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where myarents cssed... in my li. firstime eve and think it gonna connect everhing reay, really wl for me ustin] ie been uh, ver-guidg re on thrio gran r the pa six-ish years. i wanteople tonow what's o here. i want love toe shared th is wilderness wild ast gets. t people don't ke heang that. pele like hearg about wall. rather tn talkin about puing up aence, why don' work t some rogniti

ofurutual prlems-- make ipossible for em to come herlegally with a wk permit anopen theorder bo ways. were natioof immignts, t we arelso a naon of la ill clinn] that' why our ministraon s moved gressive to securour borders mo. ours' a natioof immignts, 're also nation law. eorge w.ush] we have responsility to sece our boers. presidt bush, he sned a bi today authoring the nstructi a fence alg the rder wh mexi. is fence would 700iles lon [upbeamusic] [barack ama] i thinkhe americ people,hey appriate anbelieve immration. but ey can'tave a situatn where u just he half millioneople pouring er theorder without y kind o chanism controlt.

completehe dangefence. 'll workhis ti. [hilary clinto look, i voted , numero times when i w a senat spend mey to bui a barri to t to prevt , illegaimmigran from cing in. [dond trump]n day one, will ben workin onn impetrable ysical, ll, poweul, beautil uthern-bder wall [appuse and eering] [upbt music] [cwd chantg] bud that wl! build at wall! bud that wl! build at wall! builthat wal bud thatall! [dond trump]uild thawall! build th wall!

[benthis who idea got stted a femonthsgo. i was rkin' for me wildle biologts out west tes. and ey were scribing me how physicalall uld have me reallserious pact a lot owildlife species alonthe rio ande. and was somhing tha- that i nevereally tught aut, the acal physic entity a wall. ani guess just wand to-- to arn morebout it.

ay] um, -- [lghing] [b] on a jrney lik this, yore only good the teathat youave. and thisroup is azing. [ausn] li that d mess ts up. en] so y-- with rses, yo don'have to place pels. stin alvado is river gde. henows t river iwest tex like theack of h hand. heather is aornitholist. shstudies rds and buttflies along e rio, d her owlee of just t biodiveity at lge gonnae reallymportant fothe trip uhone seco. yeah [b] filipeeandrade an increble filmaker. i excted lik- yeah, like t mariachband d great tourage. wooh, at a sta! d it is st like, "alrht, pullp next to the dm trucks we'rdoing th thin" - is halright? [ben] jakleberg,e wos for tes parks and wilife fouation. consvation ihis thin

[ben] the wall igonna be builthrouga lot of places that are very ne and dear to hiseart. [chrissyshe may walkingy thtime youet back. - [jay] , that'sot a cool thi. - [chrsy] yeah [laughg] [jay] you sure can't jt strap r? i can t her inhe camelck. - no! no, i pua little lmet on r with a [chrissya littleasket inhe frontf your be. - ah, withoggles. - [dghter] yh, yeah,eah. [chrissyhuckling [ben] ke this ing originat in corado and byhe time hits he, 's tiny,inuscule and thenhe unitestates takepretty mh all oft. so we cat even fat down thuh, the ver righnow, that'shy we'reaking bis whh i'm nothat big fan of, but you ow, lookg forwar tohe horrostretch. - [ptographe alright t in the, nice a ght. - [stin] deghted. - hotograpr] alrig, i thinthat probly got . - alrit. - nail it. - ah. what the lastime u rode aike, file? - [file] me? - ah. - this mning. - this mning.

i just hped of noi'm hoin' backn again. right, l's go ke me bad disions. - [benhell, ye! - [filip let's gwith it. arrr! [bkground sic] [b] we arembarki on a,200-miljourney froml paso tohe gulf mexico. en] ridi bicycle wherthere isn't enou water. [ben] tan' my muan throh the g bend. d canoei down thrio gran. [b] tryin'o undersnd ere exacy a wallould g and at effec it woulhave. ♪ i dre i'm in waitwait, wa, time o. serious estion. ere is gn' to beoors inhipotentiawall.

are ere gonnbe doorsike this to cess theio grand li you'll ve to gea key or somhing tacc-- . ay. ok, okay [austi wow! [filipe]ai so we a about to ent mexico ght now? [ben] no, 're justonna rid on t mexico de of thwall, buon the u eather] -man zon eather] it'sild beinalong thwall toave this masve 25-foot barri. it just els so sarate.

[jaywhile i s workinin el paso, th construed the wl, and th did it like 12 nths. from my perspecte, it wast a real like u cry ainst thconstrucon of tt fence at t time. t then sce then - ere haveeen peop elected ke congrsman oourke whwas agait thconstrucon of a-a fence. eto] i-- don't think lot of pple the intior of thes undetand at the wl will notiterallye built at the bder, at e internatnal bounry line. it'll beuilt well thin her it's00 yards other aces it'- it's aile, miles , into t interio and evywhere is gonna look as uy as thior uglie [beto] el paso for the last 20 years s been eitherhe safes thsecond-sest or t thd-safestity in arica, whicis reallremarkab, because it is atomplete od with thrhetoric about thborder.

[beto] othe 2,00miles the us-xico borr, i lieve a littlever 600 les have fens, walls ysical briers. [backgund musi [bet and thabegan afr the 2006 sure fencinact, which publics and decrats, induci senatorobama and clinn at theime, voted fo which eentially allowed the sh admintration, and th cceedingdminisations, to putp ese physal barris anto effecvely ive all vironmenl anlocal steholders' saguards. [beto] ihink peoe who aren from the bord, this mig make a lot sense tthem lik- so whear tre are pblems with mico or iigration or dgs, yeaha-- a big ant fenc th steelnd concre that-- at makes lot of nse.

when y live he, you, you obvisly-- you e it difrently and yofeel it- u feel idiffertly. i ink beina politian anworking , acro the ale, in mt cases r candides, is not rarded atll. they are reward for extreme staes. i'will hur i'the reprentative from the3rd congressnal dirict of xas, whicgoesrom the inges of epaso l the wato san aonio. i ha 820 mil of the rder. and i spt ne and aalf year as an unrcover oicer the cia. i sit the homend secury commite. i'vehased baguys all ov the wor, i've chad terrists, i've chad clear weapon prolifetors. i've tr-i'vehased the rcotrafintes. and yolearn th your adversarhas resoces.

theyave umthe commment to dsomethin and ey're-- ey're-- they'r- they'rsmart. th's why y convertion um,n uh-- on immration osecurity hato beginith operional controof our bder. i went tjohn marall high scol, but [indistinct] okay, um - i'malking about en when weere in-- when wer hi-- ye. i ok my ri off, because viously wajust supsed to. - no, de you g to-- - wh are youoing? - no, but like didn't ow-- nobody ee is weang jewel. [wil we can t opational control of o borde we can eorce our laws to give terrence d a consuence tohat negave behavr. ackgrounchatter] [ben] weust got the end of theall for e first me. weeed ou- our n and won inhe bordepatrol tonow exactly wh the thrt is, so ty're nothowing up witno infortion about wh's goingn.

an- and sohat's whgetting the rit tools importa. and-- ani think-- i thk folks ed to reize th you kno um, at we waa sere the bder, should ve secureour bord by now. - les roll. yoall-- yoall stargoing. okay, 're goa-- we're goa head bk. [ausn] theres wa-- there'like-- there is canal rht there - weust crosthe cana - [fipe] i'ltake my irt off and ve acros - [jay] i me we coul but uh- - [wil yeah. f sure, - it's sposed toe andventureright? [hther] weould jum throh here, could just sairight f. [will] ts shit ideep. [hther] you knowi can't t my bik- oheah! oh, that's ce. h! ooh! [wil y'all dn't tell mit was cd. - [lghing][heather yee-w, i kno [filipe]ettin' t congresan in a b of pick here. here we . - ilipe] g it. - y want the came or you nt the hd? i'll takyour han - ah.

[heaer] what yeah. - [hther] geing throh. oheah. your gernment lutes yo - [laughg] -i'm re. i t to my xt appointmt on tim [lghing] [song inhe backgund] [atin] wh-hoo-hoo-hoo! - [j laughin -cheersboys. he well, tonly havg five be malfunions. yeah. [ben] prty good tmeal. glad iet to eathis. is heaer up? [heaer] yeahi'm up. ok.

[austi why? thene need yr experte. there'all thesbirds flyin' aund. [heath] such amazing way to srt the d. justou out tre, listing to t birdson tan' everying in. and 's like such areatime to s all nds of wdlife. eather] i ew up inpstate, w york. wento collegat corne where i udied ecogy. i rked forbout fivyears as a fld biologist. then iursued my maste in the g bend and ll in lo withhe borde onhis trip i'going toe doing asany bi surveys along e route i can f in. myntention is to surveyhese are at nobodhas really sveyed bis before toee what e biodivsity is

before potenti boer wall built. wh you thi a gh bird versity or jushigh bioversity, yodon't ink of aesert. but it some ofhe highe getationiversityand thereforbird divsity, because you have all ese diffent elevions and you ve the rio grande goi through thatreates a complely diffent habit. you're st cruis' on by, you' gon think thers not anhing here. buif you jt stop, and ke look ound, anlisten f a littlbit, you reale this pce is ale. [spensefulusic]

[ben] thrio grde is the frth longt river in nor america it stas in colado, flowthrough w mexico and comes thus-mexicborder for over,200 mil in texas. ere arso many da and divsions that t rio grae runs dryelow el so. anfor near 300 mil, there isittle too water. the rgotten ach. [playi the harnica] [heath] well- [austi leme help u out wi that. 're fuck 's home.

ilipe] we'dtart ridg oubikes, and e ride's in' pret well, anthen outf nowhersnow just srts dump' on us. [wind bling] [ben] m doing - brg the to back ale again. [jay] wo these are me big fkes. e temperure is dpping. [heath] the ros are very quily degrang. yocan rideor a lite while and th the-- the whls just cumulateud. 's stillike spring cditions erywhere [austin unting]

[austi i've ner be scared ay fro- om getti you kno down to busiss and gting it ne. [austigrunti] [atin] butang, at was some seris mud. that waslass fivmud right the. ustin grting atome poin you'reot ridinthe bike thbike is ding you d uh, yore startg touestiothe procs. [file sniffl and kes a de breath] ilipe] this tng is frking hea. [taking ep breat]

[filip we wakep the next mning, dede ju to dumphe bikes we left r supporcrew and weontinuedn by foo [filipe unting] [fipe] litally, ony knees. what abo inoing to e valley like go' even fartherp d goin' and ovethis? ishat option? [jay] i ink our ference pot is [indistinct].

[jay] wel just he to go arnd and ce back. ilipe] sry, keepunning - [filip keep gog. that's i yh. for the rst timen this tp, i meawe're on a week to the tp, but day is t first d at we go a alirst hanperspecte of what mebody wld ve to gohrough they we to crosillelly. ey wouldt be doi it on hseback, they wldn't be dog it on canoe, th wouldn' be doingt on bik - ilipe] ty'd be wking-- - [benfor thremonths. we camover to the ufrom bral when was abo six yea old. i waborn in e countride. i rememberraveling inhe amazo anyou know li being cefree in a way d then we werdisplad from flood

gring up irio de jeiro, we werliving ithe most notoous ghet in the rld ry much the refront of drugsand e cartelnd violee. ything w better in her es. welew over herbecause mom had worker sa. and we ce over, me a mom, myister. i thinit was myom's inttion to come er here and eate a n life for mend my sier, without dad, becaushe was jt a ghtmare a humaneing. he was rlly abuse and-- anaddictedo drugs, and u know, not e kind operson th she wted to rse her ks. what ion't thi shexpectedas that

he was gng to gerid of all our leg documen. she was fad with a veryifficultecision. goack torazil, and th try andome backm, other wathrough migratio or jt stay he and fire it ou [file] ultimely that ant for out 14 yrs, wetayed ilgally. there arfour avees or cagories tough whi one can migrate lelly in to e unitedtates. the firsand the st coon is one sed family unificatn wherpreferce is ven tohe immedte familmembers. ictoria]he secon ute is tough employ-based iigration

the thd is thrgh e refugeor asyleprocess. anthe lastategory throu the versity sa lotte. ifou lk at the pt 10 or years, you see levellinout for abou1 millioper year ere is aap to th. fos don't oo be undomented. when someby says: "g in line ny timeshere aret lines. [beto] the flowf migratn to thes is rlly a fution of ourconomy the funconf economs uhin themericas d it's hisphere, a functi of um, e kind ofiolence d brutaly, vil warsnd death that y find inentral arica at-- tt you ve und off d on in-in mexic thers so a miscception out mexi.

were at nezero um, immigrion with mexo, whh means 's not a plusr minus,ight. , most pple willhink tha you knowmost of e legal imgration is cing fromexico. it not. it coming fromentral arica. meco is acally a rtner ofurs in tryin stop legal migratio becae they a dealing withome of t similarssues their sthern boer. [cicad singi] - [austi wow! wo lookt this! [filipe] it's rht thereman. - [atin] wow - ay] it me me go fast. - [atin] i'mo glad it's pement. -ben] no mud. issing] ustin] i just goa do thi 'cau my kneecan't be. [laughg] [st guitarusic] [benwhen thatrailer pulledn, my het ju li filled th joy.

itymbolize the d of the bicycle which isike the eatest thg that's happed thus r on therip. - [dkey braying] -[l laughi] - [indtinct] -hers your hse. - alght, let's do . - ] your hse's me is "dkey dust [laughing] think i'm ready for a w life tether. [lghing] alright,e'll see you. [laughg] [ben] w, i've en fortunatto work ranches and too a lot packed ips all ov the amecan west d then ts is dosaur. [benmy mustas are soood, they knohow to re. he's a butiful mtang. - ye. [b] i knewhey woul ke good re of evybody, ich is vy importt, beuse fili... no idehow to re a hors

ilipe] you ink she' let me ? you ha riding ots. [austin]hat do y need, huh? how do u get on? [ben] st hop o [ausn] you kw you t it. [lghing] ye, buddy! alrit, let'so. [austin] l's go. - help me, hp me getff. - okaycome on. alrit, hold . right. now, i'monna ridben arou. come on, b! [hther] i' been on horse a handl of tim like t touristsituatio or like birthd rty or sething. i'm noparticully conceed. i trust n's judgnt. you know whicmaybe i ouldt. [file] let'side! verybodyheerin

[ben] thpart thai was mo excited out was e big be. bibend ran state pk is 30000 acres big nd ranchational rk is 800,000 acres combinedit's thimassive relavely untched habat. [jay] ancestoof mine, who wa parkand wildfe commiioner back in the '30s a '40s, vited thisountry whenhey wereooking at dignatingig nd natiol park anhe was a retively fous rancr. so thas in hislood like he es the ld d he seehow am ionna produce off of that nd. d his coent that theighest anbest useor that nd is f public creation we'rsitting e resuof thalegacy it's imptant fore toomplete at circl

and try d protec anrea thate saw prising. th's threaned right noby the l. and sof i can do sething to sort protecthat lega, then feel ke thas anmportantart of-- of my lifeight now [wstng] [b] pay atntion, bs. histling [ben] ros! easytough, ey, easy. eather] right, go ead now. en] yeah is is denitely walker. - [b] yeah. [heather carrying lot, ye. 30 mines in adnture mo, gaged. en] th area is

somef the gnliest, rockie, nastie terrain ve ever en in. every ngle piece of vetation out hereas thorn and stickers a cactu [hther] alght. [heathergood, od. [file] dude,hese musngs are madeor the bkcountry rtunately, ally mustan, ey were l born ithe wild onublic las the amecan west [backgund musi [benth grew upn desote rsh landapes likthis. ey know w to wal thugh thisountry, they knohow to mnder through e rocks, anstay awafrom theactus, and hoto navige througcliffs andifficulterrain. makes mproud to see my nies takcare of erybody so well