yes. and the only ones complaining right now, and i can tell you because we just did a report on univision. the only ones complaining right now are the coyotes because they re not getting $4,000, $5,000, $6,000, $8,000 per immigrant. and i have been talking to many of the refugees here, and they heard it in the news, in guatemala, and in honduras. they heard it on tv. they heard it right here on cell phones. and they think this is the only opportunity they have. in many cases, out of the 7,000 more or less that are here in southern mexico, the mexican government, the mexican media has been reporting that about 2,000 of them are children. and this is their only hope. they lost absolutely everything in their country said of origin, and their risking everything. this is how they learn about it. no financing, no george soros,
there is safety in numbers. people run high risk crossing mexico and central america. they think that together, they ll be safer, and also, it has to do with money. it s simply a matter of money. they don t have to pay $4,000, $5,000, $6,000 per person to coyotes or smugglers. is there a level of organization? how do people hear about the caravan? how do they know where to go to join it? and members of the caravan, they could be exposed to criminal elements, human smugglers, drug traffickers on the journey? yes, and the only ones complaining and i can tell you, the only ones complaining right now are the coyotes because they re not getting $4,000, $5,000, $8,000 per immigrant. and i have been talking to many of the refugees here, and they heard it in the news, in guatemala, and in honduras. they heard it on tv. they heard it right here on cell
on the border who feel scared. and that s why i made the movie. when you meet these people you see that we need their potential. the american center for progress said it s going to be at $329 billion to our economy. and in added spending and taxes. it s in all of our interests to fix this thing. and the center for american progress has stats on how much it would cost us to deport 23,000 per immigrant. there are 11 million people. it s impossible, they re here. it makes all kinds of sense and then there s of course, howard wanting to win in 2014, 2016 and beyond. you can t just keep doing what you re doing. i agree with maggie. the politics of this are going to argue for passage in both the house and the senate there are core group of numerous core group of democrats and republicans who for different reasons are going to come together and push this. republicans know they need to do