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James O'Keefe

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1482 total appearances

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Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

I watched it.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

I jumped aboard the train of death, the train de la muerte in Aeropuerto, Mexico.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

and I wrote it with the Venezuelans.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And that, of all the things I've ever done in my life, that, first of all, I thought that was incredible cinema, and I directed and produced that, but I was most proud of that journey.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And what I discovered doing that, and I had no idea what I would find, like, you know, the immigration issue,

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

was the humanity of it.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

I was with these immigrants who were coming from Venezuela to the United States, and they're just trying to survive.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And it really moved me.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

I ceased becoming a journalist, and I was just a humanitarian.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And I was a participant.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And by the way, I think many of them are good people.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

I mean, there might be some there that are bad, but they're mothers.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

with their babies, six months old, and they're climbing aboard a moving freight train, and you could get your leg chopped off, many of the babies get mutilated, and these mothers, they have like a, they're just holding a water and a bolsa, and this is their entire life.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And they accepted me as part of their little group.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And I was just, I was genuinely moved by their desire to survive and become American.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

It's called Line in the Sand.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

I think I'm most proud of, I guess you could call that an undercover investigation.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

And I was detained by the Mexican National Guard and they let me go.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

Anthony Rubin was kidnapped by the cartel before I did it.

Digital Social Hour
James O'Keefe: “Fear Is Worse Than Corruption.” | DSH #1764

Jeez.