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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The first annual American Border Heroes Awards starts right now.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Good evening, America, Happy Friday, and welcome tonight too of
a very special event, the inaugural American Border Heroes Awards,
hosted here by Essin News in Real America's voice and
made possible by our incredible partner for the night, the
American Border Story. Last night, we honored the law men
and women on the front lines of keeping America safe
during the Biden era border crisis, and those who have
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closed the border down in record time under President Donald Trump.
We honored folks like borders are Tom Homan, border patrol
agents like Art del Cuato, and local sheriffs like Kierandon Donahum. Tonight,
We're going to pivot and honor the families who paid
the ultimate sacrifice during the crisis. We want you to
hear their stories firsthand. We want you to remember their names,
and we want to make sure America never forgets the
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horrors they endured and the resilience and resolved they showed
to turn tragedy into progress right here in this country.
We also will make sure tonight that America never forgets
this failed era of security and is never tempted to
have it repeat it. To make that possible, The American
Border Story is unveiling three extraordinary scholarships to honor three
remarkable women who left this earth far too early. We'll
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get to that in just a bit, but first let
me turn to my amazing co host, Amanda has Always
Heard This Time the show. Amanda, it was an amazing
night last night. There were moments where I just wanted
to well up with tears. You were sitting out there
with all the Angel families. They're back here again tonight.
Thoughts about what you heard you saw the witness last night.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yeah, you know, it's always important, and you and I
talk about this a lot on our TV show. We
talk about the facts and the figures and the data
that pertains to this crisis, but the human side is
just as much, if not more important. Hearing the stories,
hearing the impact that losing this loved one had on
their family, had on their community. You know, many of
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these were border patrol agents, people who were part of
law enforcement, so that of course devastated the community. And
I think it's so important because oftentimes we get stuck
in the push and the pull and the yin and
the Yang and the red and the blue between what
is happening at our border and at the center is
the people who are getting torn apart, the families that
are getting torn apart because they lost a loved one.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
It's heartbreaking, and it's heartbreaking.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Those same family showed resilience that I could not even imagine.
I don't think i'd have the courage to do what
they did during this time. When I was a younger reporter.
On nine to eleven, I was on the Memorial Bridge
the moment the plane hit the Pentagon, I saw the
fire will go up. One of my friends, good friends,
was on that plane, and we said after that, we
will never forget that. We will always remember and honor
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the sacrifices of the victims. And I say to everyone
in the audience tonight, we need to make the same
commitment to the victims, to the heroes of the border crisis.
We may never allow their names to be forgotten, their
stories to be untold, the horrors to be repeated in
this country. And I think tonight that's what we are
going to be talking about all night long. It is
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an extraordinary opportunity and I just feel so lucky. I
want to thank the American Border Story for making this
extraordinary two day event. I think real America's voice for
making the time for it, and we're going to have
some real conversations here. We're going to start tonight with
a really important moment, and that is to talk to
people who lived the horror, who went through unspeakable tragedy,
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had every right to close up and go away and
hide in their homes, but instead got out front and
told us all we can do better than this, and
they willed America to what has happened in the last
few months. And I think that there is no more
extraordinary group of people than every day Americans who rise
to the call and face the tragedy and make amazing
things happen. And we're joined all throughout the night for
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those sort of American heroes, that's what they are. We
are going to in a little bit unveil the first
ever Lake and Riley Johnson and Rachel Moore and scholarships
that's going to come in a little bit. But the
American Border Story wants to make certain that future generations
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of Americans know them too, and never forget their loss
or the folly of the last four years. We're going
to veil those scholarships as part of the American Border
Story Scholarship Fund in a little bit. I can't wait
for that. I'm really excited. But first we're going to
have a panel discussion. I'm really excited about it. Joining
me here on set is the mom of Jocelyn Hungreen.
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I've watched you so long, over the last couple of years,
go through this horror, Alexis. You showed incredible court. You
had one of the youngest victims of this tragedy, and
I can't wait to hear your story time. We're going
to talk about it and have a great conversation. Also
on set the sister of Lake and Riley, also a
University of Georgia student, Lauren Phillips. Lauren, good to have
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you here. I know your parents are back too. They're
very proud, and I'm so honored to have you here.
In Joining us remotely just a little ways away, is
the mother of Sarah Rout, Michelle Rout. Michelle, welcome, good
to have you here.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thank you for having me, Michelle.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
This is a very special night for your family. I
am so honored that you would spend some of it
with us tonight. Was Sarah's birthday?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
Correct, May first is Sarah's birthday. She would have been
thirty one today.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
It's unbelievable. Remind us tell us of her story. It
was a little longer ago, but it's just as.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Powerful it was.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
She was killed the night of her college graduation. It
was January thirtieth when she graduated twenty sixteen from college.
She was out celebrating on her way home. She was
stopped at a stoplight at thirty thirty in l Over
in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was rear ended by as
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Well and Mihia, going seventy plus miles an hour with
a blood alcohol of point two four to one, and
he caused her instant brain death, right.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
In the prime of her life, so much future and
brightness ahead of her.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
How long did it take to get justice?
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Well, we're still fighting for it, but he was captured
just on February twenty seventh of this year. Thank you,
President Trump and your administration and everybody that's worked so
hard to get these criminals back here into the United
States to serve justice. I want justice for every one
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of us, and we are just so grateful and thankful
that the administration still continued to fight to bring him back.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Michelle, I know that capturing the killer was a huge
part of the every process for you, not that you
will ever fully recover, But what else do you want
to see that President Trump and Congress can do, Laws
that they can pass, executive orders President Trump can sign
that will make you feel like like things are really
really moving in a better direction. As far as the border.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
Honestly, I already feel like that's being done. I can't
think of anything other than what they have already put
in place. You know, we keep saying we need new laws. No,
we just need to follow the laws that are already
out there.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yeah, that's so true, Lauren. I want to turn to
you for a second. We know your sister's story, but
you knew your sister like no one else. Tell us
what was like in light.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
I could talk about her for forever.
Speaker 7 (07:50):
But obviously, being her younger sister, I got to witness
the person that she was firsthand, which I'm extremely grateful for.
But she was just the person that everyone wanted to
meet and be around, and she was so inspirational and
just the biggest thing that comes to mind when I
think about Lacan is her faith. And how Jesus just
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radiated out of her and it's inspiring and I'm just
so grateful and losing her as left a big hole.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And you walk the same campus she walked. Do you
see your friends and how do they remember I do?
Speaker 7 (08:32):
I mean she was the same with every person that
she met, so like obviously I got to spend a
lot of time with her. But her roommates would say
the exact same thing. Her best friends would say the
exact same thing, that she's just a light and she
continues to be a light. It hasn't ended, but it's
just a hole that will ever be filled.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Alexis, you had I think the youngest loss of anyone
I can remember in this horrible story. Your daughter was
amazing and just in that incredible age where young girls
become women.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Tell us a little bit about her.
Speaker 8 (09:10):
She was very creative, She thrived with music. She was
the kindest friend anyone could ask for. I've had the
pleasure of getting to know her friends on a deeper
level after this tragedy, and her spirit radiated through them.
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They were reminded that there are kind souls still out there,
and she was very an old soul. I felt even
though she was only twelve, it seemed like she was
born in the nineties almost. She loved music that was
beyond my time. She liked the fifties style, sixties style.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
She loved to.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Dress like she was from the nineties. She was very,
very talented. She aspired to be a famous actress. She said, Mom,
everyone's going to know who I am one day, and
I'm here too. Just shedding light.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
For sure, Alexis when you see what a political football
this unfortunately became. It's a life and death situation. It
should never be something that is caught between politics. But
do you feel like I suppose that people have woken up,
people who maybe without knowing you, without knowing your story, Lauren,
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you as well, maybe they woke up a little.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
For sure, Most definitely, I would say even me and
my family have woken up. I was never really big
into the politics. My family never really spoke much on
politics until it kind of hit our front door, literally
and it kind of shed light and awareness to really
understand what we're having as a country. And there's so
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much that has been wrong and has been overlooked and
just turned it the other way. And I never asked
to be in the spotlight. I never asked to do this,
and I never asked for my daughter to lose her life,
but she did and that is what happened. And I
am now going to keep sharing her story to help
make change. It's not about right or wrong. It's not
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about left or right. It is about what's right.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I can't imagine if I lost my son, what I
would feel like, what I would do watching you, each
of you get up from this tragedy and then say,
rather than fold up, I'm going to try to help
this country get to the common sense place it needs.
Say we're in a moment of insanity. Where'd you find
that strength? When did you know you needed to do that?
Speaker 8 (11:48):
By just being strong? The Houston's crime stoppers were very
helpful with me and navigating the very beginning stages of
all of it, and she just kept reminding me. April
was just saying, honestly, it's going to pay off. I
promise you if you get through it now. It won't
get easier and it won't bring her back, but at
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least it'll shed light on her story and that as
well as walking in a very strong faith with Jesus.
He is my strength that has gotten me through every
single day, and why I know that I will see
her again. He has a plan for me, He has
bigger purpose for me, and it was just her time.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
You answered his call here. That's an amazing thing. It
is amazing. Michelle. You've been almost a decade on this journey,
or about a decade, I guess. Tell us a.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Little bit about what that journey looks like two and
three years into it, because the pain never goes away,
the cry for justice still sits there and echoes every day.
What's the journey been like over this last decade for you?
Speaker 5 (12:56):
It has been difficult, but as they're saying, faith keeps
you going. It is my form of therapy to keep
speaking her story and meeting Unfortunately, the other Angel families
has really been a support group that has helped me
through a lot of things.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
They're all sitting there, twenty one family sitting in our
studio today, and every one of them creates a sense
of community and family and patriotism. We are so lucky
to be in all of your presence today, on this night,
on Sarah Root's birthday. All of us have an obligation
to make sure that what happened to these extraordinary women.
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Doesn't ever happen again in this country. We can't forget.
We must hold resolve and keep that border secure for
future generations. To each of you tonight, thank you so
much for being with us. We are going to honor
your loved ones as long.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
As I can hold a pendent a pencil on a mic,
and I know any of you of the same living ye.
All right, folks, We're.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Going to take a quick commercial break when we come
back a very diding announcement. Those scholarships we were telling
you about, We're going to get to those right After
a quick few messages, we go back.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Look from Washington, d C. Welcome back to the first
annual American Border Heroes Awards. Right here on Real America's Voice.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Welcome back, America to the second night of the American
Border Heroes Awards. Last night we honor Tom Holman, Sheriff
Caronan Donahue in Art del Cuato, and Maria Herrero Vega,
the mother of slain Border Patrol agent Javier Vega Junior.
She accepted the award on behalf of all the Border
patrol agents and their families everywhere in this great country.
Now we want to turn to preserving the legacy of
Lake and Riley, Jocelyn Hungary and Rachel mord.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
We know their stories. We cried along with their families.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
We promised never again, but tonight we want to embrace
and remember them. Here's a reminder of Lake and Raleigh
story done beautifully by the Erican Border Story tick.
Speaker 9 (14:59):
Look.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I don't know why Lincoln got picked to be all
over the news, but this is happening all over our.
Speaker 10 (15:07):
Nation all the time.
Speaker 7 (15:10):
Her life was so much more. That's not her and
what happened to her is not her. Who did it
is not her? She's her and she's so much more
than that, and that hasn't been portrayed often.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
That's what the American Border Story does every day. But
we started back together so we never forget those lost
to this incredible scourge. Lacn's mom and dad are in
the audience. You just got to meet her sister. That
was remarkable. We've got some amazing things we're about to do.
We will make sure young students in the future will
also know Lacn's story and that of Jocelyn and Rachel,
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and as part of it, we will also make certain
that they are set up and of course, for the
success that Lake and Joscelyn and Rachel were deprived of.
We can do that because of the generosity of the
American Border Story.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Joining me to.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Unveil these new scholarships is no Cole Kippeloff, the founder
of the American Border Story.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Nicole another amazing night. This is an incredible thing.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Those little short videos you tell people just bring everything
to life. Tonight's a very big move forward for you, your group,
and for the country.
Speaker 11 (16:26):
I think absolutely. Look, it's the least we can do
for these families. We're just trying to do our part.
And I think it's particularly beautiful what you said about
how with this scholarship fund that I'm about to announce,
we're actually continuing the success of the victims of the
border crisis. They if they if their lives weren't taken
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from them that soon, they would have probably followed in
this path.
Speaker 12 (16:51):
And so this is this is.
Speaker 11 (16:52):
One way of us remembering their legacy and continuing their
success in our hearts. So the American Border Story is
honored to officially announce the creation of the American Border
Story Scholarship Fund. And it's named, like John said, after
three of the victims of the border crisis, Lake and Riley,
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Jocelyn Nungara, and Rachel Morin. It's to honor their memory
and preserve their legacy and the American Border Stories. Lake
and Riley Scholarship will be awarded to one recipient who
is studying nursing. We know that nursing was a passion
of Lake and Riley, and that's what she was studying.
The American Border Stories Jocelyn N. Garei Scholarship will be
awarded to one student who is studying to become a
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wildlife conservationist or biologist. We know that Jocelyn was very
passionate about animals and preserving the environment and the American
Border Stories. Rachel Morin's Scholarship will be awarded to one
recipient who is studying to become a law enforcement officer.
We honored our law enforcement last night, and we know
the critical role that they play here. So as we
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honor the memory of these three absolutely inspirational women who
were tragically taken from us, we strive to preserve their
stories and legacies for generations to come. If you would
like to make a donation to our scholarship fund, please
visit www dot Theamerican Borderstory dot com and click on donate.
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Now we're going out to the audience and my colleague
Amanda Head for some reactions from the Angel families.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Yeah, thank you so much, Nicole, and thank you everybody
in this room for being here. We are joined by
Alison Phillips, Lakenriley's mom and dad. Over there, John, we
honor both of you, and then Agnes Gibney, who I've
known since the Border days when I was down there
traveling with Real America's Voice. Tell us about your son.
Speaker 6 (18:47):
My only son, my firstborn, was murdered by a previously
deported criminal, illego alien. He was shot in the arm
and the bullet traveled across his chest, severing the main
r dey, and he died in sojoy.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Tell us about his life.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Ronald was a very special kid. He was very neat,
very caring. If he had one candy, he would cut
it to give me half. He loved animals. He would
pick up lizards and bring it in the house because
he wanted to save them. Birds and crows that would
fall off a tree. A prankster, but he gave the
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best hugs and most of all, what I missed most
is him telling me I love you, mommy.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Where do you think he would be today?
Speaker 6 (19:36):
That's a good question, something I'll never know because it's
been twenty three years that he was killed. He would
have been fifty two years old this past January.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Goodness, as you have watched the evolution of the border crisis,
President Trump trying to do as much as he could
in his first term, and then Joe Biden coming into
office and just turning into complete upheaval. Revert seeing all
of the accomplishments and all of the security the President
Trump instilled, and then President Trump coming along this time around,
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it seems like President Trump is acting more aggressively to
get this done in a very quick manner. What do
you think on that?
Speaker 6 (20:18):
I love it. President Trump is the only one that
gave us a voice about all the victims of illigo
Ilian crime. There was hundreds of us, and he's an
alpha male. He gets the job done. He doesn't get intimidated.
And President Trump, if you're watching, I love you, love you,
love you. In the last administration, I wanted to leave
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the United States, and because of Trump, I'm again a
proud American citizen.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Did the Biden administration ever reach out to you, or
I mean, I suppose this happened way before that Obama anybody.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
Nobody, nobody cared. Some politicians would want a photo off,
but they did nothing and didn't care. President Trump is
the only one that cared about our children or family
members who have been victimized by illegal alians.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
You know, when people go up to Capitol Hill and
they serve an office, we often think of them as
policymakers and that they've been doing that their whole lives,
and sometimes we forget that they have you know, they're
just normal people, and they are normal people with really
good ideas sometimes. So I know that with the loss
of your son, you've probably had a lot of time
to think about ideas, ways that, you know, maybe outside
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the box ideas which President Trump is very good at
it when it comes to fixing the border. Is there
anything else that you would like to tell President Trump? Hey,
why don't we try this?
Speaker 6 (21:39):
One thing I would like to try is in all
sanctuary states sanctuary cities number two, have law enforcement have
the power to do the job that they were hired
to do and keep statistics on every crime committed by
illego alien robbery burglary, assaults, rape, murder, and they come from,
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so we can have a better idea which country we
need to really protect the United States and the citizens
of this country from.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
I know you saw those posters that were set up
at the White House of the people who have been
arrested and most of them deported. Do you think that's
a good way to get the message across to let's say,
media that don't really want to cover it.
Speaker 6 (22:22):
Well, it is for us, for the public who really
cares about this issue. For the fake media they don't care.
They probably find it offensive. I don't. I think all
their pictures should be plastered all over town so everybody
would know who these criminals are.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
Well.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
President Trump and his administration, the Press Secretary, I think
are doing their best to get that message out there,
even if the media doesn't want to listen. Agnes given
me Allison Phillips, your husband John, thank you so much
for being here. John and Nicole back to you.
Speaker 11 (22:57):
Thank you so much, Amanda, and thank you Agnes for
sharing your story. I know our team at the American
Border Story was absolutely honored to travel to Agnes's home
in California and interview her about her experience and about
her son, and so stay tuned for that documentary coming
out soon At the American Border Story, but coming up shortly,
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you will hear from more angel families with heartbreaking stories
of losing their loved ones to illegal immigration. Chris Odette's daughter,
Krisha Odette was killed by an illegal alien driving without
a license. Chrisha's murderer was finally apprehended last month because
of President Trump's immigration policies to make this country safer.
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Agnes Gibbey's son Ronald da Silva, who you just heard,
was shot and killed by deported criminal illegal alien while
pushing his best friend out of the way and taking
the bullet. Bonnie Driscoll's daughter Lacy Marie Ferguson was murdered
by an illegal alien in California, and now the State
of California is considering letting Lacey's murderer free. Angie Morphin's
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thirteen year old Reuben Morphin was killed by a group
of illegal alien gang members. Vicky Schmhermach's daughter, Danielle Shermock
was killed by an illegal alien drunk driver. Danielle left
behind two small children and her killer is still on
the loose. Maryanne Mendoza lost her thirty two year old
son in an accident caused by an illegal immigrant. Chris
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Story's brother Joe's Story, was killed in an accident by
an illegal immigrant who Biden took off the top ten
most wanted list. Can you imagine that Michelle Root's daughter
Sarah Rout, who you heard from, was also killed by
an illegal immigrant drunk driver and the killer was finally
caught after President Trump and his administration took office and
delivered justice to the Root family. Jody Jones's brother, Rocky Jones,
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was killed by an illegal alien who was arrested just
twenty four hours before Rocky's murder, but was released due
to California's sanctuary city laws. Again. Babcock, the founder of
Lost Voices of Fentanyl, lost her son Austin the Fennyl
in twenty nineteen. Jackie Long and Anita Puckett also lost
their boys under the Biden administration when drug cartels flooded
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our country with poisonous fentanyl. These grieving angel families have
come together today to share their stories and how they
are turning grief into purpose.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
What a great group of people, heroes, every one of
them and you're going to get to meet each of
them before this night. Is that all right, Nicole. We're
going to get to that shortly, but first we're going
to take a quick crumbler break.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Welcome back to the first annual American Border Heroes Awards
right here on Real America's voice.
Speaker 6 (25:49):
United States is the most powerful country in the world,
the country of opportunity. He had two children. They were
eight and ten at the time of his murder. Biden
didn't care about securing our borders. Biden didn't care about
keeping criminals out of our country. But he was a
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known gang member with long history of rests. Which separates
me and my son is six feet of dirt in
a coffin. I don't want my son to have died
in vain.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
We're here tonight to make sure that that doesn't happen.
No one in this family of people here are going
to have lost someone in Vain. We're going to make
sure their memories and their stories are forever told. Welcome
back to America. Continuing our conversation with our amazing angel families.
They turned grief into progress and exhorted a nation to
end the madness of the Biden years. They're going to
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tell us how and why we've got I think a
total of nine families we're going to do in the
next segment.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
Here joining me on set.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
First, we have more ot with Amanda is Chris Odette, Chris,
welcome to have you. Good to have you here, Agnes Gibney,
Marianne Mendoza and Vicky Lee Suremark, good to have you
here today. God bless you all and thank you so much,
and thank you for the grace you've shown all through
this difficult time.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
I want to go right down the table.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
I want each of you to tell us about your
son and daughter, what we should know about them. We'll
start with you, Chris Well.
Speaker 13 (27:17):
My daughter, Krisha was thirteen at the time that I
lost her. She was an exceptionally intelligent young lady. She
could play the violin, she was teaching herself the guitar.
She played the piano. She spoke Spanish because her mother
was Puerto Rican, she spoke English. She had just started
high school at the age of thirteen. She would have
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graduated high school at seventeen.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
She had a huge heart.
Speaker 13 (27:44):
She was often late to class because she liked to
hole the door open for everybody instead of just going on,
and she told me she couldn't help it. She couldn't
just let anybody just walk through.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
She was such a bright.
Speaker 13 (27:58):
Light in people's lives that when we moved to the
new high school, only being there a few months when
she was killed, the students stop sitting at her spot
in the cafeteria. They said, that was Christia's spot.
Speaker 9 (28:12):
Wow.
Speaker 13 (28:14):
She had just an amazing impact on people. A huge heart,
very loving, a.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Huge hold in your life once it's gone, I know,
beyond word imagine, can imagine.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Agnes, you carry that picture of your son around. I
know that tell us about him.
Speaker 6 (28:29):
This is my firstborn and only son, Ronald the Silver,
that was killed by a previously deported criminal, illego alien,
and I want to share this picture with the audience.
No parents should ever have to go to a cemetery
to celebrate their child's birthday. And this was this past January.
Ronald would have been fifty two years old. My son
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was very special. He was very caring, very kind, very loving.
I had the most beautiful smile. And that's one thing
that everybody said that is memorial service, that they're going
to miss his smile. He was a good friend to
everyone very caring, and I was left with dreams that
were not completed. This chapter will never be completed. I
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will never know what could have been. And the last
twenty three years was stolen from my family, from me
because of new memories that could have been created.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
All of you been robbed of these extraordinary things. Vickie,
I want to ask for a second, tell us about
your family, what you went through.
Speaker 9 (29:39):
My daughter was twenty five years old when her life
was stolen from her. She was on the way home
from work with her two children in her car, just
four and sixteen months and the criminal alien he hit
her head on, literally ran over her, killing her instantly.
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My granddaughter four year old, She was dead at the scene,
revived and are lifted into trauma center. My grandson was
sixteen months old and he would just had just minor injuries.
The illegal that killed her was driving on the wrong
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side of the road. He was drunk and high on
cocaine and he sustained two broken legs, and while he
was in rehab, his family come in and snap out
in the middle of the night. He's still a fugitive now,
twenty three years later.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
My gosh, your grandson's out in the audience forget to get.
Speaker 10 (30:44):
To He was amazing.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
That's so awesome, amazing, Mari Anne, tell us about your
family and what you went through.
Speaker 10 (30:56):
My son, Sergeant Brandna Mendoza the Mesa Arizona Police apartment,
was on his way home from work and a three
times illegal limit drunk illegal who was also high on
meth had been arguing with his wife and his brother,
going back and forth all day. They kept letting him
get into the car. He got on our freeway system
in Phoenix, drove over thirty five miles the wrong way
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on four different freeways before crashing head on into my son,
going one hundred and four miles an hour. The dreaded
knock at the door when your son is a law
enforcement officer, the police officer standing there. We went down
to the hospital and fifteen minutes after I arrived, Brandon
died from his injuries in surgery. Brandon was a huge
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force in our community. He cleaned up a homeless illegal
encampment in a park, got rid of the drug dealers,
allowed the neighborhood to reclaim a family park, and you
can go by there today and still see those families.
A ballfield in the middle of it named the Sergeant
Mendoza Ballfield, and his memory lives on with the people
that he loved, cared about serving.
Speaker 4 (32:01):
His country right to the last minute.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Yes, I want to go back around because we're educating
everybody who hasn't been through this, and there's more we
can do for families Angel families, for everyone represented here.
There are hundreds more that we haven't been able to
get in the show yet, but they're out there. Are
going to start with you. Maryanna came back around this way.
Tell us what we as Americans, what our government, what
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our Washington political representas can do to make sure Angel
families get all the support any What are the things
that we still fall short on.
Speaker 10 (32:32):
The first thing that I would say is our duly
elected representatives in Washington need to give these families a call.
They need to acknowledge the loss in their communities in
their state. We need to have our public, our friends,
people who cared about our loved ones, say their name,
come and talk to us. Don't make us feel like
we're something that you need to hide, because that is
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a huge part of getting over the pain. But the
main thing is having a leader, President Trump, who understands
that the law of the land is going to make
our country safe and secure and make American citizens appreciate
that type of environment is the biggest thing that these
politicians can do. And don't deny us the truth. Look
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us in the eye and acknowledge that our loved ones
have been killed by illegal aliens allowed into our country.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
We deserve the truth. You deserve the truth. VII.
Speaker 9 (33:26):
I would agree with everything that Marianna said, and plus
I would also add that we need to get rid
of these sanctuary cities, these sanctuary states. We need to
give border patrol and our borders are everything that they need,
the monies, the willpower, the manpower, everything that they need.
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We have been very fortunate that we have made a
lot of friends through our tragedies, and it has been
so helpful just to know that somebody they also shared
in our grief and can dry our tears and be
a shoulder to lean on.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
It is an amazing community.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
Just watching these last two days, how touching it is
how you all support each other, and how the commonality
of pain and also creating good from that pain keeps
you bonded together. It's an amazing thing. We honor you
in so many ways agnes. What are we missing from
the list?
Speaker 6 (34:25):
A lot of things. These politicians need to be held
accountable for not securing our border, and they need to
be charged because they're an accomplice to the many hundreds
and thousands of Americans that are victimized. I would like
to see everify enforced and implemented. I would like to
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see every public assistance eliminated to any illego alien, including
children that are born into our country. Maybe wait until
they're eighteen years old, and if you choose to be
an American citizen, you can become an American citizen, but
not at the expense of US taxpayers, and have stricter
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laws for God's sakes, because these illigo Alians are looking
at US as nothing but cash cows. And now they
get Medicare, Now they get all kinds of benefits. And
people are ignorant about this. They say, all illego Alians
can't get public assistance. Yes they do, maybe not directly
through welfare, but they get it through their church or
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to all of these organizations. They get public federal grants.
That needs to stop, and birth right citizenship also because
they don't belong here, and deport them all one by one,
deport them all.
Speaker 4 (35:48):
Supreme Court's going to answer one of those questions here
and on birth right said, if it's going to be
an important one, Chris, we started with you.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
We're going to finish this block with you. What else
do we need to do from all the things amazing
family went through.
Speaker 13 (36:01):
Well, you know there's a journey that started when my
daughter was killed that left me with a lot of
questions and not a lot of answers. Twoty seven G
program being restarted. It needs to be mandatory voluntary because
some of the excuses that have been is we don't
have anyone. This deputy is to do law enforcement border enforcements.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
Well, if every police.
Speaker 13 (36:24):
Department has at least one, can't tell me that there's
only one law enforcement agent in the entire county. So
if every county has every law enforcement agency has at
least one person that deputized to act as an ice
agent and enforce immigration, then they can't deny it.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
There was something that I learned in trying to understand.
Speaker 13 (36:47):
The laws with how my daughter was killed, and I
learned about fusion cells. I don't know if you've ever
heard of those, but they are actually ran by FEMA.
Of all things. FEMA is in charge of the funding.
Fusion cells are not allowed to tell other fusion cells
when they have a known target passing through their AO.
This needs to be shared. Information needs to be shared
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cross between each fusion cell. And more importantly, the intelligence
is collected from law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (37:16):
Goes up to the highest levels, but.
Speaker 13 (37:18):
It does not come back down. The FBI hears about information,
they are not obligated to pass it back down. If
law enforcement is sharing information both directions, all across the nation,
then you have a better chance of knowing when you
have a known target or an illegal alien in the
area and making sure that the statistics. Even though we
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don't want our families to be statistics, we don't have
it to say it. They need to know the crimes
that are committed, the amount of crimes are committed, the ages,
the locations, where are they from. And more importantly, this
ridiculous concept of privacy rights for illegals. Privacy rights are
supposed to be for US citizens. They have no privacy rights.
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Angel parents cannot find out very much information. The voice
program going to Vine to locate your people. If they're
not in their system, you can't get any information, and
it's considered.
Speaker 4 (38:14):
Privacy to ask for it. They don't have privacy.
Speaker 13 (38:18):
They came to the country, they violated our sovereignty, and
every crime they've committed since then takes one more layer
of their privacy away. We all should be given that
opportunity to be mandatory law enforcement tells us what is
going on with that person, where they're at in the system,
not we have to inquire about it. It should automatically
a case open and we get the information.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
We should bring all of you together with members of
Congress who have yet to shown the courage to get
these things done. Have them look at you and get
these things done. Your wisdom, I know, is forged through pain,
but you have a lot of wisdom. You're giving us
that ability to fix this not for one time or
one presidency, but for the rest of this country's history.
To each of you, thank you for coming here tonight,
for making all of this possible work a lot smarter
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because of your courage and your wisdom.
Speaker 4 (39:03):
And we are always going to honor your children.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
I promise you that we have some more families outside
with Amanda.
Speaker 4 (39:09):
So Amanda, we're gonna kick things out to you out
in the audience.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Thank you so much. John. Yeah, Look, these are about
the story, So I want to get into some of
the stories. I know that we have maybe just briefly
mentioned some of them in the part one of this special,
but for people who are just now tuning in, I
want I want everybody to hear their stories. Angie Mooreph
and your son Reuben, you're a precious boy. Tell us
about him.
Speaker 14 (39:31):
Oh, my god, he was just a baby and he
was walking home to my mom's house and two carloads
of gang bangers stopped and beat up on the kids,
and my son was actually grabbed by the shoulder and
shutting back of the head point blank. When I got
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to the hospital, the doctor told me that they were
going to turn off the machine because he was only
living off the machine, that they had just blown out
half of his brains, and that if he lived, he
would be a vegetable for the rest of his life.
The guy who killed my son, I didn't know anything
about him, but God's grace. They aired a Sun's story
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on America's Most Wanted. A few months later, they got
word that Mariscal was in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
Foreign Prosecution Union unit that stationed in San Diego, went
into Mexico, put a warrant for his arrest, and he
served twenty years in a Mexican state prison for my
son's death. It took a long time, and some people say, well,
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you got justice, but it's been thirty four years for me,
and I could cried for him like if it was yesterday,
and you just can't forget.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
Absolutely, and that justice doesn't bring him back.
Speaker 14 (40:52):
No, it doesn't. And it's hurt my whole family. It
destroys a whole family in a community. And what I'd
like to see is like I live in Monterey County, Salinas, California,
and they see it's not a sanctuary city, but it is.
They protect him, and they've even decided to supervisors decided
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to protect the illegals and did the council is no better?
Speaker 3 (41:20):
Oh man, I'm so sorry about that, Maria. Your son,
Javier Vega Junior. We honored him last night and in
the first part of this show, what do you want
the world to remember about your son?
Speaker 15 (41:34):
Well, the way I'm going to answer that question is
it's been a over a decade. We're almost going on
eleven years, and to this date, just like today, he
was honored, his friends, his classmates, his co workers, our families,
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both minds and my husband. They say his name all
the time, and it just, you know, it's hard doing
each day without him. And the fact that as a grandmother,
I know that his grandsons, I mean his sons, my grandsons,
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have to do life without him. It's just heartbreaking. And
this is one of the reasons why we all speak up.
We don't want anyone else to suffer a loss like this.
So but it's just, you know, just the fact that
there was a street named after him, there was a
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checkpoint renamed after him. This is from his coworkers. This
was friends of ours, some of his classmates. They had
a brick placed at the Veterans Monument where we live,
and they're always trying to do things in memory of him.
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So it just gives us some comfort. But like I said,
this is hard doing life without our children.
Speaker 3 (43:18):
Yes, parents should never have to bury their children. It's
just not the way that the order of life should go. Yeah,
Bonnie Driscoll, your daughter Lacey Marie Ferguson, tell her about her.
Speaker 16 (43:32):
Oh, she was, I would say, loving, funny, She had
the loudest laugh.
Speaker 17 (43:39):
She really enjoyed life.
Speaker 16 (43:41):
She went to a convenience store on August twenty fourth
of two thousand and three, came out of the store
and was met by gunfire. There was two people in
a car who decided just to shoot people, and they
shot her and two others. She didn't survivor her injuries.
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She was deemed brain dead and had to be taken
off of a machine.
Speaker 10 (44:11):
The killer.
Speaker 16 (44:12):
It took a long, hard battle to get him actually
chased down, arrested, convicted. It took until August, well, it
was about by August twenty eighteen. He entered prison in
California after he was convicted of sixty one to life
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plus life plus life. I am now dealing with the
proposal that they want to give him an early release
for the elderly parole program because it took so long
to catch him. He's fifty two now and they're looking
at a possible parole in twenty thirty four, which pretty
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much adds up that he's doing seven years for three
life sentences plus sixty one if he's successful. I just
don't understand how that can be, you know, as a parent,
and this picture I have of her It's one of
my favorites.
Speaker 10 (45:16):
This is all I have to hold.
Speaker 16 (45:19):
My daughter was a twenty five year old single mother.
She passed away on her only child's third birthday. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (45:30):
I'm so sorry, Chris. I feel like every time I
hear one of these stories, it's hard to move on
because you just want to you just want to keep
asking questions. Chris story your brother tell us about him?
Speaker 17 (45:45):
Thank you, My brother Joe. He was an amazing man.
He loved his family, he loved his country, and he
was just everyone loved her, loved him. He loved fishing,
riding motorcycles, and I loved riding on the back with them,
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and he was just an amazing person. He was a
small business owner. He owned a small construction company, and
I heard him say many times I will never hire
an illegal alien over an American citizen, and he never did.
So we were against the illegal immigration before he ever
got killed. And so they need to hold these companies
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accountable that hire them, you know, they need to be
rougher on them, be harder on them. And we were
on vacation at the outer Banks of North Carolina. An
illegal alien who had gotten a ticket too much prior
for running a red light. Ran a red light, he
was drunk. Joe died instantly. I was there lifted to
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Norfolk with critical injuries. The illegal alien ended up fleeing
from the hospital. They caught him two weeks later in
Raleigh put him in jail. He asked for a boond reduction.
First judge said, no way, you're illegal. You've already fled.
So they bring in a liberal judge who's married to
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an immigration attorney, and that judge reduces his bomb from
one hundred thousand to fifty thousand dollars, and he, of
course flees again. When I asked, you know, when they
reduced it, I said, who's going to be watching him?
They said nobody, We don't have the manpower. I begged
for an ankle monitor. They wouldn't put one on him.
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And so anyway, you know, I just my thing is,
I want to get our story out there. I had
so much skill, help for living, and my family told
me you're left here for a reason, and this is
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my reason. I want to get my brother's story out there.
I want families to know thousands of Americans are killed
every year by these illiguelians and they don't care they
have no remorse. I've had people say, how do you
know he don't have remorse. I said, he's fled twice.
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And then in twenty nineteen, Ice put him on their
top ten most wanted list, along with five other ones,
and in twenty twenty one, by an excuse, six of
the ten, stating that the crimes they committed did not
warrant them being on the wanted list, like my brother's
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life meant nothing, or the you know, any of our family,
family members who were killed. I mean, there's a big difference.
We lost our mom in two thousand and nine. I
was holding her hands. She passed away quietly, she peacefully,
and that was hard. That was hard. But when someone
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kills your loved one, your child, your brother, your cousin, anyone,
your heart shatters. My heart broke when my mom died,
it shattered when my brother got killed. And we do
not want this happening to any more families. I mean,
this has been going on forever, I mean as long
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as we've been a country, almost you know, it's just
it's got to end at some point. Too many families
have been devastated by this and we don't need anymore.
Speaker 3 (49:38):
So and John emphasized this before the fact that you
all have so much courage to speak out about this,
it shows how much you care about this country, your
loved ones, yes, but also this country because you don't
want to see that for other people. And I think
that is incredibly, incredibly admirable. I'm not sure Mark, your
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mom was killed when you were sixteen months old. You're
wearing a hat of hers. It's one of the few
things that you have left from her. Tell us about
your mom.
Speaker 12 (50:13):
Well, I don't have any memories of her because I
was so young when she was taken from us. But
from what I've been told, she was incredibly sweet, a
great listener, just a friend to everyone. And that's just
that's what I want people to know her by, is
all the great she did for the world. And it's just,
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you know, hard knowing that I'll never see her ever, Yes,
I will.
Speaker 3 (50:47):
More.
Speaker 6 (50:47):
Thanks.
Speaker 17 (50:49):
It's amazing how many people I talk to that will
listen to my story, and people that don't want to
listen to it. I tell it anyway, and they always say, wow,
I never knew there were that many Americans killed by
illegal aliens. I mean, I hear that all the time,
and that's because the mainstream media won't report it. I
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mean they need and thank you.
Speaker 3 (51:15):
Yes, absolutely welcome.
Speaker 14 (51:18):
I would really like to see Tom Holman go and
get all these city council people and county supervisors for
aiding and abating Evenian immigration.
Speaker 3 (51:29):
I agree, and let me tell you, I would not
want to be on the other side of an argument
with Tom Holman.
Speaker 15 (51:35):
That is for sure.
Speaker 14 (51:36):
John.
Speaker 3 (51:37):
I'm going to send it back over to you in
the studio.
Speaker 4 (51:40):
Thanks, Amanda.
Speaker 2 (51:41):
That was amazing, What a great discussion. I'm here with
Nicole Kippeloff. We're going to wrap things up today, Nicole.
So many amazing things happened over these last two days.
We had other awards, we heard some really specific things
from Tom Homan about what comes next. We heard from
these amazing families, we learned from their tragedy what still
needs to be done. And then we're sitting here in
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the last block and Vicky the shermock tells that she
meets Tom Homan here and her long unsolved case for
her family. He's agreed to take that case. So some
good game and investigations are you going to come? Just
because we bought all these amazing people together. It isn't
possible about you in the American Border store. I want
to thank you for it.
Speaker 11 (52:20):
Thank you as well. It's so incredible to hear that
because she and her family they deserve justice finally, and
it's really amazing. One important moment that stood out to me,
one point that stood out for me from the past
couple of days here is how restoring trust in this
country's leadership can be so incredibly life changing and has
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been life changing for these families. Going from the filled
Biden administration where these families were forgotten Biden didn't even
contact them underrug to a successful Trump administration that is prioritizing,
finally the victims over the criminals. It's such a difference.
And it's been three months, not even and this administration
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is already delivering so much justice. So we're so blessed
to have President Trump and his entire team, the well
oiled machine, from Cash Betel to Tom Holme and christinoum Lee,
Zelden Brooke Rawlins, everyone, Pam Bondy, they all are all
needed and we are so grateful for all of them
for doing this incredible work.
Speaker 4 (53:28):
We're we're all so grateful. A lot of people are
going to want to know what do you think we'll
see those for scholarships. I can't wait to see.
Speaker 11 (53:35):
We're planning to announce the recipients in the fall, so
that'll be some very exciting news to come soon in
a few months. So we're very excited for that.
Speaker 4 (53:44):
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
I can't wait to meet the first generation of those
scholarship recipients.
Speaker 4 (53:48):
And that's great honor. You never rest.
Speaker 2 (53:52):
There'll be more stories out on the American Border Story
really quickly. We've got a special event coming up this summer.
Speaker 11 (53:58):
Tell us about thinking of doing a town hall with
Border Patrol wives. This will take place at a border town,
so it'll be at the scene there. This is a
unique perspective because you don't really hear what these wives
of Border Patrol agents have gone through. They've received threats,
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they've been attacked in various ways, and we want to
tell their stories next. So I think that'll be very
interesting for the American people to hear their voices as well.
Speaker 4 (54:27):
Right, all right, final.
Speaker 11 (54:30):
Thoughts from night when our team at the American Border
Story was discussing our mission statement, John, and you know
why we produce all of this content in the first place,
our brilliant communications director. She said something that can be
very difficult I think to internalize, but very important to remember,
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and she said, where there was darkness, there's hope. And
the reason, John, why we do what we do is
because we I want to make sure that the light
at the end of the tunnel never dims. We want
to make sure that the stories we tell have longevity
and that we never forget the atrocities that occurred as
a result of the failure to secure our border. And
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these stories that we tell, they inspire change, they save lives,
and that's why we will always continue to fight. So
thank you so much, John, Thank you to just the News,
thank you to Real America's Voice. Thank you to the
Angel Families, Border Patrol, federal law enforcement, local law enforcement.
You guys are all heroes.
Speaker 2 (55:32):
I'm a lot more hopeful just meeting these incredible folks
and that man's a mission has been partly accomplished.
Speaker 4 (55:37):
Tonight, that's great.
Speaker 2 (55:38):
All right, folks, We're going to send you off into
the weekend with one more story, as only the American
Border story can tell it. Everyone, good night, God bless
you have a great weekend, and thank you for spending some.
Speaker 4 (55:49):
Time with me.
Speaker 14 (55:50):
I would pray for justice, but I would also pray
that I would never have to see the face of
the person who changed my life forever. They hear my
mom's screaming.
Speaker 8 (55:58):
They shop anio.
Speaker 14 (56:01):
He had been executed.
Speaker 6 (56:03):
He was just a little boy.
Speaker 4 (56:05):
Two hours before he killed women.
Speaker 6 (56:07):
They had stopped him, and to let him go.
Speaker 14 (56:11):
Without President Trump with a Reuben ever had a voice.
Losing him gave me string to fight back.
Speaker 15 (56:21):
I don't want him to die in vain.
Speaker 14 (56:25):
If he had to die, there has to be a reason,
and if it's to save this country, he can kill me.
Speaker 8 (56:30):
It
The first annual American Border Heroes Awards starts right now.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Good evening, America, Happy Friday, and welcome tonight too of
a very special event, the inaugural American Border Heroes Awards,
hosted here by Essin News in Real America's voice and
made possible by our incredible partner for the night, the
American Border Story. Last night, we honored the law men
and women on the front lines of keeping America safe
during the Biden era border crisis, and those who have
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closed the border down in record time under President Donald Trump.
We honored folks like borders are Tom Homan, border patrol
agents like Art del Cuato, and local sheriffs like Kierandon Donahum. Tonight,
We're going to pivot and honor the families who paid
the ultimate sacrifice during the crisis. We want you to
hear their stories firsthand. We want you to remember their names,
and we want to make sure America never forgets the
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horrors they endured and the resilience and resolved they showed
to turn tragedy into progress right here in this country.
We also will make sure tonight that America never forgets
this failed era of security and is never tempted to
have it repeat it. To make that possible, The American
Border Story is unveiling three extraordinary scholarships to honor three
remarkable women who left this earth far too early. We'll
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get to that in just a bit, but first let
me turn to my amazing co host, Amanda has Always
Heard This Time the show. Amanda, it was an amazing
night last night. There were moments where I just wanted
to well up with tears. You were sitting out there
with all the Angel families. They're back here again tonight.
Thoughts about what you heard you saw the witness last night.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yeah, you know, it's always important, and you and I
talk about this a lot on our TV show. We
talk about the facts and the figures and the data
that pertains to this crisis, but the human side is
just as much, if not more important. Hearing the stories,
hearing the impact that losing this loved one had on
their family, had on their community. You know, many of
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these were border patrol agents, people who were part of
law enforcement, so that of course devastated the community. And
I think it's so important because oftentimes we get stuck
in the push and the pull and the yin and
the Yang and the red and the blue between what
is happening at our border and at the center is
the people who are getting torn apart, the families that
are getting torn apart because they lost a loved one.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
It's heartbreaking, and it's heartbreaking.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Those same family showed resilience that I could not even imagine.
I don't think i'd have the courage to do what
they did during this time. When I was a younger reporter.
On nine to eleven, I was on the Memorial Bridge
the moment the plane hit the Pentagon, I saw the
fire will go up. One of my friends, good friends,
was on that plane, and we said after that, we
will never forget that. We will always remember and honor
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the sacrifices of the victims. And I say to everyone
in the audience tonight, we need to make the same
commitment to the victims, to the heroes of the border crisis.
We may never allow their names to be forgotten, their
stories to be untold, the horrors to be repeated in
this country. And I think tonight that's what we are
going to be talking about all night long. It is
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an extraordinary opportunity and I just feel so lucky. I
want to thank the American Border Story for making this
extraordinary two day event. I think real America's voice for
making the time for it, and we're going to have
some real conversations here. We're going to start tonight with
a really important moment, and that is to talk to
people who lived the horror, who went through unspeakable tragedy,
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had every right to close up and go away and
hide in their homes, but instead got out front and
told us all we can do better than this, and
they willed America to what has happened in the last
few months. And I think that there is no more
extraordinary group of people than every day Americans who rise
to the call and face the tragedy and make amazing
things happen. And we're joined all throughout the night for
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those sort of American heroes, that's what they are. We
are going to in a little bit unveil the first
ever Lake and Riley Johnson and Rachel Moore and scholarships
that's going to come in a little bit. But the
American Border Story wants to make certain that future generations
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of Americans know them too, and never forget their loss
or the folly of the last four years. We're going
to veil those scholarships as part of the American Border
Story Scholarship Fund in a little bit. I can't wait
for that. I'm really excited. But first we're going to
have a panel discussion. I'm really excited about it. Joining
me here on set is the mom of Jocelyn Hungreen.
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I've watched you so long, over the last couple of years,
go through this horror, Alexis. You showed incredible court. You
had one of the youngest victims of this tragedy, and
I can't wait to hear your story time. We're going
to talk about it and have a great conversation. Also
on set the sister of Lake and Riley, also a
University of Georgia student, Lauren Phillips. Lauren, good to have
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you here. I know your parents are back too. They're
very proud, and I'm so honored to have you here.
In Joining us remotely just a little ways away, is
the mother of Sarah Rout, Michelle Rout. Michelle, welcome, good
to have you here.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thank you for having me, Michelle.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
This is a very special night for your family. I
am so honored that you would spend some of it
with us tonight. Was Sarah's birthday?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
Correct, May first is Sarah's birthday. She would have been
thirty one today.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
It's unbelievable. Remind us tell us of her story. It
was a little longer ago, but it's just as.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Powerful it was.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
She was killed the night of her college graduation. It
was January thirtieth when she graduated twenty sixteen from college.
She was out celebrating on her way home. She was
stopped at a stoplight at thirty thirty in l Over
in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was rear ended by as
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Well and Mihia, going seventy plus miles an hour with
a blood alcohol of point two four to one, and
he caused her instant brain death, right.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
In the prime of her life, so much future and
brightness ahead of her.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
How long did it take to get justice?
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Well, we're still fighting for it, but he was captured
just on February twenty seventh of this year. Thank you,
President Trump and your administration and everybody that's worked so
hard to get these criminals back here into the United
States to serve justice. I want justice for every one
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of us, and we are just so grateful and thankful
that the administration still continued to fight to bring him back.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Michelle, I know that capturing the killer was a huge
part of the every process for you, not that you
will ever fully recover, But what else do you want
to see that President Trump and Congress can do, Laws
that they can pass, executive orders President Trump can sign
that will make you feel like like things are really
really moving in a better direction. As far as the border.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
Honestly, I already feel like that's being done. I can't
think of anything other than what they have already put
in place. You know, we keep saying we need new laws. No,
we just need to follow the laws that are already
out there.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yeah, that's so true, Lauren. I want to turn to
you for a second. We know your sister's story, but
you knew your sister like no one else. Tell us
what was like in light.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
I could talk about her for forever.
Speaker 7 (07:50):
But obviously, being her younger sister, I got to witness
the person that she was firsthand, which I'm extremely grateful for.
But she was just the person that everyone wanted to
meet and be around, and she was so inspirational and
just the biggest thing that comes to mind when I
think about Lacan is her faith. And how Jesus just
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radiated out of her and it's inspiring and I'm just
so grateful and losing her as left a big hole.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And you walk the same campus she walked. Do you
see your friends and how do they remember I do?
Speaker 7 (08:32):
I mean she was the same with every person that
she met, so like obviously I got to spend a
lot of time with her. But her roommates would say
the exact same thing. Her best friends would say the
exact same thing, that she's just a light and she
continues to be a light. It hasn't ended, but it's
just a hole that will ever be filled.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Alexis, you had I think the youngest loss of anyone
I can remember in this horrible story. Your daughter was
amazing and just in that incredible age where young girls
become women.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Tell us a little bit about her.
Speaker 8 (09:10):
She was very creative, She thrived with music. She was
the kindest friend anyone could ask for. I've had the
pleasure of getting to know her friends on a deeper
level after this tragedy, and her spirit radiated through them.
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They were reminded that there are kind souls still out there,
and she was very an old soul. I felt even
though she was only twelve, it seemed like she was
born in the nineties almost. She loved music that was
beyond my time. She liked the fifties style, sixties style.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
She loved to.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Dress like she was from the nineties. She was very,
very talented. She aspired to be a famous actress. She said, Mom,
everyone's going to know who I am one day, and
I'm here too. Just shedding light.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
For sure, Alexis when you see what a political football
this unfortunately became. It's a life and death situation. It
should never be something that is caught between politics. But
do you feel like I suppose that people have woken up,
people who maybe without knowing you, without knowing your story, Lauren,
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you as well, maybe they woke up a little.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
For sure, Most definitely, I would say even me and
my family have woken up. I was never really big
into the politics. My family never really spoke much on
politics until it kind of hit our front door, literally
and it kind of shed light and awareness to really
understand what we're having as a country. And there's so
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much that has been wrong and has been overlooked and
just turned it the other way. And I never asked
to be in the spotlight. I never asked to do this,
and I never asked for my daughter to lose her life,
but she did and that is what happened. And I
am now going to keep sharing her story to help
make change. It's not about right or wrong. It's not
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about left or right. It is about what's right.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I can't imagine if I lost my son, what I
would feel like, what I would do watching you, each
of you get up from this tragedy and then say,
rather than fold up, I'm going to try to help
this country get to the common sense place it needs.
Say we're in a moment of insanity. Where'd you find
that strength? When did you know you needed to do that?
Speaker 8 (11:48):
By just being strong? The Houston's crime stoppers were very
helpful with me and navigating the very beginning stages of
all of it, and she just kept reminding me. April
was just saying, honestly, it's going to pay off. I
promise you if you get through it now. It won't
get easier and it won't bring her back, but at
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least it'll shed light on her story and that as
well as walking in a very strong faith with Jesus.
He is my strength that has gotten me through every
single day, and why I know that I will see
her again. He has a plan for me, He has
bigger purpose for me, and it was just her time.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
You answered his call here. That's an amazing thing. It
is amazing. Michelle. You've been almost a decade on this journey,
or about a decade, I guess. Tell us a.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Little bit about what that journey looks like two and
three years into it, because the pain never goes away,
the cry for justice still sits there and echoes every day.
What's the journey been like over this last decade for you?
Speaker 5 (12:56):
It has been difficult, but as they're saying, faith keeps
you going. It is my form of therapy to keep
speaking her story and meeting Unfortunately, the other Angel families
has really been a support group that has helped me
through a lot of things.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
They're all sitting there, twenty one family sitting in our
studio today, and every one of them creates a sense
of community and family and patriotism. We are so lucky
to be in all of your presence today, on this night,
on Sarah Root's birthday. All of us have an obligation
to make sure that what happened to these extraordinary women.
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Doesn't ever happen again in this country. We can't forget.
We must hold resolve and keep that border secure for
future generations. To each of you tonight, thank you so
much for being with us. We are going to honor
your loved ones as long.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
As I can hold a pendent a pencil on a mic,
and I know any of you of the same living ye.
All right, folks, We're.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Going to take a quick commercial break when we come
back a very diding announcement. Those scholarships we were telling
you about, We're going to get to those right After
a quick few messages, we go back.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Look from Washington, d C. Welcome back to the first
annual American Border Heroes Awards. Right here on Real America's Voice.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Welcome back, America to the second night of the American
Border Heroes Awards. Last night we honor Tom Holman, Sheriff
Caronan Donahue in Art del Cuato, and Maria Herrero Vega,
the mother of slain Border Patrol agent Javier Vega Junior.
She accepted the award on behalf of all the Border
patrol agents and their families everywhere in this great country.
Now we want to turn to preserving the legacy of
Lake and Riley, Jocelyn Hungary and Rachel mord.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
We know their stories. We cried along with their families.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
We promised never again, but tonight we want to embrace
and remember them. Here's a reminder of Lake and Raleigh
story done beautifully by the Erican Border Story tick.
Speaker 9 (14:59):
Look.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I don't know why Lincoln got picked to be all
over the news, but this is happening all over our.
Speaker 10 (15:07):
Nation all the time.
Speaker 7 (15:10):
Her life was so much more. That's not her and
what happened to her is not her. Who did it
is not her? She's her and she's so much more
than that, and that hasn't been portrayed often.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
That's what the American Border Story does every day. But
we started back together so we never forget those lost
to this incredible scourge. Lacn's mom and dad are in
the audience. You just got to meet her sister. That
was remarkable. We've got some amazing things we're about to do.
We will make sure young students in the future will
also know Lacn's story and that of Jocelyn and Rachel,
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and as part of it, we will also make certain
that they are set up and of course, for the
success that Lake and Joscelyn and Rachel were deprived of.
We can do that because of the generosity of the
American Border Story.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Joining me to.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Unveil these new scholarships is no Cole Kippeloff, the founder
of the American Border Story.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Nicole another amazing night. This is an incredible thing.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Those little short videos you tell people just bring everything
to life. Tonight's a very big move forward for you, your group,
and for the country.
Speaker 11 (16:26):
I think absolutely. Look, it's the least we can do
for these families. We're just trying to do our part.
And I think it's particularly beautiful what you said about
how with this scholarship fund that I'm about to announce,
we're actually continuing the success of the victims of the
border crisis. They if they if their lives weren't taken
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from them that soon, they would have probably followed in
this path.
Speaker 12 (16:51):
And so this is this is.
Speaker 11 (16:52):
One way of us remembering their legacy and continuing their
success in our hearts. So the American Border Story is
honored to officially announce the creation of the American Border
Story Scholarship Fund. And it's named, like John said, after
three of the victims of the border crisis, Lake and Riley,
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Jocelyn Nungara, and Rachel Morin. It's to honor their memory
and preserve their legacy and the American Border Stories. Lake
and Riley Scholarship will be awarded to one recipient who
is studying nursing. We know that nursing was a passion
of Lake and Riley, and that's what she was studying.
The American Border Stories Jocelyn N. Garei Scholarship will be
awarded to one student who is studying to become a
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wildlife conservationist or biologist. We know that Jocelyn was very
passionate about animals and preserving the environment and the American
Border Stories. Rachel Morin's Scholarship will be awarded to one
recipient who is studying to become a law enforcement officer.
We honored our law enforcement last night, and we know
the critical role that they play here. So as we
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honor the memory of these three absolutely inspirational women who
were tragically taken from us, we strive to preserve their
stories and legacies for generations to come. If you would
like to make a donation to our scholarship fund, please
visit www dot Theamerican Borderstory dot com and click on donate.
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Now we're going out to the audience and my colleague
Amanda Head for some reactions from the Angel families.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Yeah, thank you so much, Nicole, and thank you everybody
in this room for being here. We are joined by
Alison Phillips, Lakenriley's mom and dad. Over there, John, we
honor both of you, and then Agnes Gibney, who I've
known since the Border days when I was down there
traveling with Real America's Voice. Tell us about your son.
Speaker 6 (18:47):
My only son, my firstborn, was murdered by a previously
deported criminal, illego alien. He was shot in the arm
and the bullet traveled across his chest, severing the main
r dey, and he died in sojoy.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Tell us about his life.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Ronald was a very special kid. He was very neat,
very caring. If he had one candy, he would cut
it to give me half. He loved animals. He would
pick up lizards and bring it in the house because
he wanted to save them. Birds and crows that would
fall off a tree. A prankster, but he gave the
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best hugs and most of all, what I missed most
is him telling me I love you, mommy.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Where do you think he would be today?
Speaker 6 (19:36):
That's a good question, something I'll never know because it's
been twenty three years that he was killed. He would
have been fifty two years old this past January.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Goodness, as you have watched the evolution of the border crisis,
President Trump trying to do as much as he could
in his first term, and then Joe Biden coming into
office and just turning into complete upheaval. Revert seeing all
of the accomplishments and all of the security the President
Trump instilled, and then President Trump coming along this time around,
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it seems like President Trump is acting more aggressively to
get this done in a very quick manner. What do
you think on that?
Speaker 6 (20:18):
I love it. President Trump is the only one that
gave us a voice about all the victims of illigo
Ilian crime. There was hundreds of us, and he's an
alpha male. He gets the job done. He doesn't get intimidated.
And President Trump, if you're watching, I love you, love you,
love you. In the last administration, I wanted to leave
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the United States, and because of Trump, I'm again a
proud American citizen.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Did the Biden administration ever reach out to you, or
I mean, I suppose this happened way before that Obama anybody.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
Nobody, nobody cared. Some politicians would want a photo off,
but they did nothing and didn't care. President Trump is
the only one that cared about our children or family
members who have been victimized by illegal alians.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
You know, when people go up to Capitol Hill and
they serve an office, we often think of them as
policymakers and that they've been doing that their whole lives,
and sometimes we forget that they have you know, they're
just normal people, and they are normal people with really
good ideas sometimes. So I know that with the loss
of your son, you've probably had a lot of time
to think about ideas, ways that, you know, maybe outside
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the box ideas which President Trump is very good at
it when it comes to fixing the border. Is there
anything else that you would like to tell President Trump? Hey,
why don't we try this?
Speaker 6 (21:39):
One thing I would like to try is in all
sanctuary states sanctuary cities number two, have law enforcement have
the power to do the job that they were hired
to do and keep statistics on every crime committed by
illego alien robbery burglary, assaults, rape, murder, and they come from,
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so we can have a better idea which country we
need to really protect the United States and the citizens
of this country from.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
I know you saw those posters that were set up
at the White House of the people who have been
arrested and most of them deported. Do you think that's
a good way to get the message across to let's say,
media that don't really want to cover it.
Speaker 6 (22:22):
Well, it is for us, for the public who really
cares about this issue. For the fake media they don't care.
They probably find it offensive. I don't. I think all
their pictures should be plastered all over town so everybody
would know who these criminals are.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
Well.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
President Trump and his administration, the Press Secretary, I think
are doing their best to get that message out there,
even if the media doesn't want to listen. Agnes given
me Allison Phillips, your husband John, thank you so much
for being here. John and Nicole back to you.
Speaker 11 (22:57):
Thank you so much, Amanda, and thank you Agnes for
sharing your story. I know our team at the American
Border Story was absolutely honored to travel to Agnes's home
in California and interview her about her experience and about
her son, and so stay tuned for that documentary coming
out soon At the American Border Story, but coming up shortly,
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you will hear from more angel families with heartbreaking stories
of losing their loved ones to illegal immigration. Chris Odette's daughter,
Krisha Odette was killed by an illegal alien driving without
a license. Chrisha's murderer was finally apprehended last month because
of President Trump's immigration policies to make this country safer.
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Agnes Gibbey's son Ronald da Silva, who you just heard,
was shot and killed by deported criminal illegal alien while
pushing his best friend out of the way and taking
the bullet. Bonnie Driscoll's daughter Lacy Marie Ferguson was murdered
by an illegal alien in California, and now the State
of California is considering letting Lacey's murderer free. Angie Morphin's
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thirteen year old Reuben Morphin was killed by a group
of illegal alien gang members. Vicky Schmhermach's daughter, Danielle Shermock
was killed by an illegal alien drunk driver. Danielle left
behind two small children and her killer is still on
the loose. Maryanne Mendoza lost her thirty two year old
son in an accident caused by an illegal immigrant. Chris
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Story's brother Joe's Story, was killed in an accident by
an illegal immigrant who Biden took off the top ten
most wanted list. Can you imagine that Michelle Root's daughter
Sarah Rout, who you heard from, was also killed by
an illegal immigrant drunk driver and the killer was finally
caught after President Trump and his administration took office and
delivered justice to the Root family. Jody Jones's brother, Rocky Jones,
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was killed by an illegal alien who was arrested just
twenty four hours before Rocky's murder, but was released due
to California's sanctuary city laws. Again. Babcock, the founder of
Lost Voices of Fentanyl, lost her son Austin the Fennyl
in twenty nineteen. Jackie Long and Anita Puckett also lost
their boys under the Biden administration when drug cartels flooded
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our country with poisonous fentanyl. These grieving angel families have
come together today to share their stories and how they
are turning grief into purpose.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
What a great group of people, heroes, every one of
them and you're going to get to meet each of
them before this night. Is that all right, Nicole. We're
going to get to that shortly, but first we're going
to take a quick crumbler break.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Welcome back to the first annual American Border Heroes Awards
right here on Real America's voice.
Speaker 6 (25:49):
United States is the most powerful country in the world,
the country of opportunity. He had two children. They were
eight and ten at the time of his murder. Biden
didn't care about securing our borders. Biden didn't care about
keeping criminals out of our country. But he was a
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known gang member with long history of rests. Which separates
me and my son is six feet of dirt in
a coffin. I don't want my son to have died
in vain.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
We're here tonight to make sure that that doesn't happen.
No one in this family of people here are going
to have lost someone in Vain. We're going to make
sure their memories and their stories are forever told. Welcome
back to America. Continuing our conversation with our amazing angel families.
They turned grief into progress and exhorted a nation to
end the madness of the Biden years. They're going to
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tell us how and why we've got I think a
total of nine families we're going to do in the
next segment.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
Here joining me on set.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
First, we have more ot with Amanda is Chris Odette, Chris,
welcome to have you. Good to have you here, Agnes Gibney,
Marianne Mendoza and Vicky Lee Suremark, good to have you
here today. God bless you all and thank you so much,
and thank you for the grace you've shown all through
this difficult time.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
I want to go right down the table.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
I want each of you to tell us about your
son and daughter, what we should know about them. We'll
start with you, Chris Well.
Speaker 13 (27:17):
My daughter, Krisha was thirteen at the time that I
lost her. She was an exceptionally intelligent young lady. She
could play the violin, she was teaching herself the guitar.
She played the piano. She spoke Spanish because her mother
was Puerto Rican, she spoke English. She had just started
high school at the age of thirteen. She would have
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graduated high school at seventeen.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
She had a huge heart.
Speaker 13 (27:44):
She was often late to class because she liked to
hole the door open for everybody instead of just going on,
and she told me she couldn't help it. She couldn't
just let anybody just walk through.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
She was such a bright.
Speaker 13 (27:58):
Light in people's lives that when we moved to the
new high school, only being there a few months when
she was killed, the students stop sitting at her spot
in the cafeteria. They said, that was Christia's spot.
Speaker 9 (28:12):
Wow.
Speaker 13 (28:14):
She had just an amazing impact on people. A huge heart,
very loving, a.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Huge hold in your life once it's gone, I know,
beyond word imagine, can imagine.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Agnes, you carry that picture of your son around. I
know that tell us about him.
Speaker 6 (28:29):
This is my firstborn and only son, Ronald the Silver,
that was killed by a previously deported criminal, illego alien,
and I want to share this picture with the audience.
No parents should ever have to go to a cemetery
to celebrate their child's birthday. And this was this past January.
Ronald would have been fifty two years old. My son
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was very special. He was very caring, very kind, very loving.
I had the most beautiful smile. And that's one thing
that everybody said that is memorial service, that they're going
to miss his smile. He was a good friend to
everyone very caring, and I was left with dreams that
were not completed. This chapter will never be completed. I
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will never know what could have been. And the last
twenty three years was stolen from my family, from me
because of new memories that could have been created.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
All of you been robbed of these extraordinary things. Vickie,
I want to ask for a second, tell us about
your family, what you went through.
Speaker 9 (29:39):
My daughter was twenty five years old when her life
was stolen from her. She was on the way home
from work with her two children in her car, just
four and sixteen months and the criminal alien he hit
her head on, literally ran over her, killing her instantly.
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My granddaughter four year old, She was dead at the scene,
revived and are lifted into trauma center. My grandson was
sixteen months old and he would just had just minor injuries.
The illegal that killed her was driving on the wrong
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side of the road. He was drunk and high on
cocaine and he sustained two broken legs, and while he
was in rehab, his family come in and snap out
in the middle of the night. He's still a fugitive now,
twenty three years later.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
My gosh, your grandson's out in the audience forget to get.
Speaker 10 (30:44):
To He was amazing.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
That's so awesome, amazing, Mari Anne, tell us about your
family and what you went through.
Speaker 10 (30:56):
My son, Sergeant Brandna Mendoza the Mesa Arizona Police apartment,
was on his way home from work and a three
times illegal limit drunk illegal who was also high on
meth had been arguing with his wife and his brother,
going back and forth all day. They kept letting him
get into the car. He got on our freeway system
in Phoenix, drove over thirty five miles the wrong way
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on four different freeways before crashing head on into my son,
going one hundred and four miles an hour. The dreaded
knock at the door when your son is a law
enforcement officer, the police officer standing there. We went down
to the hospital and fifteen minutes after I arrived, Brandon
died from his injuries in surgery. Brandon was a huge
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force in our community. He cleaned up a homeless illegal
encampment in a park, got rid of the drug dealers,
allowed the neighborhood to reclaim a family park, and you
can go by there today and still see those families.
A ballfield in the middle of it named the Sergeant
Mendoza Ballfield, and his memory lives on with the people
that he loved, cared about serving.
Speaker 4 (32:01):
His country right to the last minute.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Yes, I want to go back around because we're educating
everybody who hasn't been through this, and there's more we
can do for families Angel families, for everyone represented here.
There are hundreds more that we haven't been able to
get in the show yet, but they're out there. Are
going to start with you. Maryanna came back around this way.
Tell us what we as Americans, what our government, what
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our Washington political representas can do to make sure Angel
families get all the support any What are the things
that we still fall short on.
Speaker 10 (32:32):
The first thing that I would say is our duly
elected representatives in Washington need to give these families a call.
They need to acknowledge the loss in their communities in
their state. We need to have our public, our friends,
people who cared about our loved ones, say their name,
come and talk to us. Don't make us feel like
we're something that you need to hide, because that is
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a huge part of getting over the pain. But the
main thing is having a leader, President Trump, who understands
that the law of the land is going to make
our country safe and secure and make American citizens appreciate
that type of environment is the biggest thing that these
politicians can do. And don't deny us the truth. Look
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us in the eye and acknowledge that our loved ones
have been killed by illegal aliens allowed into our country.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
We deserve the truth. You deserve the truth. VII.
Speaker 9 (33:26):
I would agree with everything that Marianna said, and plus
I would also add that we need to get rid
of these sanctuary cities, these sanctuary states. We need to
give border patrol and our borders are everything that they need,
the monies, the willpower, the manpower, everything that they need.
(33:51):
We have been very fortunate that we have made a
lot of friends through our tragedies, and it has been
so helpful just to know that somebody they also shared
in our grief and can dry our tears and be
a shoulder to lean on.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
It is an amazing community.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
Just watching these last two days, how touching it is
how you all support each other, and how the commonality
of pain and also creating good from that pain keeps
you bonded together. It's an amazing thing. We honor you
in so many ways agnes. What are we missing from
the list?
Speaker 6 (34:25):
A lot of things. These politicians need to be held
accountable for not securing our border, and they need to
be charged because they're an accomplice to the many hundreds
and thousands of Americans that are victimized. I would like
to see everify enforced and implemented. I would like to
(34:47):
see every public assistance eliminated to any illego alien, including
children that are born into our country. Maybe wait until
they're eighteen years old, and if you choose to be
an American citizen, you can become an American citizen, but
not at the expense of US taxpayers, and have stricter
(35:09):
laws for God's sakes, because these illigo Alians are looking
at US as nothing but cash cows. And now they
get Medicare, Now they get all kinds of benefits. And
people are ignorant about this. They say, all illego Alians
can't get public assistance. Yes they do, maybe not directly
through welfare, but they get it through their church or
(35:31):
to all of these organizations. They get public federal grants.
That needs to stop, and birth right citizenship also because
they don't belong here, and deport them all one by one,
deport them all.
Speaker 4 (35:48):
Supreme Court's going to answer one of those questions here
and on birth right said, if it's going to be
an important one, Chris, we started with you.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
We're going to finish this block with you. What else
do we need to do from all the things amazing
family went through.
Speaker 13 (36:01):
Well, you know there's a journey that started when my
daughter was killed that left me with a lot of
questions and not a lot of answers. Twoty seven G
program being restarted. It needs to be mandatory voluntary because
some of the excuses that have been is we don't
have anyone. This deputy is to do law enforcement border enforcements.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
Well, if every police.
Speaker 13 (36:24):
Department has at least one, can't tell me that there's
only one law enforcement agent in the entire county. So
if every county has every law enforcement agency has at
least one person that deputized to act as an ice
agent and enforce immigration, then they can't deny it.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
There was something that I learned in trying to understand.
Speaker 13 (36:47):
The laws with how my daughter was killed, and I
learned about fusion cells. I don't know if you've ever
heard of those, but they are actually ran by FEMA.
Of all things. FEMA is in charge of the funding.
Fusion cells are not allowed to tell other fusion cells
when they have a known target passing through their AO.
This needs to be shared. Information needs to be shared
(37:09):
cross between each fusion cell. And more importantly, the intelligence
is collected from law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (37:16):
Goes up to the highest levels, but.
Speaker 13 (37:18):
It does not come back down. The FBI hears about information,
they are not obligated to pass it back down. If
law enforcement is sharing information both directions, all across the nation,
then you have a better chance of knowing when you
have a known target or an illegal alien in the
area and making sure that the statistics. Even though we
(37:39):
don't want our families to be statistics, we don't have
it to say it. They need to know the crimes
that are committed, the amount of crimes are committed, the ages,
the locations, where are they from. And more importantly, this
ridiculous concept of privacy rights for illegals. Privacy rights are
supposed to be for US citizens. They have no privacy rights.
(38:01):
Angel parents cannot find out very much information. The voice
program going to Vine to locate your people. If they're
not in their system, you can't get any information, and
it's considered.
Speaker 4 (38:14):
Privacy to ask for it. They don't have privacy.
Speaker 13 (38:18):
They came to the country, they violated our sovereignty, and
every crime they've committed since then takes one more layer
of their privacy away. We all should be given that
opportunity to be mandatory law enforcement tells us what is
going on with that person, where they're at in the system,
not we have to inquire about it. It should automatically
a case open and we get the information.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
We should bring all of you together with members of
Congress who have yet to shown the courage to get
these things done. Have them look at you and get
these things done. Your wisdom, I know, is forged through pain,
but you have a lot of wisdom. You're giving us
that ability to fix this not for one time or
one presidency, but for the rest of this country's history.
To each of you, thank you for coming here tonight,
for making all of this possible work a lot smarter
(39:00):
because of your courage and your wisdom.
Speaker 4 (39:03):
And we are always going to honor your children.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
I promise you that we have some more families outside
with Amanda.
Speaker 4 (39:09):
So Amanda, we're gonna kick things out to you out
in the audience.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Thank you so much. John. Yeah, Look, these are about
the story, So I want to get into some of
the stories. I know that we have maybe just briefly
mentioned some of them in the part one of this special,
but for people who are just now tuning in, I
want I want everybody to hear their stories. Angie Mooreph
and your son Reuben, you're a precious boy. Tell us
about him.
Speaker 14 (39:31):
Oh, my god, he was just a baby and he
was walking home to my mom's house and two carloads
of gang bangers stopped and beat up on the kids,
and my son was actually grabbed by the shoulder and
shutting back of the head point blank. When I got
(39:53):
to the hospital, the doctor told me that they were
going to turn off the machine because he was only
living off the machine, that they had just blown out
half of his brains, and that if he lived, he
would be a vegetable for the rest of his life.
The guy who killed my son, I didn't know anything
about him, but God's grace. They aired a Sun's story
(40:16):
on America's Most Wanted. A few months later, they got
word that Mariscal was in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
Foreign Prosecution Union unit that stationed in San Diego, went
into Mexico, put a warrant for his arrest, and he
served twenty years in a Mexican state prison for my
son's death. It took a long time, and some people say, well,
(40:40):
you got justice, but it's been thirty four years for me,
and I could cried for him like if it was yesterday,
and you just can't forget.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
Absolutely, and that justice doesn't bring him back.
Speaker 14 (40:52):
No, it doesn't. And it's hurt my whole family. It
destroys a whole family in a community. And what I'd
like to see is like I live in Monterey County, Salinas, California,
and they see it's not a sanctuary city, but it is.
They protect him, and they've even decided to supervisors decided
(41:16):
to protect the illegals and did the council is no better?
Speaker 3 (41:20):
Oh man, I'm so sorry about that, Maria. Your son,
Javier Vega Junior. We honored him last night and in
the first part of this show, what do you want
the world to remember about your son?
Speaker 15 (41:34):
Well, the way I'm going to answer that question is
it's been a over a decade. We're almost going on
eleven years, and to this date, just like today, he
was honored, his friends, his classmates, his co workers, our families,
(41:59):
both minds and my husband. They say his name all
the time, and it just, you know, it's hard doing
each day without him. And the fact that as a grandmother,
I know that his grandsons, I mean his sons, my grandsons,
(42:23):
have to do life without him. It's just heartbreaking. And
this is one of the reasons why we all speak up.
We don't want anyone else to suffer a loss like this.
So but it's just, you know, just the fact that
there was a street named after him, there was a
(42:46):
checkpoint renamed after him. This is from his coworkers. This
was friends of ours, some of his classmates. They had
a brick placed at the Veterans Monument where we live,
and they're always trying to do things in memory of him.
(43:09):
So it just gives us some comfort. But like I said,
this is hard doing life without our children.
Speaker 3 (43:18):
Yes, parents should never have to bury their children. It's
just not the way that the order of life should go. Yeah,
Bonnie Driscoll, your daughter Lacey Marie Ferguson, tell her about her.
Speaker 16 (43:32):
Oh, she was, I would say, loving, funny, She had
the loudest laugh.
Speaker 17 (43:39):
She really enjoyed life.
Speaker 16 (43:41):
She went to a convenience store on August twenty fourth
of two thousand and three, came out of the store
and was met by gunfire. There was two people in
a car who decided just to shoot people, and they
shot her and two others. She didn't survivor her injuries.
(44:05):
She was deemed brain dead and had to be taken
off of a machine.
Speaker 10 (44:11):
The killer.
Speaker 16 (44:12):
It took a long, hard battle to get him actually
chased down, arrested, convicted. It took until August, well, it
was about by August twenty eighteen. He entered prison in
California after he was convicted of sixty one to life
(44:35):
plus life plus life. I am now dealing with the
proposal that they want to give him an early release
for the elderly parole program because it took so long
to catch him. He's fifty two now and they're looking
at a possible parole in twenty thirty four, which pretty
(44:59):
much adds up that he's doing seven years for three
life sentences plus sixty one if he's successful. I just
don't understand how that can be, you know, as a parent,
and this picture I have of her It's one of
my favorites.
Speaker 10 (45:16):
This is all I have to hold.
Speaker 16 (45:19):
My daughter was a twenty five year old single mother.
She passed away on her only child's third birthday. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (45:30):
I'm so sorry, Chris. I feel like every time I
hear one of these stories, it's hard to move on
because you just want to you just want to keep
asking questions. Chris story your brother tell us about him?
Speaker 17 (45:45):
Thank you, My brother Joe. He was an amazing man.
He loved his family, he loved his country, and he
was just everyone loved her, loved him. He loved fishing,
riding motorcycles, and I loved riding on the back with them,
(46:06):
and he was just an amazing person. He was a
small business owner. He owned a small construction company, and
I heard him say many times I will never hire
an illegal alien over an American citizen, and he never did.
So we were against the illegal immigration before he ever
got killed. And so they need to hold these companies
(46:30):
accountable that hire them, you know, they need to be
rougher on them, be harder on them. And we were
on vacation at the outer Banks of North Carolina. An
illegal alien who had gotten a ticket too much prior
for running a red light. Ran a red light, he
was drunk. Joe died instantly. I was there lifted to
(46:55):
Norfolk with critical injuries. The illegal alien ended up fleeing
from the hospital. They caught him two weeks later in
Raleigh put him in jail. He asked for a boond reduction.
First judge said, no way, you're illegal. You've already fled.
So they bring in a liberal judge who's married to
(47:17):
an immigration attorney, and that judge reduces his bomb from
one hundred thousand to fifty thousand dollars, and he, of
course flees again. When I asked, you know, when they
reduced it, I said, who's going to be watching him?
They said nobody, We don't have the manpower. I begged
for an ankle monitor. They wouldn't put one on him.
(47:39):
And so anyway, you know, I just my thing is,
I want to get our story out there. I had
so much skill, help for living, and my family told
me you're left here for a reason, and this is
(48:01):
my reason. I want to get my brother's story out there.
I want families to know thousands of Americans are killed
every year by these illiguelians and they don't care they
have no remorse. I've had people say, how do you
know he don't have remorse. I said, he's fled twice.
(48:22):
And then in twenty nineteen, Ice put him on their
top ten most wanted list, along with five other ones,
and in twenty twenty one, by an excuse, six of
the ten, stating that the crimes they committed did not
warrant them being on the wanted list, like my brother's
(48:42):
life meant nothing, or the you know, any of our family,
family members who were killed. I mean, there's a big difference.
We lost our mom in two thousand and nine. I
was holding her hands. She passed away quietly, she peacefully,
and that was hard. That was hard. But when someone
(49:04):
kills your loved one, your child, your brother, your cousin, anyone,
your heart shatters. My heart broke when my mom died,
it shattered when my brother got killed. And we do
not want this happening to any more families. I mean,
this has been going on forever, I mean as long
(49:26):
as we've been a country, almost you know, it's just
it's got to end at some point. Too many families
have been devastated by this and we don't need anymore.
Speaker 3 (49:38):
So and John emphasized this before the fact that you
all have so much courage to speak out about this,
it shows how much you care about this country, your
loved ones, yes, but also this country because you don't
want to see that for other people. And I think
that is incredibly, incredibly admirable. I'm not sure Mark, your
(50:01):
mom was killed when you were sixteen months old. You're
wearing a hat of hers. It's one of the few
things that you have left from her. Tell us about
your mom.
Speaker 12 (50:13):
Well, I don't have any memories of her because I
was so young when she was taken from us. But
from what I've been told, she was incredibly sweet, a
great listener, just a friend to everyone. And that's just
that's what I want people to know her by, is
all the great she did for the world. And it's just,
(50:38):
you know, hard knowing that I'll never see her ever, Yes,
I will.
Speaker 3 (50:47):
More.
Speaker 6 (50:47):
Thanks.
Speaker 17 (50:49):
It's amazing how many people I talk to that will
listen to my story, and people that don't want to
listen to it. I tell it anyway, and they always say, wow,
I never knew there were that many Americans killed by
illegal aliens. I mean, I hear that all the time,
and that's because the mainstream media won't report it. I
(51:12):
mean they need and thank you.
Speaker 3 (51:15):
Yes, absolutely welcome.
Speaker 14 (51:18):
I would really like to see Tom Holman go and
get all these city council people and county supervisors for
aiding and abating Evenian immigration.
Speaker 3 (51:29):
I agree, and let me tell you, I would not
want to be on the other side of an argument
with Tom Holman.
Speaker 15 (51:35):
That is for sure.
Speaker 14 (51:36):
John.
Speaker 3 (51:37):
I'm going to send it back over to you in
the studio.
Speaker 4 (51:40):
Thanks, Amanda.
Speaker 2 (51:41):
That was amazing, What a great discussion. I'm here with
Nicole Kippeloff. We're going to wrap things up today, Nicole.
So many amazing things happened over these last two days.
We had other awards, we heard some really specific things
from Tom Homan about what comes next. We heard from
these amazing families, we learned from their tragedy what still
needs to be done. And then we're sitting here in
(52:01):
the last block and Vicky the shermock tells that she
meets Tom Homan here and her long unsolved case for
her family. He's agreed to take that case. So some
good game and investigations are you going to come? Just
because we bought all these amazing people together. It isn't
possible about you in the American Border store. I want
to thank you for it.
Speaker 11 (52:20):
Thank you as well. It's so incredible to hear that
because she and her family they deserve justice finally, and
it's really amazing. One important moment that stood out to me,
one point that stood out for me from the past
couple of days here is how restoring trust in this
country's leadership can be so incredibly life changing and has
(52:43):
been life changing for these families. Going from the filled
Biden administration where these families were forgotten Biden didn't even
contact them underrug to a successful Trump administration that is prioritizing,
finally the victims over the criminals. It's such a difference.
And it's been three months, not even and this administration
(53:06):
is already delivering so much justice. So we're so blessed
to have President Trump and his entire team, the well
oiled machine, from Cash Betel to Tom Holme and christinoum Lee,
Zelden Brooke Rawlins, everyone, Pam Bondy, they all are all
needed and we are so grateful for all of them
for doing this incredible work.
Speaker 4 (53:28):
We're we're all so grateful. A lot of people are
going to want to know what do you think we'll
see those for scholarships. I can't wait to see.
Speaker 11 (53:35):
We're planning to announce the recipients in the fall, so
that'll be some very exciting news to come soon in
a few months. So we're very excited for that.
Speaker 4 (53:44):
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
I can't wait to meet the first generation of those
scholarship recipients.
Speaker 4 (53:48):
And that's great honor. You never rest.
Speaker 2 (53:52):
There'll be more stories out on the American Border Story
really quickly. We've got a special event coming up this summer.
Speaker 11 (53:58):
Tell us about thinking of doing a town hall with
Border Patrol wives. This will take place at a border town,
so it'll be at the scene there. This is a
unique perspective because you don't really hear what these wives
of Border Patrol agents have gone through. They've received threats,
(54:18):
they've been attacked in various ways, and we want to
tell their stories next. So I think that'll be very
interesting for the American people to hear their voices as well.
Speaker 4 (54:27):
Right, all right, final.
Speaker 11 (54:30):
Thoughts from night when our team at the American Border
Story was discussing our mission statement, John, and you know
why we produce all of this content in the first place,
our brilliant communications director. She said something that can be
very difficult I think to internalize, but very important to remember,
(54:51):
and she said, where there was darkness, there's hope. And
the reason, John, why we do what we do is
because we I want to make sure that the light
at the end of the tunnel never dims. We want
to make sure that the stories we tell have longevity
and that we never forget the atrocities that occurred as
a result of the failure to secure our border. And
(55:14):
these stories that we tell, they inspire change, they save lives,
and that's why we will always continue to fight. So
thank you so much, John, Thank you to just the News,
thank you to Real America's Voice. Thank you to the
Angel Families, Border Patrol, federal law enforcement, local law enforcement.
You guys are all heroes.
Speaker 2 (55:32):
I'm a lot more hopeful just meeting these incredible folks
and that man's a mission has been partly accomplished.
Speaker 4 (55:37):
Tonight, that's great.
Speaker 2 (55:38):
All right, folks, We're going to send you off into
the weekend with one more story, as only the American
Border story can tell it. Everyone, good night, God bless
you have a great weekend, and thank you for spending some.
Speaker 4 (55:49):
Time with me.
Speaker 14 (55:50):
I would pray for justice, but I would also pray
that I would never have to see the face of
the person who changed my life forever. They hear my
mom's screaming.
Speaker 8 (55:58):
They shop anio.
Speaker 14 (56:01):
He had been executed.
Speaker 6 (56:03):
He was just a little boy.
Speaker 4 (56:05):
Two hours before he killed women.
Speaker 6 (56:07):
They had stopped him, and to let him go.
Speaker 14 (56:11):
Without President Trump with a Reuben ever had a voice.
Losing him gave me string to fight back.
Speaker 15 (56:21):
I don't want him to die in vain.
Speaker 14 (56:25):
If he had to die, there has to be a reason,
and if it's to save this country, he can kill me.
Speaker 8 (56:30):
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