>> INQUIRY IN THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT NEXT.

>> HEARING ARGUMENTS ON UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT HERE AS CHILDREN.

AND THE YOUNGEST EVER TO BE ELECTED TO THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE.

HORIZANTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.

THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE U.S.

HOUSE INTELLIGENCE BE COMMITTEE STARTED OPENING HEARINGS INTO THE IMPEACHMENT HEARING IN PRESIDENT TRUMP.

ADAM SCHIFF AND RANKING REPUBLICAN NUNEZ DELIVERED OPENING REMARKS.

>> QUESTIONS PRESENTED BY THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY ARE WHETHER TRUMP SOUGHT TO EXPLOIT THAT ALLY'S VULNERABLE AND INVITED INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTION.

AND WHETHER HE EXPECTED TO CONDITION ACTS ON UKRAINE'S WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST WITH TWO POLITICAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT WOULD HELP HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

>> AMBASSADOR TAYLOR AND MR.

KENT, I LIKE TO WELCOME YOU HERE.

I LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR PASSING THE CHAMBER ADDITIONS HELD IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITAL.

IT SEEMED YOU WITTING OR UNWITTINGLY TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRAMA.

THE MAIN PERFORMANCE, THE RUSSIA HOAX, HAS ENDED.

YOU'VE BEEN CAST IN THE LOW RENT UKRAINIAN SEQUEL.

>> IT TALK ABOUT THE HEARINGS IS ROY HERRERA.

BRYAN MURRAY WITH SUMMIT CONSULTING GROUP.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I LIKE FIRST TO GET BOTH OF YOUR INITIAL OVERALL IMPRESSIONS AND THEN WE GET IN MORE SPECIFICS.

>> I THOUGHT THE OPENING TESTIMONY WAS PRETTY DEVASTATING TO THE PRESIDENT.

I MEAN BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE LEARNED FROM AMBASSADOR TAYLOR THAT AID WAS CONDITIONED UPON BE UKRAINE OPENING AN INVESTIGATION.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALREADY KNEW AND BEEN CONFIRMED BY AMBASSADOR TAYLOR.

WE GOT A NEW REVOLUTION THAT AN AIDE TO TAYLOR OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION WHERE THE PRESIDENT INDICATED THAT BASICALLY THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CORRUPTION IN THE UKRAINE WHICH AGAIN AS SOME OF THE DEFENSES THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE OFFERED IS THIS IS ABOUT CORRUPTION.

>> DO YOU THINK IT IS A STRONG START?

>> I THINK IT WAS A GOOD FIRST DAY.

>> YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSION?

>> I WAS EXPECTING MORE.

I THOUGHT THAT THE DEMOCRATS WOULD COME OUT MORE DECISIVELY.

I THOUGHT -- AS ROY SAID, AMBASSADOR TAYLOR WAS PHENOMENAL.

I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE COMFORT KNOWING THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES LIKE THAT.

THE FIRST WORD OUT OF THE MOUTH WAS HEARSAY.

THEY OPENED THEMSELVES UP FROM ATTACK TOO EASILY.

I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A MORE PROSECUTORIAL APPROACH TO THE QUESTIONING.

YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT.

IT IS BECAUSE IT IS A POLITICAL PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND THAT.

I EXPECTEDED MORE FROM DEMOCRATS.

>> AND -- AND THE OTHER REASON YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THEM AREN'T LAWYERS.

THERE WAS A LAWYER WHO OPENED IT UP.

THE QUESTION IS I UNDERSTAND IT.

>> THAT WAS EFFECTIVE QUESTIONING.

I MEAN, I THINK AND BRYAN MAY AGREE, PARTICULARLY THE LAWYERS WITH THE PROSECUTORIAL BACKGROUND HAVE BETTER THAN SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

HE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE HE WANTED TO GO AND HE WAS WELL PREPARED.

TO THE OTHER THING YOU SAID, THOUGH, AND I HEARD THIS FROM REPUBLICANS TODAY, THIS IDEA THAT EVERYTHING WE HEARD TODAY WAS BASED ON HEARSAY TO SOME EXTENT THAT'S TRUE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AMBASSADOR SOMLAND WHO HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT OCCURRED BECAUSE HE COMMUNICATED TO THE PRESIDENT RELATED TO THIS TESTIFY IN OPEN HEARINGS THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.

THERE I'M NOT SURE YOU COULD DEFEND WHAT IS GOING.

I THINK INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT WHETHER -- WHETHER WHAT HE DID WAS RIGHT OR WRONG, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS.

I THINK THAT SHOWS WEAKNESS IN THE DEFENSE FOR THE PRESIDENT.

>> YOU NOTED AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S STELLAR RECORD AND YOU WERE COMPLIMENTARY.

DID -- DID REPRESENTATIVE NUNEZ MAKE A MISTAKE IN ATTACKING THEM IN HIS OPENING COMMENTS?

BASICALLY SAYING THEY'RE DUPES AND UNWILLING ALLIES PERHAPS OF THE DEMOCRATS?

>> I FELT IF YOU LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE OPENING STATEMENT OF THE MINORITY THEATER, MR.

NUNEZ, MADE A FAIRLY COMPELLING CASE FOR REPUBLICANS TO RALLY BEHIND.

THAT'S, AS ROY TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS A PROCESSED STORY.

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT CAN ASPECTS OF IT BUT IT IS HEARSAY BASED.

THERE'S NO REAL EVIDENCE BECAUSE OF THIS OR THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I'M NOT SAYING I DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIM.

WHAT HE DID WAS SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE MEMBERS IN A WAY I WASN'T EXPECTING HIM TO BE AS FORCEFUL AS HE HAS BEEN BEFORE.

I THOUGHT HE WAS CLEVER IN THE WAY HE DID IT.

I DIDN'T -- WHEN I WATCHED IT, I DIDN'T GET THE SENSE HE WAS ATTACKING THE AMBASSADOR.

>> YOU SAID THERE WAS NO REAL EVIDENCE.

HOW DO THE REPUBLICANS GET AROUND THE TRANSCRIPT ITSELF WHICH SEEMS AN INDICATION WHAT THEY'RE ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF OCCURRED.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I -- I READ THE PRESIDENT'S TRANSCRIPT AND I VIEW THE PRESIDENT DIFFERENTLY.

RIGHT?

I SEE HIM NOT AS MAYBE THE PRESIDENT BUT I SEE HIM AS DONALD TRUMP, THE GUY THAT WE SAW ON DIVISION AS A REAL ESTATE DEALER.

YOU PUT IT IN CONTEXT, HE'S CALLING HIS BUDDIES TO SAY MAKE A DEAL.

THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FACT HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THE TRANSCRIPT -- I WOULD SAY I READ IT, NOT SAYING IT IS A QUID PRO QUO.

IT WASN'T CLEAR THIS OR THAT.

I THINK IT WASES PROBABLY WORSE.

I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE DEMOCRATS TO BE HONEST AND SAY IT WAS SOMETHING WORSE.

IT WASN'T JUST QUID PRO QUO.

I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL EVER MAKE THE ARGUMENT.

QUID PRO QUO IS AN EASY SELL.

THEY HEAR IT AND THINK IT IS BAD VERSUS GETTING INTO MINUTIA WHICH IS THE GOAL OF THE HEARINGS LONG-TERM.

HOW YOU SELL THAT IS DIFFERENT.

>> SOME SAY FORGET ABOUT QUID PRO QUO AND CALL IT BRIBERY WHICH IS ONE OF THE OFFENSES LISTED IN THE CONSTITUTION AS A BASIS FOR IMPEACHMENT.

>> BRIBERY IS LISTED IN THE IMPEACHMENT CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.

WHETHER YOU CALL IT BRIBERY OR EXTORTION, I THINK THE TRANSCRIPT OR THE MEMO THAT WE'VE SEEN OF THE CALL SHOWS THAT CLEARLY.

THIS IS NOT THE SITUATION WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS NEGOTIATING OUR FOREIGN POLICY ON BEHALF OF U.S.

INTERESTS.

THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO EXCHANGE AN OFFICIAL ACT WHICH WOULD BE RELEASE OF AID TO THE UKRAINE FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT HIMSELF PERSONALLY.

I THINK THAT'S WRONG.

IT IS UP TO THE DEMOCRATS TO SELL THAT.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN CONDUCTING THE INQUIRY TO ESTABLISH THAT AND OF COURSE CONVINCE -- HOPEFULLY CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THAT IS WHAT OCCURRED.

THE EVIDENCE SO FAR IS VERY STRONG, EVEN BASED ON THE RELEASE ABOUT THE MEMO ABOUT THE CALL.

>> SO LAST QUESTION, THIS WAS DAY ONE.

DAY TWO WILL ACTUALLY BE ON FRIDAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE COULD EXPECT?

A BETTER PERFORMANCE BY THE DEMOCRATS?

>> I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE OF THE SAME.

THEY RUSH TO THE CORNERS.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT.

DEMOCRATS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE THEIR CASE.

I THINK THE REAL QUESTION IS, WILL WE GET SOMEBODY LIKE AMBASSADOR BOLTON WHO WILL COME FORWARD AND TESTIFY AND BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE PROCESS.

I THINK THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT.

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

>> THE JURY IS OUT WHETHER HE WILL.

UNDOUBTEDLY WE WILL DISCUSS THIS FOR SOME TIME.

THIS CONTINUES FRIDAY WITH LIVE BROADCASTS STARTING AT 7 A.M.

ON ARIZONA PBS.

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL TALK TO THE YOUNGEST LAWMAKER ELECTED TO THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE.

>> LOOKING AT THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE WITH HORIZON, BEFORE ANYTHING GETS REPORTED SOMEBODY HAS CHECKED THE FACTS AND GOT THE STORIES STRAIGHT AND TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH CONFLICTING OPINIONS AND GET A TRUE IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

THE WORRISOME THING ABOUT THE INTERNET IS IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHECK FACTS .

>> THIS WEEK THE USE SUPPORT HEARD THE LEGAL CASE AND THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS WAITING TO HEAR THEIR CASE.

DREAMERS, CHILDREN BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY EARLIER.

EARLIER THIS WEEK THOUSANDS RALLIED IN SUPPORT OF DACA AT THE STEPS OF THE COURTHOUSE.

>> THIS HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIBERATE OUR PASSIONS AND UNLEASH OUR DREAMS AND USE THEM FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTRY THAT WE ALL CALL HOME.

>> TALK ABOUT THE CASE IS ANGELA BANKS, EDUCATION ADVOCACY DIRECT CANNER AT ALIENTO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU'VE BEEN ON THE SHOW TO TALK ABOUT THESE PROCESSES AND INNOVATION IS YOUR SPECIALTY.

GIVE US A SENSE FOR HOW THE ORAL ARGUMENT WENT.

>> WHAT WAS INTERESTING, THERE WAS TWO MAIN QUESTIONS THAT THE COURT WAS LOOKING AT, FIRST WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO END DACA AND SECONDLY WHETHER OR NOT THE WAY THEY MADE THE DECISION WAS LAWFULLY.

WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE JUDGES IS INDICATION THEY THOUGHT THE REASONS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GAVE TO END DACA WAS SUFFICIENT AND POTENTIALLY NO PROBLEM WITH THE REASONS GIVEN.

WE HAD THE LIBERAL JUDGES, SAY THIS IN QUOTES, BEING MORE SYMPATHETIC WITH THE PETITIONER'S ARGUMENT WAS NOT THOROUGH ENOUGH.

MORE NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE ENDING AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM LIKE DACA.

>> MY SENSE FROM WHAT I'VE AHEAD IS THAT -- JUST A CHANCE OF CONCERN THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE COURT WOULD SAY, NO WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY.

IF THEY DID, THOUGH, WHAT HAPPENS?

DOES THAT PLACE ALL OF THE CIRCUIT COURT DECISIONS?

>> THE COURT WOULD BE SAYING NO COURT COULD REVIEW THIS DECISION.

SO THEN IT WOULD -- >> STILL FOR DACA SUPPORTERS.

>> IT WOULD BE.

>> YOU'RE CO-FOUNDER OF ALIENTO WHICH IS A DACA ADVOCACY GROUP.

ONE OF CO-FOUNDERS WAS THERE.

YOUR SENSE FOR HOW DACA RECIPIENTS SUCH AS YOURSELF ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW?

>> A LOT OF INFIGHTING AND STRESS AND FRUSTRATION.

IT IS SORT LOVE HOW DO WE TURN THAT INTO HOPE AND THINK WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WE CAN DO.

ULTIMATELY DACA WAS GOING TO BE TEMPORARY, THE WORRY WE HAD NOW IS FOR THOSE THAT HAD CHILDREN, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM, THOSE ARE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO GET MY EDUCATION.

NOW I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT POSITION THAN OTHERS.

FIRST WHAT IS THE NEXT STEPS AND THE DACA PROGRAM ENDS AND COULD THEY GET AN ULTIMATE SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE BETTER.

>> THE DREAM ACT.

>> YEAH.

>> ARE PEOPLE VERY CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE DEPORTED.

MOST PEOPLE THINK THE PRESIDENT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY DO THAT.

AND DREAMERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DEPORTATION.

>> WE HAVE MEMOS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD CASES CLOSE AND HAD TO SHOW UP IN THE FUTURE.

EITHER THAT IS A THREAT OR REAL.

55 PERCENT OF DACA CAN RECIPIENTS HAVEN'T RENEWED.

PEOPLE I SPEAK TO ARE FEARFUL.

THEY HAVE MY INFORMATION FROM MY PREVIOUS QUESTIONS, NOW THAT I MOVED, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT.

THERE'S ALWAYS FEAR.

IT WAS A FEAR I HAD.

YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS WHEN YOU ENTER THE COUNTRY.

I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

I HAD TO SUBMIT MY RECORD AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

>> THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU IF THEY WANT.

>> EVEN GRADE SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING.

>> AND ANGELA, IF DACA IS NOT UPHELD, WHAT IS THE LIKELY OUTCOME?

>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT SORT OF HOW WILL IT BE WOUND DOWN.

WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION FIRST DECIDED TO END DACA, IT SAID EVERYBODY THAT CURRENTLY HAS DACA THAT EXPIRE AT SOME DATE IN THE FUTURE WE'LL HONOR THAT.

WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE ONE-MONTH WINDOW TO RENEW.

>> THIS WAS 2017 AND SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER.

>> EXACTLY.

ONE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD TAKE A SIMILAR APPROACH TO -- TO SORT OF WINDING DOWN DACA OR RATHER THEY WILL TAKE ABRUPT APPROACH AND SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE FOR RENEWALS, WE'RE GOING TO SAY ANYBODY WHO HAS IT NOW, JUST WHEN THE CLOCK RUNS OUT, IT RUNS OUT.

>> AT MINIMUM, YOU THINK PEOPLE THAT HAVE DACA STATUS, IT WOULDN'T BE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION.

>> IT DEPENDS IF THEY GAVE SUFFICIENT REASONS, I THINK THAT'S A LIKELY OUTCOME BUT IF THE COURT CONCLUDED THERE WAS NO AUTHORITY TO DO DACA, WE MAY SEE A DIFFERENT CAN OUTCOME BECAUSE THEN THE COURT WOULD SAY, THE DACA PROGRAM IS UNLAWFULLY.

IT IS NOT PER MISSABLE.

IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SAY THAT THE COURT SAID THIS IS IN THE PERMISSIBLE BUT YOU CAN HAVE THE BENEFITS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF OR WHO YEARS.

>> THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD NEGOTIATE.

DO DREAMER, DACA STUDENTS, HAVE -- HAVE -- HAVE ANY COMFORT FROM THAT, TAKE COMFORT FROM THAT?

>> NO.

HE SAID THE SAME THING THIS 2017 AND 2018.

ULTIMATELY ALL OF THE PROPOSALS WERE NEVER GOOD ENOUGH.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE OPTIONS.

WE WORK WITH THEM.

HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND THE DACA PROGRAM ENDS AND SOME PEOPLE BECOME UNDOCUMENTED WE NEED TO CRAFT A DEAL.

FOR US THERE'S NO CHOICE.

YOU HAVE AN OFFICE.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADVOCATE WITH OUR LOCAL, OUR DELEGATION AND GET A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

MAKE SURE WE KEEP DREAMERS AND SOME SORT OF [INDISCERNIBLE] ELEMENT.

>> SO ANGELA, LAST QUESTION.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN TERMS OF TIMING OF THE DECISION?

THERE'S SOME SPECULATION THAT -- THAT THE CASE -- THAT THE CASE OF THIS KIND NORMALLY YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING UNTIL THE END OF THE TERM IN JUNE.

BUT THEY SEEM TO HAVE FAST TRACKED THIS.

THERE MAY BE CONCERNS ON THE COURT ABOUT RENDERING THE DECISION CLOSE TO AN ELECTION.

>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THAT WOULD -- I THINK ALSO IT DEPENDS ON SORT OF HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR THE COURT TO REACH A MAJORITY ABOUT WHAT THE OPINION IS GOING TO SAY.

IF THERE ARE CONCERNS -- >> LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UPHOLD DACA.

>> THAT WOULD BE MY BEST EDUCATED GUESS BUT NOT CLEAR ON THE REASONS.

WE MAY GET PLURALITY.

IT COULD TAKE TIME.

IN THE PAST WE SEEN THE COURT NOT AFRAID TO ISSUE DECISIONS THAT HAVE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS IN TEAMS OF -- YOU KNOW ELECTIONS AND WHAT NOT.

IT IS UNCLEAR THAT THEY WOULD REALLY BE MOTIVATED TO ISSUE A DECISION BEFORE -- BEFORE LATE SPRING.

>> WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I GUESS WE'LL KNOW TIME NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> HERE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

HEAR COMMENTS AND STORY IDEAS AND QUESTIONS, E-MAIL US AT HORIZANTE.

>> REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ IS THE YOUNGEST LAWMAKER ELECTED TO THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE.

WE GET TO KNOW REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ.

WELCOME TO HORIZANTE.

TO BE TECHNICALLY CORRECT, YOU'RE THE YOUNGEST WOMAN BUT THE YOUNGEST LAWMAKER WAS ART HAMILTON WAY MANY YEARS AGO.

YOU'RE 25 AND DECIDED TO RUN AS SOON AS YOU WERE ELIGIBLE, 25 IS THE AGE.

WHY?

>> I GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE.

I LOVED AND ENJOYED THE ENTIRE WORLD OF POLITIC.

ONCE YOU GET IN, IT IS HARD TO GET OUT.

I WENT ON TO STUDY PUBLIC HEALTH.

I STAYED INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AFTER I COMPLETED MY MASTER.

>> YOU MAKE REFERENCE TO SOMETHING HAPPENING WHEN YOU WERE 14.

PRETTY TRAUMATIC INCIDENT?

>> YEAH, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED BY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

THAT CHANGED MY OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

I WAS INTERNING FOR TERRY GODARD AS A FRESHMAN AND THAT'S WHEN ALL OF THAT OCCURRED.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME.

I DIDN'T LET IT DEFINE ME OR DEFINE MY LIFE FOR ME.

I CONTINUED TO DO WHAT I WAS DOING.

I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES THAT WERE THROWN MY WAY.

I WAS NOT ONLY KICKED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS SENT TO JUVE FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.

IT TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF TO PROVE MY INNOCENCE WHICH WAS DIFFICULT AS A CHILD.

>> IT HAS LASTING PHYSICAL EFFECTS.

>> I SUFFER FROM SEVERE SPINAL DAMAGE FROM THE INCIDENT.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF BED AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM LIVING MY LIFE.

>> AS WE NOTED YOU'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE LATINAS TO WATCH.

PEOPLE BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR A WHILE, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

YOU'RE YOUNG.

YOU'RE LATINA AND JEWISH.

>> YEAH.

THE HILL -- WHEN -- WHEN THEY SELECT THE WOMEN, THEY CALLED ME AND I WAS OKAY, GREAT, I'M HAPPY TO DO AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU ALL.

I ALSO RESPECTED THERE'S OTHER -- REALIZED THERE'S MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

MY MOTHER IS FROM MEXICO AND SHE CAME TO THE U.S.

AND RAISED HER FAMILY HERE.

IN OUR FAMILY WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING WE DO.

WE BELONG TO A SYNAGOGUE IN TUCSON.

IT IS A REFORM SYNAGOGUE.

I LOVE MY COMMUNITY AND BEING A PART OF IT.

IT HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.

>> POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WAYS.

YOU WERE ATTACKED BY DAVID DUKE.

>> I WAS.

NOT SOMETHING I WISH ON ANYONE BUT FOR ME, I -- I GUESS -- I SAY I WEAR IT AS A BADGE OF HONOR, BEING ATTACKED BY SOMEONE WHO HATES PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND JUST HATES ME IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, WAS NOT EASY.

AND IT WAS REALLY FRIGHTENING AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IN THE END I KNEW IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT ME.

I HAD TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I WAS DOING AND NOT STOP BECAUSE OF HIM.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.

YOU HAVE A REMARKABLE FAMILY.

YOUR BROTHER IS A REPRESENTATIVE.

>> SISTER CONSUELO ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

>> SHE RAN FOR OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME YOU DID.

>> YEAH, THE THREE OF US.

>> WHAT IS IT IN THE WEERT IN YOUR HOUSE THAT MAKES YOU DEDICATED.

YOUR BROTHER WORKED WITH GIFFORD.

>> MY PARENTS SACRIFICED A LOT TO GET US WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THEY INSTILLED IN ME THE WORK I DO.

THEY INSTILLED YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.

AND IT -- IF IT WASN'T FOR MY PARENTS NEITHER ONE OF US WOULD BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

THEY SUPPORT US IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE ALL THREE SIBLINGS AND ALL THREE KIDS ELECTED INTO OFFICE.

IT IS NOT -- I WILL SAY IT MAKES VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS AT THE DINNER TABLE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF WHERE I COME FROM.

I'M PROUD OF MY ROOTS.

I OWE IT ALL TO MY PARENTS BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED US TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.

>> YOU'VE GONE THROUGH ONE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> SURVIVED.

>> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

DID PEOPLE TREAT YOU LIKE A KID SO TO SPEAK?

>> MANY TIMES.

I THINK A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS FEEL BECAUSE I'M THE YOUNGEST THERE PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OR I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO BE THERE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I REMIND FOLKS WE GOT ELECTED AND ARE HERE FOR A REASON.

I MAY BE THE YOUNGEST ONE AND MY BROTHER IS A LEGISLATOR AS WELL.

I'M MY OWN PERSON AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THINGS ON MY OWN QUITE WELL.

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE AGE BEING A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I DO.

>> THE LEGISLATIVE ISSUE IS OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO YOU WERE AND WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE FOCUSING ON?

>> I RAN MY CAMPAIGN ON HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

THOSE STILL AND CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE OF MY INCIDENT WHICH I WAS YOUNGER.

THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I DECIDED IF I RUN FOR OFFICE I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS.

THIS YEAR THEY WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH GOVERNOR DUCEY AND HIS TEAM ON CREATING -- CREATING FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICES TO INSURE THEY'RE PROPERLY TRAINED TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS BECAUSE I NEVER WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE CHILDREN LIKE THE INCIDENT I WENT THROUGH.

I DON'T WANT ANY OTHER FAMILY TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

>> THE SESSION WILL START IN A FEW MONTHS AND YOU'LL BE BUSY.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH SCENES OF DACA SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.