And new at. 10 tonight there were new, developments wednesday in the story of diego and lizandro
And i  mean it all began last week, when ice agents detained the brothers following a regular
checkup
That they had set up with immigration officials in baltimore the undocumented teen informed
immigration of his plans to head to north carolina for college 19
Year old Lizandro Claro Sarabia was heading to college on a soccer scholarship
he and his 22 year old brother diego were detained when they checked in at the ice
Baltimore office last friday i mean nothing
had happened or anything like, that so we just thought it was gonna be normal a normal day i
Sent a letter
it had the scholarship i got and that i was accepted to the school, and that i
Was getting enrolled that i had gotten enroll already and
and so
They, asked if we could come because, we had to check in and so they
Asked if we could come earlier they took us to a
back room and then, we waited for like two hours and they came out and
They just said that they couldn't let us go because they couldn't let, me go to another state and living in another state
Because in some if they needed to get catch us
One day it was going to be harder on them
which is way different like i
Used to have my car i just grabbed, my keys and go out. You know
over here Iike I can't, cause I don't have my car. I don't even know the place I
Can't put the gps
And go out cause there's no gps you know there's no name on the street i
feel, like this is my university but at the same time like around here i i'm not adapted to it yet i
Don't really have
pictures that i put around here and all that I don't know I
feel like i'll never be able to adapt normally if i
keep bringing this out, from there at
First I
I i used to blame it on myself because i was the one who sent that letter i was the one, who
was going to college and i
mean, my, brother had nothing to do with it and
Just because he, was there in the process with me he also was a victim of it so  if you could
go, back and do it all over, again, would you send that letter no i
Wouldn't i wouldn't show up to
the immigration offices i
didn't know, my dad
until i i i
Moved to the US so i when when he left i was about one year old
And so then, my mom went went next and then, my, my older brother and my sister and
It was just me and diego back in El Salvador so
We've been together for a long time
My, whole family's in the US. And that's where, my home, is that's that's, where all my family is so
you, don't feel at home if
Your people was not at home
This is Lizandro and Diego
Have you seen pictures of Lizandro looked really, not really but fat
they were
They, were living here together before and
Then when Lizandro had a girlfriend
so, Diego decides to move to this room
No me atrebo aveces a entrar al cuarto porque, al cuarto de ellos me da mucha tristeza
Muy, dificil muy triste
La casa es muy vacia, muy sola
Muy difícil para mi
porque ya no, no los tenemos ya
This is Diego and Lizandro in a fair in El Salvador, they were always together
always
And this is was last year for christmas
It's really hard not to be together and especially these holidays
Um last year we were so happy for christmas
And this year is hard for us
Cuando ellos vinieron aqui, yo platique con ella
para meternos en una academia
para que después de escuela  se mantenieran ocupados
Para que no tuvieran problemas aquí
He was very aggressive player and that's that's
Why, we loved him
For like his soccer, soccer world because he brought something to the field that a lot of us probably
Wouldn't have but it was the times like, before practicing, after practice, on the bus rides to games, when we're traveling
That's when you really get to know people and that's when he made the biggest impact on all of us
Just to see his progression not only soccer wise but in this country, and what he's doing down in front of homeland security
Which is just up off nebraska avenue, we didn't, assume the worst but like
We knew it was a possibility that it wasn't gonna do anything
But i think it made enough noise that
People still are still talking, about it
Which in our mind is like, what's the most important part because it can, help other people in the future
And they're an example of great people that
Were doing great things in this country that benefited a ton of people and impacted a ton of people
That were wrongfully taken away from it
You look at a kid like Lizandro and
diego, and
They were, despite the fact that they came here at
10 and 14
Despite the fact that they have, no criminal record
despite the fact that they have been valuable contributors to our community
they were deported and
How, is that just i don't know?
Add to the fact that
This administration is hell-bent on
criminalizing immigrants and
Add to the fact that they're targeting youth that are going to college
I'd say it's not just
Disheartening but inhumane and and i would say any rational person
In America would say, that's just terrible policy
we're trying to um
To, see if we can, play first division here so
If we can make it there is gonna be you know
Good future for us is the thing that we'd like to do not be in school and then go play
When i'm in the field, when i'm with the ball ah
There's nothing, no problems i'm back home
Where i'm supposed to be like nothing and it's all about the game at that moment
At this moment i'm just
it's it's whatever it's i gotta, do what i gotta do here and if they gave me the opportunity here, why not
Take advantage of it and then we see
What life has on for us after that
