Exploring Perspectives on Illegal Immigration in Documentaries
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Cégep Vanier College**We aren't endorsed by this school
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ENGLISH 603-103-MQ
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Arts & Humanities
Date
Dec 10, 2024
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2
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Laurianne Laroche1.This film is categorized as being a documentary. Identify two waysin which a documentary may differ from a news clip on similar issues. You can refer to elements such as format, sources, interview point of views, camera angles, length, the use of facts, beliefs, assumptions, etc. A documentary differs from a news clip by it’s length. Usually, a newsclip is a minute, maybe more, maybe less. Documentaries can last hours, including this one, who lasted 90 minutes. There is also the sources. Usually, in a news clip, there is only one point of view. But in documentaries, there is more than one. For example, in Crossing Arizona, we had multiple point of views, from Americans against “illegal immigration”, to Americans for “illegal immigration” and even point of view from the immigrants themselves.2.The film demonstrates how "illegal migration" has a direct impact on the bordering communities both in the United States and in Mexico.-Describe the two main opposing views portrayed in the film (provide names of organizations or individuals, groups of people, etc.)-Identify the main reasons supporting each view. -Name some of the actions undertaken by each side to either support migrants attempting to cross the border or deter them from arriving illegally through the border. One view was that a lot of Americans were against “illegal immigration”. They are against it, because they think immigrants steal their jobs and invade the country with their diversity. They are xenophobic and racist. One group was the American border patrol, who were patrolling in the desert, along the border, to stop any immigrants trying to get in. When they spotted one, they called security border and they took them away. Another group against it is the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or F.A.I.R. It is an extremist anti-immigration group in Washington D.C who came to Arizona and gave half a million dollars to “protect” the state from immigration to hire signatures gathers. A person in this group said he was ready to kick out children out of the hospital
with IV still in their arms and send them back to their country. There is also the prop 200, a law that is against “illegal immigrants”. It obliges a person to show proof of U.S citizenship to have access to healthcare and education. So, if a person with no paper needed emergency medical care, this person would be refused and could die. On a more upbeat note, there is groups who are for “illegal immigration”. They are for it, because they understand people just want a better life for themselves and their kids. There is Mike Wilson, a man who puts out 100 gallons of water per stop on the trail where immigrants passes the most. He also gives direction to immigrants who appear on the road. There is also people who are Samaritans, which is a charitable and helpful person, who are looking for immigrants along the border to provide food, water and medical care if needed. This helps the people crossing the border to survive until their arrival, and possibly give them hope that some people are there to help. Lastly, there is this group of volunteers that goes door to door to ask people to vote “no” to the prop 200. By doing that, they could assure a better life for “illegal immigrants”that migrates to the U.S. They could make that people don’t need proof of citizenship of the U.S to have access to healthcare and education, which could save lives.