juan manuel calderon: we're working very hard. first of all, thank you very much for the invitation, damian. it's a pleasure to be here, for the mexican consulate to be in this important program. it's very, very, very, very important. damian: thank you very much. it's important to have you here. juan: yes, and we're working very hard to--we have many

juan manuel calderón is my guest here, el distinguido. a graduate of unam. how, sir. juan manuel calderón: thank you very much. damian: and welcome to the south bay. your thoughts, first. you've only been here a few weeks, what are your thoughts on-- juan manuel: i have 3 weeks in san jose, the city of the silicon valley. it's a beautiful city. and we have many, many things to do in this beautiful city. we cover four counties. this is the mexican consulate, but you know, we have 15 mexican consulates around the united states. in california, we have 10 mexican consulates, but i am proud to be in this beautiful city. damian: and you've--i mean, your diplomatic duties have taken you across this country. you've been in seattle, you've been in different parts of this country. juan manuel: yes, and my first assignment was in seattle, washington, in 1992, long time ago. my son was born in seattle. damian: is that right? juan manuel: my second was in san bernardino, california, my little daughter born in california. and then i was in mexico city, i was in caracas, ve

juan manuel calderon: we're working very hard. first of all, thank you very much for the invitation, damian. it's a pleasure to be here, for the mexican consulate to be in this important program. it's very, very, very, very important. damian: thank you very much. it's important to have you here. juan: yes, and we're working very hard to--we have many things to do at the office, and also we have many, many things to do in this area for the mexican community in san jose. damian: there are several topics that we'd like to talk about today. one is everybody's talking about daca, and nobody knows at this point what's going to happen to daca. what can you tell us? what can you update us on? maybe the services that you're providing for someone-- juan: well, it's a topic very, very, very important for the mexican community, especially for the young people that they have already the daca documents. if they are going to have a renovation, the last in this month in 13 of january. damian: yeah, 'cause the clock is ticking, time is running out