Butthenoneday I decidedtoswitchofftheTVandgoseetheborderformyself.
Andwhat I sawtherewasverydifferentfromwhat I imagined.
ThisistheborderbetweentheUnitedStatesandMexico.
Itiswhatpeoplecall a warzone.
Itiswheredrugsandrapistscome, butthat's notentirelywhat I sawatthewall.
I sawAmericanswhocametoMexicotolive, tostartbusinessesandtovacation.
I sawMexicanswhostartedagriculture, businessesthatmakemoneyforMexicansinMexico.
Atthewall I sawimmigrants, but I sawthemworkingontheMexicansideofthewall.
That's when I realizedMexicansaren't necessarilyfloodinginasmuchaswethink, infact, moreMexicanslefttheUnitedStatesthanentereditinthelastdecade, and I betyoudidn't knowthatfromwhat I saw.