april 8 2013151 the justreleased music video from los angelesbased la santa cecilia shares the anguish that the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants experience in the united states because of their precarious status for the band members ice el hielo is more than just a heartfelt song tells of their community la santa cecilias vocalist marisoul hernandez says that one of the characters in the music video for ice el hielo is based on her mother eva the song describes living in fear where the most common challenge becomes a threat and hiccup could balloon into a deportation order el hielo is spanish for ice an acronym for us immigration and customs enforcement the agency that enforces federal immigration law ice is loose on the street we never know when well be next the spanish lyrics go the song chorus sums up deportation and the resulting separation of families from an immigrants perspective one stays here the other thereall for going out to work in fact jose pepe carlos la santa cecilias accordion player and guitarist is currently struggling to have his status fixed he was brought to the united states when he was 5 years old now 30 he barely qualified for deferred action a recent immigration that program grants some younger immigrants twoyears reprieve from deportation along with a work permit he was recently approved for deferred action but still faces challenges in the video above pepe opens up about his struggle in a very frank interview and the entire band members from la santa cecilia share their thoughts about the powerful message of the song and their art