ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh-grade, mia lazar is in the ninth-grade. their documentary is called the tempest tossed. >> is not about what political party you are, it's about values and helping these people. particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. i think that also drove them a little bit. when they do some video on a topic that's personal for them, that helps a lot. >> the reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue, there is a plaque that has a following saying send it these hopeless -- homeless, tempest tossed to me. it was written specifically for the statue of liberty and we include it so we could show the values that america was founded on -- principles that everyone needs to understand it today. >> on a more personal scale i would suggest that the people that think that refugees are all terrorists, or who were afraid of them should spend a while meeting one. they are really amazing people. they have just the right to be people in the united states as everyone else does very. >

ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. mia lazar is in the ninth-grade.heir documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. >> is not about what political party you are. it's more about values and helping these people. >> as parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. so i think that also drove them a little bit. when they do some video on a topic that's personal for them, that helps a lot. i think you saw the energy in that. >> the reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp beside the golden door. this poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and we included it so we could show the values that america was founded on -- principles that everyone needs to understand today. >> on a more personal scale i would suggest that the people that think that refugees are all terrorists or who were afraid of them should spen

ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh-grade, mia lazar is in the ninth-grade.