{"id":12588,"date":"2018-03-09T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=12588"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:48:20","slug":"francisco-cantu-the-line-becomes-a-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/francisco-cantu-the-line-becomes-a-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Cantu: The Line Becomes a River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pA-WEEWTRsg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xPfldZytcFo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>March 9, 2018 \u2013 Author <a href=\"https:\/\/franciscocantu.us\/\">Francisco\u00a0Cant\u00fa<\/a> grew along the border with Mexico but he wanted to learn more about immigration policy after graduating from college. 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