 giggles very big smiles and of course laughter this is big sister Mariela it's fine just playing with them and she has her hands full she's Mariela their neighborhood is right next to the border their mother says in the past they weren't allowed to play in their front yard because of criminal activity I was shaking something like that Mariela is just eight years old but vividly remembers when illegal aliens ran through her backyard and even on top of her roof when they call the police's my heart was beating so hard like I was I was actually scared so much but that wasn't the only time her parents had to call the police there was a car passing fast and they and they they they crash right Mariela's mother says her family was walking around the neighborhood when a car carrying illegal aliens narrowly missed them and smashed into a fence but the terror and the neighborhood has stopped thanks to the Texas Air National Guard I just see that we make it all over I feel good I feel good that they're saving us and save the guardsman patrol the area 24 7365 giving their mother confidence to allow her children to play in their front yard under her watchful eye