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like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexic...

bill? >> neil, good afternoon to you. this week alone here in brownsville, thousands upon thousands of people crossed illegally. as a result of that border patrol here over capacity and they have been conducting mass releases. take a look at this video. a few hours ago in downtown brownsville, migrants walking around a bus terminal. some carrying folders with their dhs paperwork. there's an ngo that helps these migrants out with their travel documents. a lot of them are venezuelans. we caught up with one venezuelan man that was released this morning. here's what he had to say. >> tit...

because it's almost 70% latino. dale! and it also has one of the highest percentages of latin-owned businesses of any u.s. city. being here is like being in a latinx city in the middle of the u.s., and cubans were the first latinos to arrive and imprint their culture here. and since then, latinos from all over the world have made miami their home. in fact, if you were to buy a latin compass, the needle would point to miami. and i have tons of history here, too, y'all. my show "ghetto klown" was done here at the jackie gleason theater. i even shot my directorial debut, "critical think...

full peal which i've never heard of, driving us up the wall, but it's part of the day of coronation. about 100 yards behind us we saw king charles and queen camilla turn up in one of those horse-drawn carriages and we knew this was something special and we knew, in fact, something that hasn't been seen here for, oh, 70 years. a lot of hubbub, pomp and circumstance, but in the middle of the ceremony when the archbishop of canterbury took that coronation crown and fitted it on king charles' head and you knew something would happen and a short time after that to show the tradition and h...

but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost h...