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The Migrant Trail: Walk a mile in their shoes

by on Sep. 15, 2010, under 2010 elections, Arizona, Immigration, Jan Brewer

Illegal immigrants. Beheadings. Drug trafficking in the desert. Gang violence in Mexico. SB1070. Yada, yada, yada…

Rightly or wrongly, Arizona’s SB1070 pushed immigration and border issues to the forefront in this election season.

Misinformation about immigration and the border abounds. For people who want to know more about migrants, gangs, the drug trade, and how it all relates to Americans, I suggest these movies:

- El Norte

- Sin Nombre

- Maria Full of Grace

- Traffic

- Plan Columbia

Watch these and then tell me who the real victims are. I’ll give you a hint: It’s related to poverty… on both sides of the border.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 6:00 pm and is filed under 2010 elections, Arizona, Immigration, Jan Brewer. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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  • Jim Hannley

    >I love your list of films. These educate the viewer on this complex topic. One I have seen is "Traffic" which is an American version of the excellent BBC production.

  • Pamela Jai Powers

    >Plan Columbia is a US film also, but all of the others were produced south of the border, I believe.

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Pamela Powers Hannley writes the Tucson Progressive blog on the TucsonCitizen.com and contributes articles to the Huffington Post and Salon.com. She has had more than 30 years of experience in written, visual, and electronic communication—including freelance writing, photography, graphic design, and consulting. In addition to blogging for the Citizen, she is the Managing Editor of an international medical research journal.

Hannley has authored medical research articles, print magazine and newspaper stories, and numerous cancer prevention and self-help publications.

She has been a blogger since 2006, joined the ranks of Tucson Citizen bloggers in October 2010, and started contributing to the Huffington Post in 2011 and to Salon.com in 2012.

Hannley holds a masters’ degree in public health from The University of Arizona and a bachelors’ degree in journalism from The Ohio State University. She is a native of Amherst, Ohio but has lived in Tucson since 1981.