found out that
the city council, they decided to cancel
introducing and voting on our resolution in support of Edith.
Columbus is supposed to be a sanctuary city,
um, and if they can't support a woman
who's been living in a sanctuary for a year,
then you know, that tells-- that's more, um,
a reflection of them than it is of Edith.
(BOTH TALKING IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH) So, you're suggesting that we go back to Liz Brown
and say, "We understand you don't have the votes,
-but let's get it on the floor"? -Yeah.
We need the support of a local community
and we need the support of local...
-Absolutely. -...um, the local government.
We'll see what happens tomorrow.
I'm very honest with my clients.
From a legal perspective, there's only so much we can do,
but my background is that of an organizer.
And so, we know that there's set immigration laws,
and then there's policy.
And policy changes depending on who's in power.
If we're ever going to win anything,
not just for Edith, but for many other immigrants,
then politicians need to do more than just pay lip service.
So we're gonna give them the chance to actually do what's right,
and if not, then figure out a-- a way to pressure them.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-ELIZABETH BROWN: All right. -MAN 1: Thanks again.
ELIZABETH: Yes, thank you again. Thank you. And I--
-MAN 2: Thank you so much, Liz. -ELIZABETH: Yes, I really...
-MAN 3: Yeah, nice to meet you as well. -ELIZABETH: I'm sorry, Edith.
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LIZBETH: The city council couldn't agree on the resolution.
They decided to not even bring it up for a vote.
EDITH: (IN SPANISH)
(SOBS)
(INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES)
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LIZBETH: (IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH) Okay?
(IN SPANISH)
SAMUEL OLIVER BRUNO:
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(IN SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) We believe that if we have one case
that wins something because of the organizing
around the sanctuary, uh, movement,
then we can start winning for more people.
All we need is one case.
CHILD: Mommy. Mommy!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Yeah, that makes more sense.
-This is the whole campaign. -ATTORNEY: Yeah.
-The whole thing. -ATTORNEY: Yeah.
But what drives it at the top is your story. (CLEARS THROAT)
The most important thing that we have to do,
now that you all have heard each other's stories,
is figure out what your local campaigns might look like,
and while we're all here, see if there's connections
that other people can support to make it a national campaign.
(IN SPANISH)
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EDITH: (IN ENGLISH) Today, I have one year living in sanctuary.
I think my family changed a lot because we're learning too much.
And I-- I see my change in myself.
I see the difference in me.
Thank you, everybody, for all your support.
Thank you, everybody.
Now I... I know the message in my dream.
You are my angels.
(CONGREGATION MURMURS)
Yeah. You are the angels for my family.
We need to show all the politicians
we are here, and we...
um... (SPEAKS SPANISH)
-(IN ENGLISH) And we will win. -Yeah, we will win. (CHUCKLES)
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
EDITH: I don't want to hear any more excuses
from the politicians.
I want to ask all the community...
you need to know how much power do you have.
We need to do something.
We need to tell the politicians to do the change.
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EDITH: (IN SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) She's really now at a point
where she's leading her own campaign.
MAN: (IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH) We're gonna fight until the very end.
That something ha-- Something's gonna happen.
Something has to happen.
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(IN SPANISH)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) Immigration reform is not gonna happen
in a larger scale.
The only way to make things change
is by getting policy changes at a smaller scale.
But at a smaller scale doesn't actually mean
that it doesn't have a large impact.
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(CLAPPING)
-(LIZBETH CHUCKLES) -(BOY COOS)
(LIZBETH'S FATHER SPEAKING SPANISH)
(IN SPANISH)
LIZBETH: (IN ENGLISH) My family is still undocumented,
so it's very hard for me to be an attorney
and not be able to find a solution for their cases,
but I hope that someday I can, and using my legal knowledge,
using everything I have at my disposal,
I wanna make sure that my family is able
to be as free as they want to be.
(IN SPANISH)
(IN ENGLISH) What this country's about is, I think,
giving you the opportunity to actually fight.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN SPANISH)
(BOY LAUGHS)
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