A couple divided over politics, but united in saving lives

(Laura Hunter): "I'm a Democrat and my husband is a Republican and I think this has created a little bit of friction between us because I don't like Trump."

Laura Hunter and her husband John straddle a political divide that, in a divisive time, might have wrecked their relationship.

(John Hunter): "She didn't tell me she was a Democrat when I married her. Once again, I was tricked, the gringo was tricked, okay?"

But the two have found a common cause greater than their partisan disagreements: saving lives.

Laura, who was born in Mexico, and John run an organization called Water Stations, which places barrels of water throughout California's Anza-Borrego desert for migrants crossing illegally into the United States.

John, the Republican, founded Water Stations 21 years ago.

(John Hunter): "Back in 2000, there were a whole lot of deaths in the desert. And they were dying because of dehydration, this is in the sector here. [edit] In a funny way, I actually admire the guys that come across more than the average person because they go through a lot more work. I was born here. I was lucky to be born here in the States where we have great freedom and great opportunities. The guys down south of here don't have the same opportunities just because their system is different. So if I was one of them, I'd be coming north, too. I would do the same thing."

Laura joined the group as a volunteer, and later married John.

(Laura Hunter): "We are non-political and non-religious organizations, so that's why we attract different people from different walks of life... But all of us have the same purpose, the same goal to help reduce the heat-related deaths in this area."

John told Reuters politics didn't come up much until Donald Trump sought the White House, and began calling Mexicans rapists and criminals.

(John Hunter): "The moment Trump said those things, well, that is, I think he did kick a hornet's nest there and my wife obviously is not a Trump supporter, to put it mildly..."

John didn't vote for Trump in 2016 which he said was out of respect for his wife and he doesn't plan to vote for him this time, either, but he does plan to vote for him this year, saying he likes that Trump is not a typical politician.

(John Hunter): “I appreciate that. it's refreshing to find a guy who is himself, even if he's a jerk."

(Laura Hunter) “We have to agree to disagree, that's what I told my husband, not because I think different than he does makes me wrong or because he doesn't think that the way I think makes him wrong, no. We are two separate people, he's a man, I'm a woman, and we have different points of view, different ideas, different opinions."

Differences aside, Laura and John remain united in their mission to help those less fortunate no matter where they come from.