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The gang has been here, been in the united states since the '80s, but it was relatively dormant for a while and when this wave of unaccompanied minors came into this country, it provided the gang with throngs of new possible recruits. >> tell us a little bit more about what else we can expect in this new season. >> i just also want to point out, wolf, as far as the kids are concerned, what these kids really need is they need social services. they need help dealing with trauma, and there are ways to overcome this. law enforcement is important, but those are things that we just can't overlook. a...

Change in the population. >> get the door, please. >> traditionally most of the prisoners were from inner cities, big cities, such as gary, indianapolis, south bend, fort wayne areas. now we're seeing a lot more offenders come in from rural communities. i think that's due in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. that's why we have a large amount of offenders that are being incarcerated, in my opinion, from local, small communities. they get involved with the meth ring and get caught up and then they end up in the indiana department of correct...

Can you check what size you have? we are going to get you some sn shoe. send us as many as you can. i hear this every single day, whether it's a small local restaurant, coffee shop, to amazon. we get flyers. we get e-mails, phone calls. we need people. >> okay. what do we remember about work shift? >> we usually get someone employed within three days. we have had someone start within one day. that's how fast refuges are able to get impleemployed. >> reporter: we spoke with locals about the struggle to find jobs because of drugs. >> right now, heroin and meth is one of the biggest problems. >> ...

Okay? okay. good luck tomorrow. >> send as many as you can. i hear this every single day, whether it's a small, local restaurant, coffee shop to amazon, you know, we get fliers. we get e-mails, phone calls. we need people. >> okay. what do we remember about work shifts? we usually get someone employed within three days. we've had someone start within one day. that's how fast refugees are able to get employed. so, the refugees are not taking the jobs. the refugees are filling the gaps. >> we spoke with locals about the struggle to find jobs because of drugs. >> right now heroin and meth is one ...

Opportunity. >> we are going to get you some shoes okay? good luck tomorrow. >> send us as many as you can. i hear this every day, whether it's a small local restaurant to amazon. we get flyers. we get e-mails, phone calls, we need people. >> okay. what do you remember about work shift? >> we usually get someone employed within three days. we have had someone start within one day. that's how fast refugees are able to get employed. so they are not taking the jobs. they are filling the gaps. >> we spoke with locals about the struggle to find jobs because of drugs. >> right now, heroin and meth i...