A Day Wihout A Mexican- Film Post

I did not enjoy the film we had to watch for class titled "A Day without A Mexican".  I was expecting the film to tackle the issue of immigration and immigrant workers in a more serious fashion.  I understand that at times being over dramatic about a point helps people to see the point but I did not think this film did much good for the argument of the importance of immigrant workers.  The protests that happened all across the United States a few years ago had more of an impact on me then this film did.  The protests showed just how many people in the workforce are invisible workers and really made me think about my interactions with all workers.  It is also imporatnt to remeber that immigratns are human.  I think a problem with all of the immigration issues being in the news is the media does not focus enough on the person stories behind the legistlation.  Many of the readings from this class were interviews that focused on the stuggles many families had during their migration and first years in the United States.  Some families went through traumtic events just to be able to have the oppotrunity to reach American soil.  

In my opinon there might be more of a conversation if people looked at all aspects of immigation. What types of conditions are people try to escape?  Is there more opppotunity in America for them?  Is their quality of life going to imporve if they move their famiy to the United States? There needs to be more action similar to the protests to help reinforce the human factor in the immigration converation.