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Gateway to Heroin
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Sex, Lies & Cigarettes
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Sushi to the Slaughter
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City of God, Guns & Gangs
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Tiger Farms
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This (Illegal) American Life
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Recovery High
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Arming the Mexican Cartels
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Islamophobia
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Under the Knife Abroad
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The War on Weed
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Two Americas
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The 99 Percent
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Cage Fighting in the USA
Ep. 6 // This (Illegal) American Life
Originally aired August 1, 2011
There are 12 million people living unlawfully in the United States. In this episode of "Vanguard," correspondent Mariana van Zeller explores the lives of two of them: a senior at UCLA named Ilse who crossed the border from Mexico in the trunk of a car at age 3 and a strawberry picker named Filemon who lives in an Oxnard flophouse with 19 other people so that he can send money back to his family in Oaxaca. In their stories, van Zeller finds testament to both the power of the American Dream and the absolute failure of American border policies.
- This (Illegal) American Life: 'Vanguard Trailer'
- This (Illegal) American Life: 'Vanguard' Behind the Scenes
- Meet Filemon, an undocumented farmworker from Oaxaca: Scenes from 'Vanguard'
- Meet Ilse, an undocumented UCLA student: Scenes from 'Vanguard'
- Do you feel 'less American'?: Scenes from 'Vanguard'
- California undergrads are 'undocumented and unafraid': 'Vanguard' Extra
- Arizona's controversial 'Tent City' jail: 'Vanguard' Extra
- Why do talk radio hosts hate illegal immigrants: 'Vanguard' Extra
- How lettuce gets from farms to your table: 'Vanguard' Dispatches from the Field
- Follow the money from U.S. to Mexico: 'Vanguard' Dispatches from the Field
- Oxnard's strawberry festival: 'Vanguard' Dispatches from the Field
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Senior Executive Producer: Jim FraenkelExecutive Producer: Adam Yamaguchi
Correspondent: Mariana van Zeller
Producers: Darren Foster, Jeff Plunkett
Editors: Erick Fefferman, Justin Mitchell
