Jeff Ross Roasts the Border: Live from Brownsville, Texas Page #3

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the bring them back in.

I wouldn't get too

far out in the open.

Why is that? To get

out in the open, or?

Yeah.

Well, if anybody don't

like us on that side.

Oh, I see. They're

not going to shoot?

If you say so.

Jesus.

This will make your heart heavy,

considering what these people

go through to get right here.

Well, all over the world,

there's so much scary crap

going on that you

can't blame them.

Well...

For putting their kid

in a raft and risking it...

I understand that...

...his life.

But as an American citizen,

how many people do you let in?

All of them. How

many do you support?

All of them. Look how big

this country is.

Well, those... I mean,

I'm not saying

turn your back on a lot

of these people,

but what I'm saying is,

is that we need

to tend to our own

before we can tend

to everybody else.

We are everybody else.

That's my opinion.

Those two people

are now Americans.

They're just going

to be part of our poor

that we have to take care of.

Right.

As soon as they get

here, they are us.

Ross:
I expected about 50

locals to show up at the show,

but it turns out,

everyone in town

is affected by what's going on.

Both of my parents crossed

here at the Brownsville Bridge

around 40 years

ago, give or take.

Man:
I have friends

that are from both.

They're both nationalities,

Mexican and the United States.

They go to the university

here in Brownsville.

They're afraid to go home.

They're afraid to come back

over here to go to class

because you never know when

that random pick-up will happen,

or their random deportation.

Man:
I came here with my mother.

We actually crossed

the river, you know,

just like millions of Mexicans

that come to the United States.

When I came, I felt that this

country was the best,

and I wanted to be

a contributor.

I've been in the military.

I graduated college.

I'm contributing

-- I'm a taxpayer.

So, immigration is just

welcoming people

to the land of opportunity.

Man:
Well, we were driving

by and we were wondering

what was going on,

and they told us Rick Ross...

Oh, James? Jeff Ross?

Yeah.

Man:
Brownsville, Texas,

are you guys ready

for the Roastmaster General?

Put your hands together

for Mr. Jeff Ross!

Yeah!

[ Cheering and applause ]

Que paso, Brownsville?

[ Cheering and applause ]

You really came. You came.

Thank you, everybody.

Where are my Americans at?

[ Cheering ]

We've got some hardcore,

patriotic American

people down here.

And where

are my undocumented at?

[ Cheering ]

All in favor of letting

everybody stay in America,

say, "Aye-yi-yi-yi."

Aye-yi-yi-yi!

Stick around after the show,

you guys,

because we're going to break

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