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Pub. Date
[2011], c2000
Language
English
Description
This episode of The Enforcers focuses on the Border Patrol, responsible for thwarting illegal immigration and smuggling into the world's wealthiest nation. Part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, this agency was created by a 1924 act of Congress and has grown from their early days of horse-and-buggy patrols to high-tech enforcement. The program takes us to the site of one of the busiest crossings.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Traveling across the country, journalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio risked arrest at every turn to report the extraordinary stories of her fellow undocumented Americans. Her subjects have every reason to be wary around reporters, but Cornejo Villavicencio has unmatched access to their stories. Her work culminates in a stunning, essential read for our times. Born in Ecuador and brought to the United States when she was five years old, Cornejo Villavicencio...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2010
Language
English
Description
Three years in the making, Southern Exposure tears down a curtain of lies, half-truths, and misinformation to scrutinize the many aspects of illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States. The result is a hard-hitting investigation that chronicles the backstories of drug cartels and human trafficking, the effects of demographic changes, the resurgence of contagious diseases, and the escalation of racism. Southern Exposure is unflinching in identifying...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2007
Language
English
Description
In the past decade, a large influx of immigrants has expanded beyond traditional polyglot cities. This has produced a backlash, especially since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, made immigration a national security issue. Some argue that the U.S. economy demands immigrant labor, and by denying these workers legal status, the government is fostering a shadow sub-class subject to abuse. Others, contending that illegal workers depress wages...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Jasmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. Pretty and popular, she's studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship. And then everything shatters. A national scholar award invitation compels her parents to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This film portrays the rapidly increasing dilemma of illegal migration to Europe. It goes into the so-called "Jungle", an abusive and unlawful immigrant encampment near Calais in France, full of desperate refugees from all around the world. Interviewing them, the director provides us testimonials and opinions on the crisis that threatens to destroy the European Union.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was born in the US, it's hard to feel American now when he's terrified that his mother will be discovered-and that they will be separated. When he sees his mother being escorted from her workplace by two officers, Jason feels completely alone. He boards a train with the hope of finding his aunt in...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Carlos Galindo, an illegal immigrant and single father, works hard to reconnect with his teenage son and keep him out of a local gang.
Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed the border into the U.S. But when his wife left him, Carlos's only goal became to make sure his son Luis was given the opportunities he never had. A story that follows father and son as they embark on a physical and spiritual...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
"One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been...
11) Heat
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Mastrogiovanni escribió un libro que aborda el pasado pandillero de Snoopy hasta el presente de Edwin como maestro de inglés para niños de la Condesa» ?Del posfacio de Oswaldo Zavala. La vida adentro es también construirse. Esto hace la raza en prisión. La raza se educa. La raza lee. La raza se representa a sí misma, con dibujos, poesía, tatuajes, leyendo la historia de los heroicos guerreros aztecas. En cualquier prisión de California, los...
14) Return to sender
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Around 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live in the United States, and the question of what to do about them has sparked years of fierce debate. Some argue that these immigrants work hard and make positive contributions to the economy, while others argue that they burden taxpayers and create unwanted competition for jobs. In 2013, the Senate passed a comprehensive bill that included giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship,...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Does America need more or less immigration? Should we let the free market decide how many immigrant workers the economy can support? Or should a responsible government manage the flow of labor? Reason Foundation managing editor Tom Clougherty moderates a debate on immigration reform, featuring Cato Institute immigration policy analyst Alex Nowrasteh, George Mason University professor of economics Bryan Caplan, and Center for Immigration Studies executive...
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