The U.S. / Mexico Border: What's Really Happening (with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas')

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

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4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf sits down with Vincent "Rocco" Vargas, in an interview recorded in L.A. Vincent Vargas is a special operations combat veteran (2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment), actor, writer, and producer. After his time in the military and a stint as a prison guard, he became a BORSTAR Agent – a member of the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit attached to BORTAC, the Border Patrol Tactical Unit. Today, you can see Rocco on the FX series Mayans MC, and his book, “Borderline: Defending the Home Front” releases this fall. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: https://shop.thisisironclad.com/ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit https://www.thisisironclad.com to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?
0:07.0	Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
0:10.0	We have to organize a social movement.
0:15.0	We have an opportunity to lead by example versus just talking, hot air.
0:22.6	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change.
0:27.6	The people are the ones that can make the change.
0:34.3	All right, everybody, welcome back.
0:36.0	How many times have you turned on the TV or scroll through social media and seen a report
0:42.6	on the border?
0:44.2	And depending on where you go for your information, everything's okay or it seems like it's
0:50.1	an utter and complete catastrophe.
0:52.4	Wouldn't it be nice to actually talk to somebody who worked
0:54.8	in and along the border for a long period of time? I think so. And that's why I'm super
1:00.1	fired up for my conversation today with Vincent Rocco Vargas. Before we get into it, a few stats.
1:06.8	According to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency, in 2022 alone, 2.76 million undocumented
1:14.4	immigrants crossed the border into the United States. It was the highest number on record.
1:21.0	In 2022, 84% of the 14,104 pounds, you heard that correct, 14,104 pounds of fentanyl were seized at the
1:31.6	southern border. And in that same year, 98 people on the terrorist watch list were detained at the
1:37.0	southern border as well. My guest today knows a lot about these issues. Vincent Rocco Vargas.
1:46.7	Previously, before his time in working with the Border Patrol, was a Special Operations Combat veteran with the Second Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger
1:51.6	Regiment, and then he became a Boar Star agent that stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma,
1:56.0	and Rescue Unit, which is attached to Bortak, the Border Patrol Tactical Unit.
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