Borderland : The Line Within

The United States border is not just a geographic location. The border is everywhere.

It lies within every undocumented immigrant family with the threat that at any moment they can be captured, incarcerated, deported; their lives destroyed. BORDERLAND | The Line Within not only exposes the profitable business of immigration and its human cost, but weaves together the stories of immigrant heroines and heroes resisting and showing a way forward, intent on building a movement in the shadow of the border industrial complex, recognizing the human rights of all.

There is a war on immigrants being waged every day in this country, and not just along the southern border – we have become a Borderland, the border is everywhere and within every immigrant. A massive surveillance, militarized and carceral apparatus has been built to capture, detain and deport millions of immigrants. Conservative forces which seek to influence government policy have created a road map for the mass deportation of immigrants. This is a travesty and we need to shift public opinion to support a movement for policy reform that values the human rights and aspirations of immigrants, and welcomes the economic and cultural contributions they bring to our society. The protagonists of Borderland | The Line Within, all immigrants themselves, express these values while exposing the border industrial complex that provides the scaffolding for the war on immigrants.

This is a 2024 Documentary, 1h 50 min. Screening followed by community discussion.

Sponsored by: The Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice Latin America Caucus; and the University of Michigan, Latin America and Caribbean Studies (LACS)

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Borderland : The Line Within

Film Screening & Discussion