Timestamps for Interviews

Intro-
With Long Island having become such a diverse and multicultural suburb,
(00:04) immigration affects each and every Long Islander. Hofstra University is located in the center of this diversity. Let’s ask some of its neighbors how immigration effects their (00:14) lives.

Francisco Lopez-
The reason I came to this country was to get my degree. (00:18)
I wouldn’t come to this country if they only allowed me to stay for a few years; otherwise I would have stayed in Ecuador to finish my degree. (00:24) That’s the reason I came to (00:29) this country – for my degree and after a few years I am thinking to go back to Ecuador. (00:35)

Dean Demleitner-
Hi I’m Nora Demleitner. (00:40) You asked me to speak about crime at the borders. The biggest problem at the border right now and this really pertains largely to the Southern borders of the U.S. and Mexico border (00:50) is the border buildups through fences, through more border guards, through technological means which has led to increased smuggling which has led (1:00) to an increase in crime because they are smuggling and competing against each other. Smugglers become more callused, (1:06) leaving people behind because they are scared of law enforcement on our side of the border. (1:12) So you have an increased number of migrants who are dying as they are trying to cross the border and at the (1:19) same time smuggling has become a big business and you could make a lot more money through (1:23) smuggling immigrants across the border.

Conclusion-
(1:27) Nearly 18% of Long Island is made up of foreign born residents. With the upcoming Presidential election in November, it will be interesting to see what will happen to immigration (1:40) for Long Islanders. For Nassau News, I’m Valerie Esposito.