in some ways, we are atwa with the supreme court voting against us as a community. it is not just one person. it is not just one organization that is going to make the equal rights movement happen. it takes all of us, and visibility as a backbone. i'm very proud to bepart of a board that has made it their mission and their commitment to make sure we recognize the work of the leaders of our community who are working at the very grassroots level and changing hearts and minds. to introduce this year's grand mshsand honourees, and those being selected, keep that in mind. there are many of us who, just by attending the local churches, by being educators, by being out, that that is part of our due diligence and social responsibility, and making su we do fight for equal rights. these are the people who are maki and paving the way for us us. that was from my heart. now i will go on script. [laughter] from the little -- multilayer grassroots advocacy work that is being done in the bay area the incredibly talented kinfol kinfolks, they are our community selected grand marshal

customs facility two hours atwa frway fe border. it is the first place that detainees are taken after being taken to the -- 262 miles of boarder. 152 people caught crossing the border every day in this part of the united states. and they have 38,000 apprehensions the past fiscal year, nowhere near the real surge in illegal crossings in the year 2000, which we just heard from those agentses. but arizona is certainly a state that's been hit by the immigration crisis. reporters here from the arizona republic that talk about families that have also been separated here, the impact on the community, and also here is boarder of nogales is a port of entry where people go worth thereof the border on a daily bay sis basis. the first lady is getting their view of how they're handling the crisis is. something that her spokesperson said she couldn't do in mcallen, texas, that flooding when the first lady visited really cut her visit short short. so she's getting complex information about what happens at these border that stifacilef. they still h