garza? father john bernard feit. father john feit. back then, a catholic priest. no evidence in this case right now points us in any other direction. so why is he still a free man? by all accounts, irene garza was a remarkable young woman. she kind of broke the mold. irene s younger cousin, noemi sigler. at that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos lived on another side, and she kind of transcended that. she was gentle and sweet and beautiful. lynda de la vina is another cousin. she was really a role model, and to see how she had gone through college, was a teacher, was a beauty queen and yet was
even in the hospital, mexican-americans and anglos were treated in separate wards. but when irene garza was born in 1934, her parents were determined that she and her sister josephine would transcend the discrimination together. we were very tight. we were very close because it was like us against all of those that were prejudiced against us. prejudiced against hispanics? hispanics, yes. and my dad fostered that because we re in it together. in their parents day, the public schools for mcallen s hispanic children only went to fifth grade, but the garzas had bigger dreams for their daughters. from the beginning we were told, oh, when you go to college, when you go to college. it was something that was just a thing that was going to happen. if education was to be the way out, religion would show them the way up.
and she smelled like flowers. reporter: in 1960, irene garza was raped and murdered in mcallen, texas. one thing i remember is just screams. there was a suspect. who do you believe killed irene garza? father john bernard feit. father john feit. back then, a catholic priest. no evidence in this case right now points us in any other direction. so why is he still a free man? by all accounts, irene garza was a remarkable young woman. she kind of broke the mold. irene s younger cousin, noemi sigler. at that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos lived on another side,
feeling among texans when it comes to how the united states should handle these young people? one of the misconceptions is that maybe democrats and moderates don t think we ought to control the border. republicans, democrats, hispanics, anglos, all think we ought to control the border. what hispanics and democrats don t like is when the rhetoric is harsh. and when you re talking about children, these are not simply migrants. they re refugees. at least they re claiming refugee status. when they ve come here. whatever it is they ve arrived. and so there is a wide bit of opinion. and you will hear that today with some of these faith leaders meeting with the president. that these are children who have to be dealt with in a humane way. it s a humanitarian crisis, as well as a long-term political crisis here. and an awful lot of texans feel that way. they don t like the idea that the people are going to come here, that they stay here. that they violated possibly some laws to be here. but w
at that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos lived on another side, and she kind of transcended that. she was gentle and sweet and beautiful. lynda de la vina is another cousin. she was really a role model, and to see how she had gone through college, was a teacher, was a beauty queen and yet was just a very sweet and simple person to us as children. but in 1960, the body of this inspiring woman was found face down in this canal. she was 25, the age for thinking about getting married and raising a family. she didn t have a life. irene never had that chance. irene garza lived in this house in what was a very nice neighborhood near downtown mcallen and remains so today.