0 should hear house republicans, to pass a comprehensive immigration bill like the one democrats and republicans already passed in the senate. the president says he wants it done this year. >> it's good for our economy. it's good for our national security. it's good for our people. and weep shou should do it this? >> after alleysrallies around t country. they came on board with comprehensive immigration reform. this year the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants. either way, while the battle over immigration reform plays out in washington, out inment rest -- out in the rest of the country out of the spotlight undocumented workers are fighting real batless to feted their families. why because without the protection of citizenship they're vulnerable to exploitation, like wage theft, people hiring them to do work and then not paying them, unsafe they can't run their companies legitimately, with one or two workers undocumented how are they suppose to hire a work force. so, we're fighting with them. >> also, people had mentioned you would want to be able to have the income taxed from the people. right now, undocumented workers are taking untaxed income. >> a lot some pay in texas. in the construction industry, 41% of employers committing payroll fraud, paying workers off the books. in texas alone that is costing us $1 billion a year. and lost federal tax revenue from the texas construction industry. imagine nationally the amount of tax dollars we are losing because of broken immigration system. >> you had a case that involved apple? correct? >> uh-huh. >> how did that play out? >> texas, you know, rick perry has been going around the country saying, bring business to texas. and one of the businesses was apple. they were given about $30 million in tax breaks from local and state government off to come build a mega complex in texas. and in austin. for the first time, we asked, well, how are construction workers going to benefit from the project? a million square foot facility. and, no one had even thought about that. no one had thought about the lowest paid workers. they had thought about the high tech jobs it would bring. so we asked that, apple ensure that all construction workers on the project had workers compensation which, aren't guaranteed in texas, safety training and they got paid a living page. also that we would get to monitor the standard to make sure. >> of who the state or apple? >> the city and apple. they came to the table with us. they agreed to the standard. over the last 12 months in austin alone we created, ensured 5,000 living wage jobs for construction workers. apple, we are assuming it will be 1,000 construction jobs. that its the first time those standard have happened in a place like texas. we saw a statewide, legislator legal right. and over a third don't get waume water. employers don't provide water on the work sites. >> how does that compare to other states? >> other states have rest breaks. only thing in austin, the city where one of our offices is lope kated, we have been able to get 60,000 workers through a local ordinance, the right to paid rest breaks. we are going to be freeing tryi it in dallas and houston. in dallas, 225,000 construction workers go out to work in the summertime, 100 degree heat, 112 even don't hatch tve the right break. shouldn't be partisan issue whether workers get rest breaks or paid for their work. but we are up against an industry the largest donor to the republican party in texas. it is a -- as people know is currently a red state. they're one of the most important special interest groups in the state. so, that's a challenge that weep face. we think about our work, david and goliath story. >> if they don't live up to it. austin is going to be angry. are we going to be angry? [ cheers and applause ] >> who is your hero in the immigration movement in the congress, senate? or house? who is going to -- who has a bill? >> luisguttierrez of illinois. he has been there, pushed, not wavered to his commitment in the community and lifting up their voices without a doubt the most important strois fvoice and. and the castros, they're taking charge at local and federal level in texas being leaders on immigration. those are people we admire and hope will change texas for the better and change our country. the second largest undocumented population. yet we had the a lot of legislators not show leadership or courage to move this forward in fact stand in the way of in graduation reform. we were disappointed when senator ted cruz was one of the few people that -- that opposed even a pathway to citizenship. opposing nearly 70% of what texans want. that is not the kind of leadership that i think texas wants or needs. does it end after you've expanded your business? after your company's gone public? and the capital's been invested? or when your company's bought another? is it over after you've given back? you never stop achieving. that's why, at barclays, our ambition is to always realize yours. life with crohn's disease ois a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts? what if i eat the wrong thing? what if? what if i suddenly have to go? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor and visit crohnsandcolitisadvocates.com to connect with a patient advocate from abbvie for one-to-one support and education. be careful babe. 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>> in the beginning. now they see other people stand up they're willing to stand up. >> right. what has that been like for you in terms of building the trust of the community? do you think your own ethnicity has a part? >> knowing people's back grun and what they face really helps to connect to people and understand the organization that they're coming to are people that, that look like them or understand where they're coming from. and so it's, it's that trust that, that allows people to step forward under some pretty extreme pressures and being able to say, no i face this unjustice. i am undocumented and unafraid. >> well, actually, for me, really a huge increase. and the living wages are not really going up. it is really tough on low income people. i think, texas is the one, only one, in the whole united states who doesn't require workers compensation. and that's really created a gap. >> one of the stories that has impacted me is the story of santia santia santiago. rias, working on a roof wasn't given a harness, he fell several stories to the ground. with seriously -- was seriously injured, a quadriplegic now. two children. his employer didn't have worker's comp either. he had a $900,000 medical bill. he sued his employ year, but because he didn't have any insurance he was awarded $21 million. he has only seen $100,000, all spent on medical care. who is picking up the cost for him are taxpayers. and, you know santiago's wife, luckily married, cares for him, bathes him, feeds for him. he is one of the lucky ones. he lived. there are thousands of stories like his, with so many workers being injured and killed on the job. so there is -- the story of a man who was 18 years old. came to our organization. had just graduated high school. thought he would get a job in the military to him that sounded like, a good job. but his mom asked him not to. thought it was too unsafe. so, instead he got a job doing demolition and construction. dirty, dangerous work. making $8 an hour. after a week of work his employer asked hem im to remove mirror, tossed him gloves. didn't give him safety or equipment. that mirror broke and severed all the muscles in his left arm, hit a major artery. and his employer don't have worker's comp. who is picking up the tab for that? taxpayers. that's the kind of thing that we are up against in texas. and texas, one in five workers are seriously injured and go to the hospital. >> immigration policy is your -- your greater concern? >> i think that, they're both interconnected. immigrants rights and workers rights are almost the same issue at this point. for me. but i saw workers rights where i could make the biggest impact. where it is the place where workers, where, undocumented immigrants hatch the same protections or should have the same protections as a u.s. citizen. a lot of people don't know that. every worker in the country, regardless of their immigration status has the right to be paid for their work, has the the right to a safe, work site. >> what would you say is the most frustrating misconseptembertion abmisconsec? >> misconception, undocuments immigrants are stealing jobs and get a free ride. they need to earn their pathway. in my mind they earned it. doing some of the most difficult, dangerous jobs in our country. we depend on them? >> meat packing. >> agriculture. domestic work. working in restaurants. >> unprotected. >> unprotected. if we could better protect their rights, if people would understand, one they're doing some of the most difficult jobs. and that if we belttter protect their rights we raise standard for everyone in the country. >> the idea people are coming here and taking jobs, taking envelopes full of cash and muling it become to their home towns south of the border, a tired, old idea. >> and that they get free ride from the government. undocumented immigrants are excluded from getting benefits and even legal permanent residents until five years after being here are excluded. >> when undocumented workers are injured on the job what do they do? >> they go to our hospitals. truth is, employer, the law is clear. when a worker is injured on the job. employ yerz are response bum for taking care of the workers. reality is when there isn't regulation like there is in texas who end up picking up the tab is taxpayers, that is the fault of employers not workers. >> talk about the unions, how does that work? what, what, common ground do you and the unions have? i find this fascinating. >> important to understand we are not a union. we are a community group that grew out of a homeless shelter and faith based organization. but we -- we brought unions to the table to work with us. in the beginning they didn't want to work with us. they saw undocumented immigrants, people we represented as adversaries. they didn't agree with us. when we showed them how many workers were undocumented in the industry they realized that we are not representing the work force. when we showed them how many workers were dying. you know, we did this one event where we collected 142 boots. the number of workers had died in texas that year. they came and saw all the boots and saw family members of workers who had died. and it completely changed them. and ever since then, they have been standing with us side by side, understanding that, the right thing to do is, raise conditions for all workers. whether they're part of the union or not. that's part of the calling of being in a lay bar movement is understanding the injustice to one is injustice to all. i think more than anything. people asked us how have you done these things in texas it is a conservative state. more than anything the stories of our members. you know we feel like we have truth on our side that, everyone in this country for the most part if they have a heart believes everyone should be paid for their work, everyone should be treated safely on the job. >> you have been with the organization for how long? >> ten years. since i was a baby. my entire life all most. yeah. >> your entire professional career. with one organization. was that the plan? >> no it wasn't the plan. i think i thought i would move around go to a different organization. >> why didn't you? >> because i realize now to build something takes time and commitment. >> you want few see something through? what do you want few see through? >> i want to see through, building the voice of people that, usually don't get to be part of our political process. seeing some one that is undocumented that doesn't speak english, some times even gone to school to the 4th grade. walk into our state capitol, meet with legislators, give testimony, and work with other people thamet face the conditio and change a law. there is nothing more rewarding than that. i would be committed to as long as it would take. about our members. they don't get to quit. don't get to say i'm tired of this life. this is their life. i want to walk along side them. >> i want to walk along side them. as long as it takes. they have so much courage coming out saying these are injustices i face. not just for me. but i want to see all workers treated with dignity and respect they deserve. people don't have to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. generating electricity that's cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions-- it matters. ♪