Immigration Nation

Before focusing on the content of the series, I think everybody will agree on the slick cinematography and the professional editing of the footage.

At times, one would have the impression watching a movie.

Only, these are not actors but real people.

As far as the subject of the series is concerned, we may all have our different opinions about this.

ICE, as an entity, an organisation to track and trace illegal criminals surely has it's legit right of existing, and should not be abolished in my opinion.

But when injustice becomes law, it is time to rethink what the priorities are.

This is what this series is all about.

Regardless of the "this is my job, this is what I am paid for" approach from Icers , the bigger moral picture should always remain the compass as to the execution of one's job.

This series will create a lot of tremors and a lot of uneasy questions will be asked.

I hope that this masterpiece of journalism, will finally result in a ( slightly ) better living environment for all, Immigrants and Ice Officers alike.

A Must see.

Let the ICE agents, the border patrol, the immigration judges, and the sheriffs speak for themselves.

If you can watch this whole series and still support the existence of ICE or our immigration courts, then you have no soul. We have federal marshals to conduct arrests on fugitives, and we have a judicial court system that should provide these people due process. What's the harm in a man escaping certain death from his own country and working here, doing a job that none of you would want to do? Why are we deporting veterans for minor drug offenses like marijuana? Veterans are prescribed marijuana in many states for pain and other conditions, yet this guy gets deported for pleading guilty to probation?

If this is considered propaganda by Trump supporters, then your brain is broken.

So, this is only out for a few days and these reviews are already bonkers from both sides. I'll try to be objective as this doc-series was on a very divisive issue.

I think the biggest takeaway from this series is how our policies and bureaucracy have such a high toll on people in complex situations. It humanized the immigrants. It showed what troubles they face from both legal immigration to undocumented, illegal immigration. Families ripped apart. Decades of life uprooted from where they now call home. A veteran who is here illegally so he can be with his family. It also humanized some of the immigration officers. An ICE agent with a family who empathized with the subject and let them tell their family goodbye. A CBP agent who saved an undocumented border crosser from dehydration and possibly death.

For the "outrage" that this is liberal propaganda, please just consider that this film is not a Michael Moore piece with some huge narrative. It presents real situations from real people. Most of this was filmed recently, so it shows people affected by the current administration's policies. It didn't only show illegal immigrants either. It showed asylum seekers who were also trying to enter correctly, and what hurdles they faced. However, it also pointed out that the previous administration deported more than any before him, as well as issues with the current immigration laws and policies enacted under Clinton. Episode 6 has a very pro-CBP stance. Shows many of the officers are there to stop human trafficking. Sad to see the true nature of a lot of that is related to organized crime, and it's good that CBP is working on that.

How do some of these people sleep at night? The hardest episode to watch was "The Right Way" (#5). It shows how broken our system is and unnecessarily so. It provides great insight into those who say "just do it the legal way!" even when those in charge don't even know what the legal way seems to be. One outright states he enjoys "hunting" human beings. Like, he says exactly those words. This was hard to watch but it is well worth your time.

Loved it it shows woman Latino woman and men in ice . I do think we need to fix some immigration stuff with heart I understand both sides . I think ppl are shocked to know ice agents are 80 percent Latino and minorities . But it's heartbreaking to watch everyone deserves a chance but like I said we need these shows to come up with new legislation for immigrants to come in what I witnessed is if you have a lot of money it's easier to come to USA .