WEBVTT - We Celebrate Our Cultura All Year Long 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:09.720 Populistic girl a Mada Lata and you're listening to exactly 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:12.920 a Mada a production of I Heart Radio. I am 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:19.800 so excited because today we're celebrating our all year celebrating. Yes, 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:29.520 we're celebrating how proud we are of our ancess fears were. Yes, 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.920 all that good stuff, our music, our culture, all those 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:36.400 amazing things you know, um as Latinos, and I think 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.839 that also as Latina, as a black woman, as an 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:43.120 Afro Latina, as a woman in this country overall, I'm 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:45.199 part of all those things that is so important for 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.400 us to talk about the National Hispanic Heritage Month and 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:50.880 why we should celebrate it all year round and not 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:52.959 just like a one month thing, kind of like how 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.480 they do with Black History Month, which is so annoying 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:57.280 to me that they just do it like one month. 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.319 Let's celebrate it all year around, because all year we're 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.200 doing amazing things all around the world, the importance of 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:07.640 Latinos in our culture, Latinos and media in the entertainment industry, 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:12.119 and Latinos every day in life. So today I'm super 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.120 excited because we have amazing guests. Better, before I even 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:19.160 get to that, okay, I have to see this show 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:23.320 wouldn't be the same without my co host Stevie Noonez 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:36.600 or Stevie Nunez. You know you talk about what talking 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.840 about Hispanic Heritage Month, We definitely need to talk about 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.360 all the amazing politicians we have, um, that are playing 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.640 important roles that really make an impact not only the 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:51.280 Latino community, but in the United States and the community overall. Um. 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:57.720 We have amazing athletes that'm being you like sports um 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:00.480 uh If I like the athletes of worse, I do. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:08.560 They're beautiful. Oh my god, I feel like bodies, Like 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:13.480 why do you think a rod Victor Cruise athletes are 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.280 as a Dominicano? Have to talk about the Dominicano that 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:23.840 are making it happen, like you said, Alex Rodriguez amongst many. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.840 Do you see how important, Sammy? Do you know how 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:30.920 important it is? Big body? Like all these important Latinos 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.000 that have impacted in so many different ways. I don't 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.320 know too much about you know, scientists, but I know 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:40.560 that in the science department, and that they've also been 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:44.760 impactful in the entertainment industry. Of course, we know a 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:48.200 lot of Latinos that have been impactful. Um. I'll start 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.040 with one. I go with one and you go with 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:54.440 the other one. Okay, Cruise yes? Or Anthony, oh wait, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:03:05.360 Gloria Stefan okay, um Mark Anthony Yes, and Stepan Mark Anthony. 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:18.040 Oh my god God, but we gotta diversify, yes, Jenny Rivera, 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.359 there's so many. The list goes on and on and 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.880 on and on. Oh I know another one too. I 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.160 bet you don't know this one. They don't do it 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:30.400 as see savey. You see, this is a great thing. 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:38.120 It's not just about like the Caribbeans but Chile. I meant, hintena. 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.480 The list goes on of how versatile we are and 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.640 how amazing we are, how impactful we've been in so 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:50.200 many different departments as actors may strolls, as doctors. I mean, 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:54.520 like we have truly immigrants, no matter how much they 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:56.400 want to, you know, because there's always a little group 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:57.640 of people they're like, oh, we don't want to know 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.840 about immigrants, and kick them out of here, and we 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.080 don't want them here. And now that shut up, okay, 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.760 because without immigrants in this country, we shape our nation. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.560 We shape this country. You know, this country wouldn't have 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.280 been the same without us because a lot of the times, 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.800 guess who does the hard work we do while they 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.520 want to do the cute stuff. The Latinos that come 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:25.839 here Sulambo, sacrificing all types of things, we're the ones 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:30.880 that really make what this country is. And hello, a 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.840 lot of Latinos, a lot of Latinos worked for five 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.479 dollars in our work and help build a lot of 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:41.120 corporations in this country. Okay, we are we are the 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.039 backbone of this country. A lot of us are the 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.920 backbone of the country. And let's not even talk about 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.719 Puerto Rico. How they made us. Um they haven't made 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:51.760 us a state, but they made as a part of 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.800 the country because they needed us. We never asked to 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.160 be a part of the country. They needed us. I 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:58.919 don't know what they have up in that country that 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.000 they need. I do know, you know that's I don't 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:04.120 want the government after me, but I know that that 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.480 they we are very abhorant and we are not just 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:11.760 the help. You know, we are not just There's so many, um, 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.760 second generational like people that have came here, Like I'm 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:19.440 a kid of immigrants, you know, parents, you know what 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.479 I mean, I'm I'm that person. But we're gonna have 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:27.160 some such amazing guests today that actually are kids and 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.680 have been very successful from you know, they have migrated 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.479 to this country and it's awesome. I can't wait. I 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.680 cannot wait to bring on our guests. And that's why 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:39.160 today's show it's so important. Today's is one of those 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.520 shows that I want you guys to really pay attention 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:45.720 the Latin X community, just the Latinos. If you come 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.200 from parents that immigrated to this country, this conversation is 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:53.159 for you, um, and for those that don't understand why 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.920 we're so passionate, or for those that still feel certain 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.640 type of way about immigrants coming to this country. That's 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.160 why it was so important for me to have a 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:04.720 very close friend of mine who also is an immigrant agent, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:08.400 who also fought for this country as an immigrant, who 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.360 also came to this country to succeed to provide a 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:17.000 better future for his family, for his country. UM, my 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:21.440 friend France, So France, are you there? Thank you? Thank you. 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.240 I'm great. I'm great. I don't know if I'm too 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.880 loud or if it's okay the volume. No, you're fine. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.920 This is speak deeply to me when it comes to immigration, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:34.200 but for us, even speak for myself. I remember at 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.080 the beginning a motter, I was talking about what don't 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:40.200 we have, you know, a whole a whole year, Well, 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:44.440 a brief history. You know. When Hispanic Month came in 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.960 into place, it was one week they used to give 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:52.080 you guys. It wasn't until nine Democratic President Lindon B. 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.680 Johnson declared that it should be a whole month. And 0:06:56.720 --> 0:07:01.400 then twenty years later in nine press the Republican President 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.120 Reagan signed in the law where they should have that 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:07.400 celebrate for a whole month. And the reason being that 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:11.360 it's celebrated within September fifteen to October fifteen is because 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.280 this is when most of Latin American country or Hispanic 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:18.800 countries they gained the independence from Spain. It wasn't September 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.480 fifteen the majority. So that the reason why they keep 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.440 the September fifteen. But I agree with you should be 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.240 a whole year. Anyway, that was a brief history for 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.400 what you just said. Thank you. It was a very 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.520 educational moment. See, I didn't know that, and I love 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:34.640 learning things. Yeah, I mean that's fine. So um, I 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:39.280 am Olswids representative for immigration. I came here myself added 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.640 political asylum. With the whole process I kept my head 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.120 on straight. I was qualified for political asylum. I gave 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.600 my green card are Jindal military. I signed in August eight, 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:53.840 um two six, and I saw the book camp on 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.960 January seven, two thousand seven. And I sat for fourteen 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:01.920 years in the military, valiantly fought for this country as 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.800 an immigrant, the very people they say, let them stay 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.440 in the country, let them not do anything. So I 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.200 was one of the people who came here proud and 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.360 remain proud and do what I got to do. So 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.880 when they keep on saying close the borders, one thing 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.200 they have to understand with immigration and with immigrants in general, 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:22.600 it's because of the separation of people in country and 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.800 land that we are in this condition. For example, if 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:29.040 you're in the continent of Africa, everyone in this continent, 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:33.359 whe are you from Djibouti, so Maliya, Ga bond anywhere? 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.719 They call you African, right. But in America you're in 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.959 Latin American country, they call you Latin American, they call 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.000 you Dhysic or you that. But we are in the 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:47.559 continent of America. Technically we are Americans, but this country 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:52.000 claimed the name of American to give titles to different people. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.679 Now We're not gonna be bashing USA or anything like that. 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.200 That's not what we're doing. But we're just trying to 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.960 make sure that our people are educated enough to understood 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:04.680 end when you're here, not only you're an American according 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:08.400 to the Lens separation, but you are also part of 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.800 this great nation that is that is being built. And 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:15.280 this nation is built almost entirely on the backs of immigrants, 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.880 almost entirely because you're gonna see like people like Senator 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.440 macaol Wob I mean his family were they were they 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.679 were immigrants. You have so many other people in in 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.079 in politics had it not been for the people coming 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.440 in to do exactly what they had to do to 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.800 passs the kids paperwork. Like you said, a matter a 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.040 lot of people from the border of Mexico coursing going 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.120 to pan myself out, or before they get to Mexico 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.760 they got rape, they got killed. Some people they get 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.600 their family murder in four of them they cannot do 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:45.480 anything about it. So um, when it comes to really 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:49.200 strong education, as far as helping people, the political salum 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.079 when they come in here, helping people get into a 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.319 green card, helping them if they if they find a 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.559 family members or applying for a visa. So we are 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.800 here to help them to make sure they keep their 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.760 on straight and they do what they got will do, 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.480 and they remain in this country and work, bring to 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.840 the family and building the land to where it came up. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.920 I have a question, do you feel that the immigration 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.000 laws UM in the past two years or so have 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.480 become more beneficial towards the Latino community or do you 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.720 feel that there hasn't been any progress since the new UH, 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.959 since our new president UM. Right now, it's kind of 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.560 hard because it's still at a steady place because of 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.360 so much Trump had done, with so many rules that 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.920 he had come up with. So Biden had to reverse 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:35.400 many laws that many many decisions that he has taken. 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.559 For example, one of which was the public charge war. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:43.640 The public charge war was something stated in February when 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:45.640 it says that let's say, if you were to marry someone, 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.400 it was to go under theod of the support. Let's 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.680 say I'm married somebody right like a woman, and then 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.160 I'm making a hundred thousand a year, so according to 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.199 what I'm making, she was able to get the green 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.640 card easily. But when Trump said the public charge will 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.559 in effect it's implements that they don't go by my 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:03.960 income anymore. They go back. Okay, let's say, oh, you're 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.880 found the republic. Oh you know what I feel like 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.880 within two years you you're going to become a public charge, 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.880 meaning you're gonna ask for benefits, You're gonna take up 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.720 all our money. And the immigration officer I can decide 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:18.640 at that point of time not to give you the 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:23.439 wink card, which was terrible. So that's terrible. And this 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.600 one to something we're still in effect because Biden cannot 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.040 overbold every single day ye have done. But we are 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:33.200 in the maze of confusion in immigration. And another thing 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.880 because there's so many back aloud things that usually used 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.880 to take a year to process. Let's say, if you 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.600 apply for your son or daughter, used to take a year. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:44.559 Now you can take all the way up to two 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:56.280 years depending on what office isn't. Did the pandemic really 0:11:56.320 --> 0:12:00.920 affect the way uh these cases are being now, like 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.560 the pandemic is slowed the process of a lot or 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.760 is it back open? Is it it was it still running? 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:10.880 What happened for those people that had open cases? Um, 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.800 the pandemic really affect a lot of things because as 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.760 we can see the entire world as as if it 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.560 is being redone like not. A lot of officers were closed, 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:21.480 and a lot of cases were pushed back, and some 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:24.040 applications that were done only like when they send it 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.959 back to you like taking even way more time. That's 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.800 the reason why recently about like a month ago, Biden 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.439 signed something where even unless it's somebody who got married 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.920 with someone, they're gonna assigned officers where they're gonna open 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:41.079 immigration on saturdays. So pretty strongly you're gonna see some 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:44.480 people start getting interviews on Saturdays, things that never happened 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.440 in immigration here. So that's the progress. And he just 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:51.200 hired a lot of immigration officers do we view cases? 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.480 Because the backloging immigration is as much as the backlog 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.920 in High Rest now for your attacks, So it's really 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.000 really bad. But they are making progress because he's made 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:06.280 every effort to how your more immigration agents. Absolutely. So, um, 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:08.720 just yourself, I would like to hear more about France 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.319 about you. Um, so you came from Haiti me and 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:16.720 made the I T right. Um, tell us a little 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:20.199 bit about your like your family coming here? Did you 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.080 come on your own? Did your family come and what 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.520 were the the goals did you like as an immigrant 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:28.520 because I know my dad was an immigrant. Do you 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:31.360 come here with goals or you just played by ear? 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:37.199 What what is it that you wanted to to accomplish 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.199 in America? Because listen, I was raised in America, right, 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.640 and I know how my Dominican family views America. They 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.440 think is like the American dream and all of this. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.679 And I'm like, well, I live in the project in 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.240 the food you know, do you I'm sending money to you, 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.640 but we're also struggling on our and we're not as 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:59.480 rich as you think we are. You know, Um, what 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.440 was the with your experience? I want to know about 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:06.880 the front experience? Well, Um, back when I was in Haiti, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.400 I was a cop. So I served in the country 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:13.040 of Haiti for five years and then after a while, 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.160 I decided to come here on my own. I didn't 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.000 have you know, my mom I passed away ninety eight. 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.320 My dad was in the military. When the military that 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:24.160 dissolves in Haiti. Um, we didn't have any hope anymore 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.960 because it was only the soup provider. So when I 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.720 became a cop, I was the soap provider. Now in 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:33.040 my family, including taking care of my dad and a 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:36.240 sister brother, all of them older than me. So UM, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.000 as I was coming to the state, I put in 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.160 my head, you know what, I love writing and I 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:44.320 love you know guns. You know that's reason wh I 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.800 serving the police. I knew I was gonna be serving 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.360 in the military here. I had that in my mind 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.480 and to continue with my writing career. So as soon 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.440 as I learned in this country, like I said before, UM, 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.440 I applied for political slum. I wanted the case and 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.200 quickly applied for the military, which was continued on following 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.520 my dream. While I was in the military, I was 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.920 on diplomat in Spain. This is when I wrote my 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:14.120 first book while I was in the military. So every 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.040 single thing that I've done, I calculate everything. That doesn't 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.200 mean I don't make mistakes here. That's not what I'm saying. 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.880 What I'm saying is I keep my head on street 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.680 to the vision, and when I have a setback, I 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.800 kept myself up, and I drugged myself up and I 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.400 kept going. This is a very important topic for me. 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.560 It was important to not just celebrate um just thinking 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:39.040 about Hispanic heritage month, but thinking about immigrants in this country. 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.600 I know that data. And I know that you know, 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:46.160 the Dreamers have has been a really big topic, UM 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.600 that we've all seen on national TV. We've seen on 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.760 social media, We've seen people protesting, We've seen all these things. 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.640 Do you can you update us a little bit on 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.560 the laws with dot guy? And for those those students 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.360 that want to or those children that were born in 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.680 this country and are going to school, for those that 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:03.680 are out of the country that want to come to 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.320 this country to study, um, what would be the right steps? 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.360 How has the law of been beneficial for the Latino 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.960 community to study in this country? And so on? You 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:15.560 know this this topic can go on and on. I 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.440 can talk to you forever about all these immigration issues 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.360 because I feel that we really need to get informed 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:25.240 and study these things. But will go for it. Uh, Well, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.760 with the whole doctor is still in the h it's 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.200 still on the table. So it's not fully it's not 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.400 fully resolved yet. But as far as you know, children 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.680 coming here to study, whether they come legally or illegally, 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:38.320 they are different world. So let's say they come as 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:42.400 a refugee, there's their specific programs which they can be 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.800 part of until then because they're not gonna refuse anyone 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.320 medical care or refuse anyone education in this country just 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.040 because you are an immigrant. Of course, there's some universities 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:55.200 and colleges you would need to have your your legal paper. 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:59.000 Now there are different out of countries now I mean 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:03.000 Haiti included and a Servador and other places Venezuela where 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.200 they can also acquire tps. Now with the new law 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:09.760 that just came about. And in immigration you can have 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.600 as many as two three cases you know open until 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.639 everything in result. Because remember when I said, you know, uh, 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.880 the formal president really made a mess out of almost 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.440 a lot of things in immigration, and there are certain 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.520 things when they are done it is not as easy 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:26.760 as one to three to get them undone. But this 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:30.560 is something where a lot of um social activists are 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.840 fighting right now to see how the DAKA program can 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.040 come back into the place again so that those children 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.640 can have a possibility and a venue where they can 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:42.480 be protected and then to study and to stay in 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:46.919 this country. Is there a phone number, uh, Instagram page 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.159 a platform where people can reach out to you with 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.159 the one more information as far as immigration that you 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:55.919 can kind of guide them through MHM right now, they 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.119 can contact me on my phone which is seven A 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:02.920 six four it's seven seven. And I do have another 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.120 Instagram page also which I'm gonna be creating, but so 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.960 far right now, they can contact me on my organization 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.240 because I do have a mouth organization where I have 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.480 I go a lot in Haiti about four times a 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.359 year and I have a hundred twenty kids that I 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:17.399 pay school for to go to school free and he 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:22.400 so hand International ink on that page. They can find 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:27.120 me hand International in their hand stands for Human Assistance 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.880 for Necessary Development. Okay, look at Gero. We're so proud 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.040 to have you on our show today. Thank you so 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.920 much for being such an amazing person, for being such 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.639 an amazing human, for helping, supporting, for being a hope 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.680 and guide not only for other Haitians in your country, 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.640 for other immigrants in this country as well. They can 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:47.720 look at look up to you as an inspiration. They 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:51.000 can also serve in the military. They can also figure 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:53.480 out ways to provide a better future for their family. 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.600 And I am so grateful to have you on today's show. 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.439 So before we end the show, I'm and I just 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.320 want to ask you, you know, as I love how 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:13.000 I say that acts, um, how did what was your 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:18.440 immigration experience with um mama on um Oh, hell no, 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.840 you're not about a mess up my mama's name. No, 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:24.199 you know what it is. No, no, no, you know 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:26.080 what it is. The other day, real quick and real brief, 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.480 they put Mamiani on the internet, so it confused the 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.679 hell out of me. Is Mommianna Reddy And you know 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:34.080 that's my t T alright ready, I was born here 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.960 in Miami. That's what I was talking about. It's about 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:39.399 how amazing it is to have those parents that are 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:42.359 winning to sacrifice their lives to give us a better future. 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:45.320 Because I had the opportunity of being born here in 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:49.560 America with you know, many possibilities, and thanks to those sacrifices, 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:54.640 I'm here today. So I personally didn't have those immigration issues, 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:58.199 but I definitely can relate and understand the pain of 0:19:58.240 --> 0:20:00.239 those that do because I got to see with my 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.040 own eyes. I got to see, like my mom working 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.320 with no papers and then later on they didn't want 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.399 to pay her, and they would, you know, tell her 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:09.439 all the time, oh we're gonna call immigration on you, 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:13.600 and all these terrible things that a lot of immigrants 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:16.760 have to go through in this country. Um, but I 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:20.520 just wanted to say, how hard was it for you 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:22.520 to have to go all the time to the store 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.119 and have to help your mom? Like I always had 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.040 to be the translator for mydas from the midmigrant public. 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.160 The language was very I was always like, this little 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:34.080 kid and you know what, I've seen this the other day, 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.600 because now I'm in Florida, I've seen this little boy 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:41.280 he must have been only like seven doing being that 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:44.400 person he was at the store and then um, and 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:46.560 he's like, my parents want this, and what did your 0:20:46.560 --> 0:20:48.119 parents say? And he was like the mediator and it 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:50.960 was just translator and it was just so nice at 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:53.119 an early age that we have to take that initiative, 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:57.560 that leadership, you know position. Did you ever go through 0:20:57.560 --> 0:20:59.800 this too? Did you ever go through this to my mom? 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.720 Always felt when I was younger and still to this day, 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:04.639 because I know how to fix I know how to 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:07.200 speak English, I should be able to fix anything, well, 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.880 like fix this, Well, don't you know English. I'm like, yeah, 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:11.440 but that doesn't mean I know how to do it. 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:13.640 And you know what I'm saying, But these are all 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:18.600 real life situations. Um, I really really wish that I 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:20.960 could I stay with France even a little bit longer, 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:23.800 because I have so many questions, and not just for me, 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:26.439 but questions for like other people that want to, like 0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:28.520 you know, come out of their country. They want to 0:21:28.560 --> 0:21:31.280 get a visa, they want to get a tourist visa, 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:33.200 they want to get a work permit, they want to 0:21:33.480 --> 0:21:36.440 get married, that have children that want to bring them 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:41.160 to this country. Like, there's so many questions. There's endless 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:44.159 immigration questions that I could ask all day because I 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:45.800 know there's a lot of people that want to know. 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:50.119 I'm always gonna be putting France, which is the immigration agent. 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:52.479 I'm gonna be putting all his information on exactly I'm 0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:54.880 out his page. So you guys can contact him, talk 0:21:54.920 --> 0:21:56.800 to him directly if you need any guidance, if you 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:58.800 need any help, if you have if you feel like 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.320 you're lost, if you want to start anything, whatever the case, 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:04.840 maybe he got you. And also if you also want 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:08.240 to support his foundation that helps uh, you know, the 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:10.600 children and all the people in Haiti, you can also 0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:12.080 do that as well, because you know that our brothers 0:22:12.119 --> 0:22:14.160