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"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...
2) Sanctuary
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In 2032 America, all citizens have a chip and everyone is tracked. It's pretty much impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's what sixteen-year-old Vali and her family are doing. But when her mother's counterfeit chip starts malfunctioning and the Deportation Forces raid their town, they are forced to run. Vali and her family are going to try to make it to her aunt's house in California, a sanctuary state. When Vali's mother is...
6) Heat
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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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"In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and...
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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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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...
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Examines Dreamers and DACA, the Obama-era bill that allows for forgiveness for immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and whose legal status may be in question. Contains sidebars that place the events within the larger context of race, civil rights, and immigration in America, and topics that have become a political hot-button issue for all political parties. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs....
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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.
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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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"Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without...
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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,...
20) Return to sender
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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.