Living Undocumented

I want to address all the haters on here before I give an ACTUAL review. It's clear that many of you either didn't actually watch the series or you just don't comprehend the majority of the issues these people have been through. Also, if even a quarter of undocumented adults were to leave the US, our economy will utterly collapse. This isn't debatable.

Now, moving along, I found that the narrative was well thought-out and handled skillfully. The point of almost any documentary is to inform and/or educate, and this documentary didn't disappoint in that area. It certainly educated me on some issues I was not aware of previously. I also felt the camera work was exceptional, as was the editing. I highly recommend this series.

Look, obviously, there are laws against illegally entering borders and the ramifications of those actions. Is this a more stringent era of enforcement? Yes. It's a heated issue. This documentary takes you inside of the families living on the cusp of deportation; the mental effects of that stress, and the consequences. I found it extremely eye opening. I heard about the deportation areas but to hear interviews from inside these places was interesting. The documentary definitely tugs at your heartstrings on a topic that is still extremely difficult to tackle. But overall, I learned things I didn't know and it presented the topic with intrigue. Well done.

What makes America great is all the different ethnicities and backgrounds. For those that say my parents came in legally in the 1900's the process was not the same as today, and most were coming from Europeans countries. If you came thru Ellis Island less than 2% were returned. Imagine if the roles were reversed. What we need to do as a nation is fix our immigration system/law instead of criminalize immigrants. This were real people affected in different ways by a broken system. Not every Italian is in the MOB, Not every Mexican is a criminal. The same administration that created this propaganda are in their own mess. KARMA

If you want to know more about illegal immigration in the U. S. from the perspectives of the families and lives affected by it, this documentary is for you. It probably won't change anyone's mind, especially those on the extreme ends of the debate, but if you're a normal person you might just feel some level of empathy of your fellow human beings.

The strength of this documentary is that it puts faces of real people to the issue. These are no longer faceless or nameless people who can be easily ignored or vilified. But I think it is also a weakness. More facts and figures, more contextual backgrounds of what's happening in Central America, even some interviews with those business owners or farmers who rely on immigrant workers would be useful.

The truth is that the U. S. needs immigrants to keep its economy running and prices of everyday goods, like food, relatively low. Take away the illegal immigrants and very quickly you will have ruinous inflation and other economic issues that will hit hard at everyone except for the rich. To be sure even the rich will feel it, but they can easily weather anything.

I'm reminded of a news segment I saw a few years back. A farmer was lamenting that he was facing a huge economic loss because he couldn't get anyone to harvest his crops. Previously he had relied on illegal immigrants. But his support for a certain political party saw to it that his labor force was greatly diminished. It was only now that he realized what he had done.

As an European citizen I am very sceptical. We have a lot of illegal immigrants. And I wouldn't care if they would have the same values. But they don't. Equality between men and women for example...

This documentary is very sentimental and humanizing. But open borders in the world doesn't seems to be the greatest idea.

We should improve the conditions of their home country. So people don't have such an urge to go to Europe or the United states.