alfredo corchado's second book. "midnight in mexico," focused on the mexican drug war. he's been our guest here at the national book festival. >> guest: thank you, peter. >> host: well, our live coverage of the national book festival, the 18th national book festival, continues. we are going to now go to a room here at the washington convention center. you're going to see justice sonia sotomayor interviewed by the librarian of congress can, carla hayden. she will be talking about the children's versions of her books. this is live coverage on booktv on c-span2. knox [inaudible conversations] [applause] [cheers and applause] >> wow. this is so exciting, isn't it. [laughter] i wish every kid in this room could come up to the stage and see what i'm seeing. and i want to remind every kid in this stage that when you grow up, you can do this too. [cheers and applause] >> well, i just -- i'm kerplumped -- [laughter] i am carla hayden, the librarian of congress. [applause] and as you can imagine, justice, this is one of my fa

you're on with author alfredo corc h corchado. go ahead. >> caller: how are you doing?how are you doing? anyway, i was calling about all the misinformation we're getting this and that, and it goes back and forth. and it's just -- it's a good idea, you know, for the immigrants let me ask, when he first came, where did the mexicans go to live at while they're doing these jobs, these jobs, you know, they're not making any money, and they say that americans don't want to do it. they're doing jobs americans don't want to do it of course they don't want to do it because it costs too much to live, and to survive and that. >> host: thank you very much. >> guest: help me out. >> host: i think his question is more, what happens when somebody first crosses the border? what is the experience like trying to get that first job? where do they live? >> well, in my family and the people i know, before you even cross the border, there's a pretty good possibility that you already have a job waiting for you. it's a job waiting for you, whether it's agriculture, whether it's construction, w