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Seems like the folks on the border are the ones that the MSM (and the Congress, maybe?) overlook during the entire illegal amnesty/guest worker debate.

Has anyone here seen the film? Does anyone know where I could order it?

Check out the entire story at the link above.

1 posted on 05/25/2006 12:10:10 PM PDT by Warhammer
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To: Warhammer

If you find a copy, please let us know. Thanks.


2 posted on 05/25/2006 12:13:27 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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I lived in Cochise County for a couple of years (86-87) while at Ft. Huachuca. Illegals were a problem then, but not on this scale.
3 posted on 05/25/2006 12:19:31 PM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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Sorry Mrs. Maharis, they don't care about you. All they care about are those poor citizens of Mexico.


5 posted on 05/25/2006 12:21:56 PM PDT by sheana
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Would be an interesting movie, it sounds like ... not beholding to either side. But it would show the flaws of our current system ... the guilty are the employers and the politicians that ignore the employers of the illegals.


6 posted on 05/25/2006 12:22:42 PM PDT by AgThorn (Bush is my president, but he needs to protect our borders. FIRST, before any talk of "Amnesty.")
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"Ms. Maharis grabbed her camera and filmed the scene."

How does one film in the dark?


7 posted on 05/25/2006 12:24:03 PM PDT by RoadTest (For the love of money is the root of all evil - I Timothy 6:10)
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8DV6C/ref=wl_it_dp/103-8615335-2089443?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=2NXMCOWW6P572&coliid=I2AOR3OQ3ALW00&v=glance&n=130


8 posted on 05/25/2006 12:24:57 PM PDT by nina0113
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Are you an illegal Ms. Maharis?

No.

Are you in favor of amnesty?

No.

Well screw you then, you must be one of those racist pigs!

Love, John McLame
10 posted on 05/25/2006 12:29:06 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


11 posted on 05/25/2006 12:32:41 PM PDT by gubamyster
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In her nightgown, shaking with fear, Ms. Maharis grabbed her camera and filmed the scene. "I had to film it because nobody would believe it," says Ms. Maharis, 63, a self-described Indiana farm girl.

Why in the world would she open her door in the first place? Then she picked up a camera instead of a shotgun, and that makes no sense to me. She was so scared that she was shaking with fear, and yet, she opened the door anyway. I don't understand it. I live out in the country too, and whenever I hear something weird, I grab my shotgun, and look out my window before opening the door. If I can't determine what's going on, I don't open the door.

12 posted on 05/25/2006 12:37:11 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (CONGRESS, YOU BUILD THE FENCE NOW, OR WE*LL VOTE FOR LAWMAKERS WHO WILL!)
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I haven't seen her film, but I don't need to- I see that stuff in person all the time. You have no idea how many times BP helicopter has awakened us in the wee hours, and how many illegals we have had to personally deal with. It is scary because some are very bad people. We can't all leave home at the same time, due to burglaries or worse. Those who don't live on the border cannot imagine what it is like for those that do. It is another world and it is a war zone. I don't live in a hot spot, but the same things happen all along the border- they just happen more often in the hot spots.

Many people who don't live here don't believe us or think at best we exaggerate. Actually usually we don't tell half of it because we are used to much of what happens so it doesn't seem unusual enough to talk about.
13 posted on 05/25/2006 12:45:08 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Build a Real Border Fence, and secure the border!!!)
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Cries From the Border

“Citizens Along the Border with Mexico
Telling their Story”–Chris Simcox

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18 posted on 05/25/2006 1:23:58 PM PDT by AZ GRAMMY
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I remember when she first put this out. I wonder if she got enough screnings to get her qualified for the Academy Award for Best Documentary?


23 posted on 05/25/2006 1:33:29 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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Has anyone here seen the film? Does anyone know where I could order it?

Haven't seen it yet, but it's available through our Hastings bookstore, and may also be available from Amazon.com.

Friends of mine who have seen it say it is a very accurate depiction of what we are going through down here.

25 posted on 05/25/2006 1:58:11 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~ Supporting Those Who Serve ~)
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"We came here to live our retirement in peace, and if we can't we'll have to leave."
But the nation's trauma worries her more, and she's hard-pressed to understand how George Bush's immigration plan will do anything to help American citizens on the border.
"This is uncivilized.... "

:o)


28 posted on 05/25/2006 4:01:43 PM PDT by traumer
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