MISSION, TEXAS — JANUARY 8 2019

1. Various of DHS choppers flying over La Lomita Chapel, the Border Patrol is planning on building wall that would further bifurcate public and church property

2. Border Patrol SUV drives on the levee dividing the land

3. Choppers continue to pass

4. Pan from levee road to La Lomita Chapel land

5. Cross sitting atop church roof

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6. Various of steel ballard design fence on the US-Mexico Port of Entry in Hildago, which would look similar to what will be built in Mission area

MISSION, TEXAS — JANUARY 8 2019

7. Various La Lomita, exterior

8. Various inside sanctuary

9. Natural sound up full Father Roy Snipes showing where wall would be built

10. Various inside sanctuary, prayer candles, Father Roy

11. Soundbite (English) Father Roy Snipes, La Lomita Pastor: see script

12. Various inside sanctuary

13. Various outside shrine of Our Lady and flowers

14. Soundbite (English) Father Roy Snipes, La Lomita Pastor: see script

15. Outside the building for the National Butterfly Center

16. Soundbite (English) Marianna Trevino Wright, National Butterfly Center: see script

17. Various of National Butterfly Center, wildlife, tracking shot along the interior road

18. Two butterflies share a flower

19. Soundbite (English) Marianna Trevino Wright, National Butterfly Center: see script

20. Bird on branch

21. Various of tourists making photos

22. Goats on the Cavazos farm

23. The Cavazos family during interview

24. Longhorn cattle on the farm

25. Soundbite (English) Eloisa Cavazos, Mission, Texas: see script

26. Various of Cavazos family on their river front property, fishing and talking

27. Tracking shot on the river, on top of Father roy's boat

28. Father Roy steering his boat

29. Cutaways

30 Soundbite (English) Father Roy Snipes, La Lomita Pastor: see script

31. Various of Father Roy

32. Chopper patrolling overhead

33. Zoom out from chapel

STORY

MISSION, TEXAS (AP) —As Trump arrives, South Texas fights his proposed wall

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President Donald Trump's visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas comes as his administration fights many of the region's landowners, religious leaders, and environmentalists over the few miles of barrier it's already trying to build.

Natural Sound Up Full: Choppers circling overhead

THE BORDER WALL BATTLE IS GETTING NOISIER AND NASTIER AS PROPERTY OWNERS IN SOUTH TEXAS FACE OFF AGAINST A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTENT ON SEIZING THEIR LAND…

LAND NEEDED FOR A PORTION OF WALL CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY CONGRESS MONTHS AGO.  

THE 1.4 BILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT HAS RAISED THE IRE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS NEIGHBORS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER— AND COULD SIGNAL WHAT LIES AHEAD IF THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS FOR MORE WALL BUILDING GO THROUGH.

(CHOPPER CROSSING)

THE LA LOMITA CHAPEL— THE NAMESAKE FOR THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS— HAPPENS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ALREADY APPROVED PATH. BUILDING COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY… IF LAWSUITS DON'T STOP IT FIRST.

(natural sound up of Father Roy showing where a wall would go)

FATHER ROY SNIPES —OFTEN DONNING A COWBOY HAT WITH HIS CRUCIFIX-   IS A CATHOLIC PRIEST IN THE OBLATE ORDER…WHICH HAS MINISTERED IN THE VALLEY SINCE THE 1840S.

SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Father Roy Snipes, La Lomita Pastor: " we're here at the old La Lomita Chapel. which is kind of the mother church of our whole area."

THE Catholic  DIOCESE DOES NOT WANT TO SELL THIS LAND OR GIVE IT UP. So it's suing the government, SAYING This VIOLATES CATHOLIC TEACHINGS, THE CHURCHES RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT MIGRANTS, AS WELL AS ITS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Father Roy Snipes, La Lomita Pastor: ""the serenity and simplicity of the place would be ruined."

… STAND UP Super: John Mone, Associated Press: "MUCH OF THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE LIKE THESE STEEL BALLARDS AND CONCRETE LAW ENFORCEMENT ZONES. THOUGH MANY IN THE VALLEY SAY THE PRICE OF A physical and VISUAL DETERRENT ISN'T WORTH WHAT IT WILL COST HERITAGE IF THE GOVERNMENT TAKES LAND BY EMINENT DOMAIN.

Marianna Trevino Wright, National Butterfly Center: " uncle sam is gonna impact that dramatically by eliminating all of these trees full of nests, eggs, baby birds piling them up somewhere and burning them."

AT THE NATIONAL BUTTERFLY CENTER — THE CONCERN IS WHAT A WALL  AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ZONE WILL DO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES

Marianna Trevino Wright, National Butterfly Center: " you eliminate the plant, that is the reproductive basis for the butterfly, you eliminate the butterfly."

THE CENTER IS A NATURE PRESERVE AND TOURIST MAGNET — AND ITS ALSO SUING TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM BUILDING HERE—

DIRECTOR MARIANA TREVINO WRIGHT SAYS THE END RESULT WILL BE A CONCRETE FEDERAL FOOTPRINT ON WILDLIFE—

(GOATS bleating on the farm)

NEARBY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY SURVEYED WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FROM THE CAVAZOS FAMILY'S 64 ACRES…

Soundbite (English) Eloisa Cavazos, Opposes Wall: "" that wall itself? it's not going to stop anything."

MANY FAMILIES LIKE THEM HAVE MULTIPLE HEIRS TO THEIR PROPERTIES SO THE TOTAL IMPACT OF LAND SEIZURES IS YET UNKNOWN.

CONSTRUCTION MAY CUT OFF ACCESS THEY HAVE TO THE WATER THEY GREW UP FISHING ON…

(NATS— Father Roy in boat, RIGHT over on that side is mexico)

THE SAME RIVER FATHER ROY USES TO BOAT TO WORK…  

SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Father Roy Snipes, La Lomita Pastor:

" for god's sake leave our chapel alone. you don't have to build a wall along this beautiful river. if you're the smartest and richest and most powerful people in the world can't you think of something better than that?

THE OBLATE MISSIONARY ALSO RENTS LAND FROM THE CAVAZOS', SO HIS OWN HOUSE AND THE COMMUNITY'S HOUSE OF WORSHIP COULD BE BEHIND A BARRIER… TOO —JOHN MONE ASSOCIATED PRESS MISSION TEXAS.