activists and us participants welcome to you both thank you very much and great to have you with us ravi let me start with you you're in new york city today and i understand there were a number of arrests today is the anniversary of the event what's what what what's the upside of what happened in new york what's the downside. well i think the most wonderful thing about today and i have to say i was concerned about how today would go from a police suppression point of view the the the word that comes to mind about today is joyful this has been an absolutely beautiful day when i showed up at seven am for our actions i couldn't find my friends because there were so many people there we we have become a community that understands how to do civil disobedience how to trust one another how to listen to one another we can turn on a dime and respond really beautifully i saw a few really unpleasant situations for sure we had a new york civil liberties union legal observer was arrested as well several journalists which was really troubling both of those things i believe the total for today is one h

we told the truth and we said we're mexican citizens, so then ravi comes out wearing an original jump suit. >> rafael who was 19 and carlos 20 were taken off the train and put in a county jail in buffalo, new york. >> i have never, like, once thought i would be in a jail, like i ever. >> reporter: after three days in jail, they were freed. their high school tennis coach posted the $10,000 bond. deportation proceedings were under way when president obama announced deferred action from deportation. >> it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans. >> reporter: the brothers immediately applied and are among the first in the country to be accepted. what was your first reaction when you heard about deportation relief. >> we were extremely happy because of my younge sister. >> they came when they were kids in 2004. brought by their parents from mexico. now the brothers can continue their college education legal. >> so you just know that you are safe now and that you're going to be able to carry on with your goals. so go to college, get a job