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3) Sin país
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"With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País (Without Country) explores one family's experience as they are separated by deportation. Sam and Elida Mejia escaped a violent Civil War in Guatemala and came to California. After raising their family for nearly 20 years in the Bay Area, immigration agents stormed the Mejia's house in 2007. After a passionate fight to stay in the U.S., Sam and Elida are deported back to Guatemala, and leave their...
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"Over two million of the nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States since childhood. Due to a broken immigration system, they grow up to uncertain futures. In Lives in Limbo, Roberto G. Gonzales introduces us to two groups: the college-goers, like Ricardo, whose good grades and strong network of community support propelled him into higher education, only to land in a factory job a few years after graduation, and...
7) Borderless
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This program is a docu-poem about the lives of undocumented worker and gives voice to the dreams and struggles of undocumented workers. Geraldo, a Costa Rican construction worker, and Angela, a second-generation Caribbean domestic worker, bring to life problems of labour exploitation and family separation.
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Provides an intimate look inside the lives of two non-status migrant laborers. Geraldo, a Costa Rican construction worker, and Angela, a Caribbean domestic employee, describe their experiences with labor exploitation and restrictive immigration laws, as well as their separation from children and family-poignantly conveyed through telephone calls home. Humanizing an often-invisible workforce, the program exposes some of the hidden costs of sustaining...
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"Todo lo que necesita saber para obtener su tarjeta verde! Si bien los Estados Unidos es un país de inmigrantes, obtener una tarjeta verde puede ser un reto burocrático, especialmente si no tiene información clara y actualizada que lo guíe en el proceso. Pero ahora sí la tiene, con Lo último en guías para obtener su tarjeta verde. Esta guía valiosa está repleta de información práctica de expertos." --
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Unauthorized: Portraits of Latino Immigrants takes readers inside the diverse contemporary worlds of undocumented Latino immigrants in the United States, exploring the myths and realities of education, health care, work, deportation, and more. This book aims to dispel common misconceptions while introducing readers to real people behind the headlines. Chapters explore the myths and realities of topics including education, health care, work, deportation,...
15) A Beautiful Life
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Some come to the city of angels to dream, some come to hide. A Beautiful Life tells the story of two drifting teenagers who fall in love and inspire each other dream again. Featuring Debi Mazar, Angela Sarafyan, Dana Delany, and Bai Ling
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Kitchen mayhem, irate customers and potential romance unfolds as Robert, an illegal immigrant working at a Chinese restaurant in New York as a waiter, desperately searches for a way to stay in the United States. He reluctantly agrees to meet an American woman, Claire, with the hopes of marrying to obtain a green card. Will Robert obtain his green card before immigration catches up with him?
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"Sasha Lewis's Slave Trade Today is a penetrating and empathic analysis of the historical development and current situation of the undocumented or "illegal" aliens in the United States. Lewis likens the exploitation of the undocumented immigrants to that of nineteenth-century indentured servants. Moreover, the system of exploitation is rationalized by an economic system that, in turn, is complemented by favorable immigration laws. Exploitation includes...
19) Golden venture
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"In June, 1993, the Golden Venture, a freighter carrying 300 undocumented Chinese passengers, ran aground off New York. The deaths and deportations that followed became a crucial turning point, ushering in a new, repressive era that has led America (once a beacon of liberty) to tighten its borders."--Container
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Reflecting academic interests in nation, race, gender, sexuality and other axes of identity, this text gathers these concerns under the same umbrella, contending that these issues must be discussed in relation to each other because communities, societiesand nations do not exist autonomously.
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