believe. adrian brown, al jazerra in china. and there is more on the investigation in to mh370 in one on one east at 0930 gmt on al jazerra. all the news all the time of course on our website al aljazerra.com. >> day. >> man shot, woman shot, child shot - accidentally shot 16 months in the new york blog, jennifer documented every shooting in america - or at reported. >> people shoot each other over the donest things a -- dumbest things a secret from her past kept her going. >> it was here my father took his first life

17 at the time, she was 7 months pregnant when she left her home in guatemala, to travel to the united states. here he was sent here, to a country where they are entitled by law to a public education, that is creating controversy. >> as an american taxpayer, ask yourself - why do you want to pay for this thank you for joining us. i'm joie chen. those that oppose the president's immigration reforms, lost the round but are not letting up on the fight. they didn't force a shutdown on the homeland security department, but capitol hill is building to a new standoff over tens of thousands of unaccompanied students who flooded across the borters and year. buildings are moving through the pipeline sending the people back to their native countries, as

"america tonight"s lori jane gliha found many are at home in new communities, facing rapid and royal change. >> helping prepare a dinner for six in the trailer. seems so difficult to what was endured last spring. just 17 at the time, mackay raina was seven months preg nontnant to travel to the united states. i was told when the current was strong, it was dangerous. during a 3-month stay in a texas refugee shelter, she gave birth. she was sent here to george town, delaware. home to one of the highest concentrations of guatemalans in

the country, a place where white residents is a minority and the influx of migrants is far from over. she is one of 70,000 unaccompanied migrants. many feel violence and poverty. mackay raina says he wasn't trying to escape violence, she her son. >> we have a better opportunity, especially for the baby, since she was born here. she receives medicaid, and they help to pay for milk a federal law to help protect children allows unaccompanied minors to stay with relatives while u.s. officials evaluate whether they should be departed. while waiting, they are entitled by law to a public education, that is creating controversy.

>> if you view it from the viewpoint of helping kids, it's a good thing. if you talk to the local taxpayers who i represent as a schoolboard member. they had no say in any of this. >> donald is a local chiropractor and schoolboard member. the district is changed dramatically since the early '90s. the latin american group was just 2%. american. >> chicken farms are the norm. that is the big industry. we attracted an above average amount of migrant workers than a lot of other districts. >> let's look at the definition. now a new wave is putting pressure on the school district. last year 70 unaccompanied migrant youths enrolled

high school. >> it would have been beneficial to know what they were coming into, as opposed to surprise. >> if you had your way, would you, if you could set up the says... >> i would prefer it if we were able to, you know, keep nose folks, mexico, guatemala, whatever. we as american taxpayers ought not be responsible for them. it's not our job. >> a small group of teachers believe they are possible. >> we hear negative things, we see the comments. you know what, there'll be someone with a negative comment. there's someone always that is not in your shoes. >> if you are on this road... >> this is her teacher. this is no ordinary classroom. she and colleagues scrambled to create a special programme for the students. communication has been a hurdle. >> reading and writing is a struggle.

they don't read and write in the first language. those things, little by little are coming along. >> reporter: the goal is to get them up to speed so they can join the regular high school for a year. for this 16-year-old, the classroom is a far cry from what he faced in honduras. >> one morning at 6am i was walking to school through a soccer fool -- school when a man pulled up on a motorcycle with a gun. they took my phone shoes. >> reporter: the programme offers a fresh start. the cost of creating a programme is infringing on the rights of other students. >> you can't put a dollar amount on it, i can't. i know we had to shift resources that. >> we went to the chief

financial officer to find out how much the new programme costs taxpayers. he told us it was nearly $700,000 out of a budget of $115 million. >> when you break it down. it comes down to $4.20 annually. costs. >> given the number of immigrants sneaking across the border and using social services, which are costing the taxpayer tremendous amounts of money, that we never had the right to vote for or comment on, as an american tax pair, why do you want to pay for this? >> state officials claim the federal government created the situation, providing no funding for it. delaware's government wrote a letter to the department of health and human services. half an hour later, the state has not received funds for kids

placed with delaware families. the numbers of children dropping into the u.s. dropped compared to the spike, analysts predict another influx this year, a sign the crisis is far from over. in the meantime. she plans to study, to become a nurse or doctor. >> reporter: what would you say to the person that says "i don't want to pay for the education of someone from another country?" >> translation: everyone has the right. not just them. the school is not just for them, we all have the right to learn. >> we want what is best for the children, regardless of whose child it is. i feel like, you know, the students will be around. they are the future of the country, i feel we need to give them an education. >> the future in the u.s. is uncertain. her son can stay, he's an american citizen. what will you tell your son when he grows up, about the trip?

>> when he's old enough to understand, i'm going to tell him everything, the reason we came, what the trip was like, so that he'll understand and take advantage of the opportunity that he has here. >> reporter: an opportunity for other migrants, for the country a financial burden with little release in site. an unsolved problem in the immigration crisis. "america tonight" lori jane gliha is here. it seems that the situation for the individuals is still up in the air. >> yes, on top of trying to fit into school and figure out what is going on, they are going through deportation. juan is a minor, fleeing a violent situation. he may qualify for a juvenile visa and stay here. macarena was a minor, and is an adult now and admitted to not fleeing a violent situation.

she may have a tougher time, may face having to go back hotel. >> this does bring to the point. this brings to the point the situation. one who says she came from the economic opportunity, one that says he was fleeing violence. >> we asked them. this is one of the things that has been argued, why are the kids coming, do they know they have special rights. juveniles are treated differently. so we don't send kids to a dangerous situation. when i talked to her, she was aware if she was able to make it across the border, she'd have a better opportunity if she was a minor, versus being an adult. and wanted her child here, he is an american citizen. >> reporter: the president's executive action, how does that impact what will happen with the young people? >> there's a lot of uncertainty about how it affects them, but

it wouldn't affect the children, but possibly act people that they live with. macarena lives with an older sister, who is undocumented. she's been under the radar, and had chin in the united states, she may ge qualified to stay. macarena has not lived long enough. it's uncertain, but some family members may get a chance to stay here lori jane gliha, thanks. next, we fast-forward to past [ chanting ] ferguson report, the city's response, and the last word from michael brown's family. this is not over. later, how she became the keeper of america's grim tally. >> it took four hours each day, and on the weekends there was so many shootings, it took 10 hours.

>> a family secret, tragedy and the surprising truth about gun violence in america. and she was a rising star in hollywood and her community. why did the story of misty upham banish from the headlines and why does it raise the alarm for >> at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> as the amount of drugs grew guns came in. >> murder rate was sky-high. >> this guy was the biggest in l.a. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day. i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america.

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waited for the report. 7 months after the death the department of justice found some discrimination on the police force, but not enough evidence to prosecute the officer. the same conclusion the grand jury reached in november. christopher putzel stood as the decision. >> reporter: as night falls a crowd gathers outside the ferguson police department, officer darren wilson's home base to hear the verdict. made. >> michael brown's mother, lesley mcspadden climbs up on top of the car to join them. feels. >> this is wrong. i know you areal wrong. >> reporter: the family had been notified and she was here to share the news.

there would be no indictment. so we watched michael brown's reaction. the crowd will be intense. the police started to disperse the crowd. >> you need to stop throwing objects at the police. you are unlawfully assembled. you need to get out of the street or you'll be subject to arrest. do it now. behind me there are 12 men on their niece, trying to keep the police coming any closer. looks like the police are ready to fire tear gas that was last fall. fast-forward to michael brown's

family after the justice department's conclusions that darren wilson will not face charges of violating brown's civil rights. the family said it will fire a lawsuit against darren wilson and the city. the civil action will reveal a clearer picture of what really happened friday on "america tonight" - the real damage done. a next generation look at the crack epidemic. "america tonight"s sara hoy, with surprising outcomes for the kids everyone expected to fail. what really happened to the crack babies? that's friday on "america tonight". next up, the death toll. >> we know about the shootings that get the most press. what about the every day shootings a dark family secret launching her crusade to find out exactly who dies of gun violence.

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now a note about the keeper of america's grimmest tally. we hear about so many shootings, it can become routine, robberies gone bad, a burst of anger and a horrible mistake. we block out the stories, faces, real lives taken by gun violence. it can become a job to put the truth back in the new, and it took an unusual chronicler to make it happen. sheila macvicar met the woman that keeps the death toll. >> it was like climbing a mountain every day, it took four hours each day, on the weekend because of so many shootings, 10 hours. >> reporter: in the "new york times", jennifer documented

every shooting in america, or every shooting reported. the inspiration, the shootings at sandy hook elementary school. >> this started when the columnist said google shooting, who gets shot every day in the country. this was a month after newtown. >> the massacre of victims, teachers and staff renewed calls for gun control, and sparked a heightened interest in other victims of gun violence. >> we know about the mass shootings, they get the most press. what about the every day shootings. the quest to answer that question would con assume the next 16 months of her life. >> we searched for man shot, woman shot, child shot, dentally shot, and the incidents would come up. it was pages and pages and pages of google searches.

>> over the course that you reported the shootings, how many were there and who were dying. >> there was about 150 injured, 33,000 killed. deaths. >> 50,000 deaths. >> deaths. it was estimated to start this year. fun deaths versus deaths. >> reporter: with the lives of many cut short, she wanted to personize the carnage to give faces to the numbers. >> writing about them they became not stats but people. they were fathers, daughters brother's friends. they couldn't be numbers, they had to be people. i wanted to get that across. >> reporter: it happened most often on saturday night, early

sunday mornings, over an argument. what surprised you most? >> that people shoot each other over the dumbest things. a lot of gun deaths is because of arguments fuelled by whole. people are solving the problem with guns now. before, maybe they'd get into a fist fight. once the bullet left the chamber, their life is ruined. just a waste of >> reporter: of all the stories >> there's a story of a 79-year-old who locked himself in a bed room and he had a gun. don't do this." "man", you know. anyone co snap.

and a gun makes it more likely. >> reporter: what was the impact of doing that work on you? >> it was about a year in, it started to get to me. and i became numb pretty much. >> one more saturday night. >> it happens with america. i think we have come. we accept it as a fact of lie. >> a secret for the past kept her going. a family history of gun violence that began here in brooklyn. >> it was here that my father took his first life. they called him joe the fish. he was a heroin addict. so my father lured him into the park with a promise of some heroin and he and an accomplice

turned around and shot him to death. >> reporter: she discovered later in life that her father had been a mob enforcer. he killed people because of being suspected informants. >> he shot him eight times and stomptd on heads. >> reporter: her father was convicted and served 12 years in prison, and met her mother before the release. >> my mum was part of a quaker group visiting prisons. >> reporter: she didn't find out her father was a murderer until she was 22 and he was dying of cancer. after he passed away she learnt a darker secret from her mother. >> so it wasn't until after your dad was dead and mother was

dying, that you knew his crimes had gone beyond the murder. she said you know how you asked me if he shot more than one person, he did. >> reporter: her mother confessed he had killed up to six people over drug deals after she got out of prison. crimes for which he was never arrested, convicted or paid the price. the weight of the father's since help to drive her work apt the gun report. >> i feel the gun report is my way of atoning for his crimes or giving back in some way. i can't undo the carnage but if learning g gun violence saves a life, it's worth it. the gun report was cancelled on june 10th of last year. after all the reporting, her editor told her there was a numbing sameness to the shootings.

>> a few days after two officers were killed in oregon. there was a shooting at the university. and i thought i can't believe i can't write about this, and it was very frustrating. >> reporter: what are you afraid will happen if you don't continue the work? >> people need to know it happens every day. i want the drum beat to continue. if it is missing, we are numb again. >> we don't hear the shots. evaporate. >> he may get the chance to continue the drum beat. >> they tell the story in o non-oozy way. >> reporter: she was hired by the gun safety commission, they'll launch a daning tall newsroom devoted to tracking gun violence in america. >> we'll focus on victim stories. putting a face to the crimes

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