served in vietnam. and in 2009, decades after coming home, both american heroes received deportation notices. the threat of deportation is on pause for now. their story is far from isolated, which is the focus of a new pbs documentary called american exile. it follows the brothers in their unified fight for justice not just for themselves but for thousands of fellow vet who s have either been deported or faced deportation. joining us now, writer, director, and producer of american exile, john valadez. thank you so much for being with us. did you find this story, or did this story find you? this story found me. you know, i wish i could claim credit, but i was actually in colorado a number of years ago doing a screening of another film, and manuel and valente came up to me and told me, you know, that they knew what my next film ought to be. and i was like, oh, really?