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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Bell Mayor Vows to Help Immigrant Children

    The mayor of Bell came into the U.S. illegally as a child from Mexico. Now he’s working with the Salvation Army to help house undocumented children who are flowing over the border from Central America. He talks about his own history and how that’s informing him now.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 14, 2014 • 1 min read

    The mayor of Bell came into the U.S. illegally as a child from Mexico. Now he’s working with the Salvation Army to help house undocumented children who are flowing over the border from Central America. He talks about his own history and how that’s informing him now.

    The full episode

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    Undocumented Children in Bell, Amazon TV and Caught in the Crack Epidemic
    1. 0:00Bell Mayor Vows to Help Immigrant ChildrenYou’re reading this
    2. 8:22Close-up on Guatemala
    3. 17:17Fall TV Preview
    4. 26:33Caught in the Crack Epidemic
    5. 42:30Remembering Nadine Gordimer
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Nestor Valencia

      Mayor of Bell, CA

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Undocumented Children in Bell, Amazon TV and Caught in the Crack Epidemic
    1. 0:00Bell Mayor Vows to Help Immigrant ChildrenYou’re reading this
    2. 8:22Close-up on Guatemala
    3. 17:17Fall TV Preview
    4. 26:33Caught in the Crack Epidemic
    5. 42:30Remembering Nadine Gordimer
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