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[person]              
      We're hardworking Americans.

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You think people          
     are trying to replace you?

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Yeah.

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They're trying           
          to get rid of us.

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[Trump]   Every day,         
         criminals, murderers,

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and sexual predators        
   are pouring across our border.

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[Vegas]   The GOP turn        
            toward politics

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of identity and resentment

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might prove to be         
            a dangerous one.

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People feel like          
        they are under siege.

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Is the Republican Party      
              becoming

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-the party for white people?    
           -[person] Yes.

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Heil Hitler.

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[Paola]              
       We're in Estero, Veracruz,

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in Eastern Mexico, where     
       there's over 5,000 people

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that are disappeared.

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speaking Spanish

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These are mothers and fathers   
           and family members

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searching for answers       
           that they believe

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authorities            
          aren't giving them.

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speaking Spanish

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driving electronic music

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[distant siren wailing]

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[anchor]   Breaking news out     
         of Buffalo, New York,

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where at least seven people    
      have been shot and killed

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in a mass shooting        
        at a Tops grocery store.

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[Kenneth]             
           Right now, Father,

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in the name of Jesus, God,

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we ask that you allow this day, 
     God, to be a peaceful one.

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[worshiper] Yes, Lord, yes.

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We're outside           
          Tops supermarket

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in Buffalo, New York,       
     where a gunman opened fire,

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killing 10 people,        
         all African American.

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The shooter            
     had been radicalized online

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and was a believer

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in the Great Replacement      
               theory.

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[Kenneth]   It was more       
          than just a murder.

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It was a heinous,         
      racial-motivated killing

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that took place here.

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And everybody on that wall     
       is from this community.

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uneasy music

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[Vegas]   The Great Replacement

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is a far-right          
           conspiracy theory

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centered on the idea       
          that there is a plot

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to replace and even        
      exterminate the white race.

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It can be traced back       
               centuries,

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most often targeting Jews.

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The Holocaust was         
         a direct result of it.

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Since 2011, extremists      
           who believe in it

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have killed            
          more than 170 people

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in places like Pittsburgh,    
         El Paso, and Buffalo.

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But now, according        
               to polls,

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millions             
         of everyday Americans,

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including almost 70%       
            of Republicans,

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believe in some version      
             of the theory.

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Is it racist?           
                 Sure.

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But its recent mainstreaming   
            is no accident.

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I've spent the better part     
             of a decade

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embedding with various       
      white supremacist groups.

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And I've heard a lot        
       of different variations

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of the Great Replacement      
               theory.

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I was in Charlottesville,     
        where they were chanting

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-"Jews will not replace us."   
     -Jews will not replace us!

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[Vegas]   It was there        
            that I last met

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with Matthew Heimbach.

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He led the Traditionalist     
             Workers Party

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from its inception

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and was an early amplifier

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of Great Replacement ideology.

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He's since left the movement,

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but we're here with him today   
              to find out

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how this theory has spread    
          into the mainstream.

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The people who believe       
       that the global elites,

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parentheses, Jews,

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are replacing, exterminating    
          the white race--

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what are they really afraid of?

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We can break it down        
   into two main threads, really.

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-Okay, we can do that.       
               -Okay.

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So the first one,         
           I would say, is

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that people see how        
         the colonial order

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that was established,       
        where people of color

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were exploited and lived      
      as second-class citizens,

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and they see that         
        being just reversed.

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White folks are gonna have     
     the exact same experiences

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-as people of color again.     
        -So revenge, almost?

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Revenge, yeah.

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The second one, though,

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is the fear            
        of multiculturalism,

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a multiracial society       
     with differing viewpoints,

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religious values,         
     languages, stuff like that,

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could lead to conflict       
             inevitably.

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-Civil war?            
             -Civil war.

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There's only so much money.

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There's only so many jobs.

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And more people means less     
          for my community

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and less for my children.

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[Vegas]              
        Most conspiracy theories

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have kernels of truth,      
              data points

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that believers can refer to    
        to justify their claims.

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This theory is no different.

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Since 1980, the relative size   
        of the white population

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has decreased in comparison    
           with other races.

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By 2045, white people will    
     no longer be in the majority.

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[Matthew]   White folks       
               in America

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are becoming a minority,

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whether it's            
        the opioid epidemic,

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whether it's immigration,     
       whether it's, you know,

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the just lack of having kids,   
    'cause who can afford to have

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kids in modern America?

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There's a very small piece     
             of the pie

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that everyone here         
          is fighting over.

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And I think the fear of folks   
          is that our piece

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is gonna get even smaller.

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And that's             
       a legitimate grievance.

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[Vegas]   This anxiety        
             has propelled

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a shift in the messaging.

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As the political climate     
              in the U.S.

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has turned uglier         
     and more polarized than ever,

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traditional conservative media

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has weaponized          
       the changing demographics

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to sell a new version       
         of replacement theory,

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that Democrats are        
         bringing in immigrants

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to replace Republicans.

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The Great Replacement,       
           the replacement

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of legacy Americans        
      with more obedient people

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from faraway countries.

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Democrats who wanna replace

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you, the American voters,

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with newly amnestied citizens

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and an ever-increasing number   
         of chain migrants.

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This is exactly their strategy.

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They wanna replace         
      the American electorate.

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[Vegas]   The midterms        
         are just months away,

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and many politicians       
              have leaned

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into the replacement theory

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in all its racist         
       and conspiratorial glory.

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It was front and center

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in Blake Masters'         
             successful bid

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to run as the GOP candidate    
         for Senate in Arizona.

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We went to a recent rally     
          where he was joined

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by former President Trump.

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[Trump] Every day,         
        criminals, murderers,

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and sexual predators        
   are pouring across our border.

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[all] Boo!

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[Vegas]              
      In the parking lot outside,

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many people seem to believe    
       that Democrats were indeed

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trying to replace         
      Republican voters like them,

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never mind the fact        
      that non-citizens can't vote

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in federal elections.

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What are your thoughts about    
          what's happening

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-on the border right now?     
            -It's wrong.

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What do you mean, wrong?

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They're letting people through.

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They're being brought.

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Joe Biden is            
       screwing everything up.

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He's just letting 'em come in,

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giving 'em everything       
             they want.

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[Vegas] Why do you think      
     he's letting them come in?

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Why?

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So they can come in        
          and vote for him.

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-[Vegas] Really?          
               -Yeah.

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[Vegas]              
       As we chatted with folks,

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we spotted a patriotic-looking 
             pickup truck.

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I'm with Vice News.

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Can I take a ride around      
     the block with your truck?

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[Vegas] One of the things     
           that I've heard

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Blake Masters say

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is that the Democrats are     
      looking to sort of effect

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a kind of demographic change    
         because they think

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that immigrants          
         will vote Democrat.

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I agree, because they're      
      getting all the welfare.

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I've seen a significant amount   
        of illegal immigrants

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coming here and charging      
    half of what I need to charge

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in order to make a living.

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They're taking my job from me.

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That means they're taking     
     food out of my kids' mouth.

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[Vegas] And then they vote     
              Democrat?

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Exactly.

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[car horns honking]

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We're hardworking Americans.

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All I care about is my family   
       and providing for them.

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You think people are        
    trying to, like, replace you?

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And I don't mean necessarily    
          you specifically,

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-but people like you?       
               -Yeah.

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They're trying           
          to get rid of us,

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our generation, our mentality.

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[Vegas]   But there's        
       no evidence that there are

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nefarious forces conspiring    
      to orchestrate that change.

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Justin Gest is a         
          political scientist

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who studies            
          demographic shifts.

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While he acknowledges       
         that the government is

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allowing in immigrants,

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he says it's not         
      for any underhanded reasons.

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The fact is, we need them.

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So it's like            
       the replacement theory

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is kind of, like, all of it,    
          in a way is true,

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but it's also           
         completely untrue.

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In fact, quite the opposite.

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The U.S. government        
       has done this precisely

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because they're worried      
   about the declining population

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of white people          
        in the United States.

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It's not good           
    for the United States, right?

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We have an economy         
     that needs a certain amount

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of working-age people.

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We have              
      a social security system

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that requires workers to pay in 
        sufficiently to fund

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people's retirement pensions.

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So actually, the people      
       in the U.S. government

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who are pro-immigration are not 
    actually eagerly anticipating

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white people's decline.

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Actually, they're         
     really concerned about it,

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and they're trying to do      
    something to make it better.

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[Vegas]   In fact, in some parts   
            of the country,

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immigrants can actually come   
                 to be

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the GOP's             
       greatest electoral asset.

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[Justin]   Democrats still win    
          a substantial number

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of their votes, but everything 
     in politics is at the margins.

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Recently, there's been       
        a lot of news showing

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that Latinos are starting     
    to find the Republican Party

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more appealing.

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[Vegas]              
        And Republicans know it.

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While Great Replacement      
     pushers at the national level

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tout the threat of immigrants, 
                the GOP

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is actively trying to court    
         those same immigrants

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on the local level,        
          essentially playing

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both sides of the deck.

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speaking Spanish

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[Vegas]   At this GOP-sponsored   
         civics class in Miami,

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in a Republican state       
     with a large Latino community,

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immigrants are studying      
       for the citizenship test.

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Many are eager          
           to become voters,

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including Republican voters.

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What do you have to have      
     in order to vote nowadays?

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You have to be a citizen.

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And you have to be 18 or over.

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speaking Spanish

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Do you guys have          
     political affiliations too?

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Some Republicans have been     
       saying that, you know,

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Democrats are           
       bringing in immigrants

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because they automatically     
         will vote Democrat.

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-Absolutely not.          
          -[student] Yeah.

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We have Cubans.

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We have Bolivians.         
       We've had Nicaraguans.

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We've had Latinos from Mexico.

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We are absolutely not       
        a political monolith.

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[Vegas]   Despite          
          the civic-mindedness

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of the GOP here in Miami,

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the greater            
      Great Replacement messaging

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may prove to be          
            a dangerous one.

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[Matthew]   What the GOP is     
           doing right now--

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it's kind of like         
      a toddler with a handgun.

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There is no            
      peaceful political avenue

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for a lot of folks that might   
      follow this perspective.

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And most people are not going   
      to do something horrific,

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like shoot up a mosque.

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But the system has created     
           an environment

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where the sort           
          of pressure valve

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of people who could engage     
   in peaceful political activity

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has been taken away.

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And people that feel        
     like they are under siege,

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what's their option?

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[Vegas]   We had already bumped   
       into some of those people

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at the Trump rally in Arizona,

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now bold enough to drive     
       around with Nazi shorthand

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on their car.

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Your front license plate      
             says 1488.

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Uh-huh.

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[Vegas] What does that mean?

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"We must secure          
     the existence of our people

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and a future            
        for white children."

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Heil Hitler.

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[Vegas]              
      Is that important to you?

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Yes, it is.

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Is the Republican Party      
              becoming

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the party for white people?

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Yes.

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Do you feel like you        
        have been represented

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in the political system      
            before Trump?

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No.

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[Vegas] By either party?

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Either party.

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What would you like        
           to see happen?

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On one night, we all        
      get rid of the government

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and start over.

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What do you mean when you say   
       get rid of politicians?

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The only way to get rid      
           of politicians

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is to... get rid of them.

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[laughs] Sorry.

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[crowd] USA!            
                USA!

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[Vegas]   American politics     
              have become

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exponentially more volatile    
         over the last decade,

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and in the case

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of Great Replacement theory    
               messaging,

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duplicitous.

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While the GOP courts       
     both xenophobes and immigrants

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in the pursuit of power,     
            they exacerbate

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the already-deep         
          national divisions,

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potentially putting us      
                on track

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to see more violence       
        like we did in Buffalo.

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Obviously, you know,        
        Trump and these guys

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would never say it         
      as explicitly as you guys

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because I don't think       
    they would make it that far.

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But--

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They are thinking         
        the same thing I am.

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[Vegas] You think so?

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Yeah.               
                Yeah.

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They have the ideology of us.

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They just can't say that      
    because then they won't win.

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low electronic music

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chanting in Spanish

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[Paola]              
       We're in Estero, Veracruz,

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in Eastern Mexico,         
   where there's over 5,000 people

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that are disappeared.

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We're following a collective   
     of mothers and family members

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that are searching        
     for their missing loved ones.

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[Araceli]   speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   They've already      
        recovered over 50 bodies

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just in these           
           large territories.

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Some have been searching     
            for three years,

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others for ten years.

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But every single one       
         of them are searching

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for answers that they believe

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authorities aren't giving them.

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At least 100,000 people      
       have disappeared in Mexico

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since 2006 amid the country's   
          worsening drug war.

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While the vast majority are    
      men, in the last four years,

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the number of missing women    
         has increased by 65%.

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Many have fallen victim      
         to human trafficking,

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but the numbers also reflect   
        a disturbing new trend.

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Historically, women        
         and children have been

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off limits            
      for criminal organizations,

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but now, they're being      
          targeted as a means

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to extract revenge        
            between rivals.

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[Araceli]   speaking Spanish

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[Paola]    Araceli Salcedo      
                is part

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of the Mothers Collective     
              of Orizaba,

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and has spent years searching   
        for her daughter, Rubí,

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with the hope that         
         she's still alive.

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speaking Spanish

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somber music

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[Paola]   Mexico has one       
      of the world's highest rates

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of human trafficking,

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and it's risen by at least 40%

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over the last four years,

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in part due            
      to Mexico's economic crisis.

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Many women are lured       
        by the promise of a job,

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only to find themselves      
       forced into the sex trade

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by traffickers.

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We spoke             
         with one such predator

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from Mexico's largest       
       human-trafficking network.

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speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   Séverine Durin       
              investigates

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disappearances in Mexico,

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and is an authority        
             on the forces

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that are driving the crisis.

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speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   In the absence of     
      a functional justice system,

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mothers often rely        
           on anonymous tips

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from witnesses          
         or repenting criminals

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to locate             
       their missing loved ones.

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Araceli was tipped off      
            to the location

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of one such grave site      
               in an area

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that's actively being used    
     by a local crime organization.

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speaking Spanish

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-[Araceli] See?          
           -[Paola] Yeah.

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[Araceli]   speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   Since 2012,        
       Araceli and the collective

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have found hundreds of bodies,

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which are now stored       
          in a nearby morgue.

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They're part of the 52,000    
          unidentified bodies

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in morgues or state cemeteries 
          across the country.

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This number has haunted      
         the Mexican government

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and served as evidence      
           of its corruption,

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mismanagement, and neglect,

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all of which have contributed   
           to the lawlessness

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within its borders.

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President Andrés Manuel      
             López Obrador

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is the latest Mexican leader   
        to be held accountable.

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His policy            
         of non-confrontation,

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dubbed "hugs, not bullets,"

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has been criticized        
            for emboldening

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criminal organizations.

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speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   Under scrutiny       
      for its prolonged inaction,

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the Mexican government      
        is now playing catch-up.

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But lost time is not

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the only obstacle         
             in their way.

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Mexican criminal organizations 
             often obscure

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the identity of those       
              they murder.

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In mass grave sites, like     
        this one in Tamaulipas,

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dismembered body parts      
               are burned

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and broken down          
            into fragments,

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which has prevented        
             many families

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from identifying         
           their loved ones.

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Due in large part         
           to their advocacy,

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collectives like Colectivo    
       Amor por los Desparecidos

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has forced the government     
           to adopt new laws

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surrounding the disappeared

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and prompted the establishment

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of a state-of-the-art       
              forensic lab

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that catalogues remains      
     and identifies missing people.

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In this building,         
       there's hundreds of bodies

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and thousands           
         of human fragments.

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Many of these fragments have    
   been rescued from mass graves.

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They're then taken here      
              to start

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the grueling process        
           of identifying

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who these victims are.

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[Amy]   speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   Former law enforcement   
        and human rights lawyer

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Yezka Garza is          
         a general coordinator

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of the center.

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speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   Until           
         the Mexican government

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accepts the responsibility

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for thousands           
       of its own missing people,

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the work of finding them     
         will continue to fall

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on their mothers.

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[Araceli]   speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   Shortly after we left,   
       Araceli and her collective

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found another           
         clandestine grave site

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and dozens of new bodies.

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speaking Spanish

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[Paola]   The search for       
      her own daughter continues,

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but she hopes to find her     
      before she runs out of time.

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speaking Spanish

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moody music