This segment was made available on Friday, May 5th, 2006.
Commentary: Undocumented Life
Executive Producer Bret Marcus joins Producer Joseph Angier, Story Editor Randa Cardwell, and Reseacher Jessica Garcia to discuss Undocumented Life, a segment that explores what it is like to live in America as an undocumented immigrant.
thank you! to all the people mention above , really thank you for opening my eyes about this issue i mean for the first time i get it ! we spend so much time and money in trying to fix the problem but we never think about the kind of life they have after they cross the border. oh! and also the video help me a lot for a project at school thank you!
This is a really personal story. I am now a legal resident(by marrying a u.s citizen) but my family (father,mother and 2 sister) isn’t.
The sad part is that my sister nataly a valevictorian, 4.0 student. with a FULL scholarship for U.C. Berkeley was unable to obtain that scholarship due to NO SOCIAL SECURITY! She came to this country when she was a couple months old. Good thing she never gave up, she still attending UC berkeley but personally paying it. Father is helping too. But for my family is extremely difficult. My parents are paying a home mortgage that is under my name, and I don’t even leave there. I just did it to help my valuable family. Who strugled it thru all this time who I think they deserved it. I just hope that one of these days there will be hope for this working families that I believe belong to the community now(usa) .
I’m sick and tired of the news media portraying ILLEGAL ALIENS as the “poor little UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS”!!
Sure they’re HUMAN. Sure they have FEELINGS. MURDERERS ARE HUMAN AND THEY HAVE FEELINGS TOO! You have to realize that these people are CRIMINALS! They are PEOPLE THAT HAVE BROKEN ONE OF OUR FEDERAL LAWS!! KCET, stop making these people look like INNOCENT VICTIMS!! They broke the law willingly!
PEOPLE THAT BREAK THE LAW ARE C R I M I N A L S.
Did you get that?
Let me repeat myself.
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE CRIMINALS!! The law is the law.
The illegal aliens shown in several media stories HIDE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW!!
American citizens are FED UP with our government not putting a STOP to this ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION by SECURING OUR BORDERS!!! Taxpayers are SICK AND TIRED OF PAYING FOR THEM TO BE HERE!!
American citizens are coming together to FORCE our elected officials to put a STOP to it!! We will continue to document and report EVERY ILLEGAL ALIEN in our communities to the proper authorities like ICE AND DHS.
American citizens are SICK OF SEEING THESE PEOPLE FLY AND/OR DISPLAY THEIR MEXICAN FLAG! This is AMERICA, AND THE ONLY FLAG WE WANT TO SEE IS THE RED WHITE AND BLUE! Period!
KCET, STOP PANDERING TO CRIMINALS!!
November 21st, 2006 at 10:38 pm
thank you! to all the people mention above , really thank you for opening my eyes about this issue i mean for the first time i get it ! we spend so much time and money in trying to fix the problem but we never think about the kind of life they have after they cross the border. oh! and also the video help me a lot for a project at school thank you!
December 6th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
This is a really personal story. I am now a legal resident(by marrying a u.s citizen) but my family (father,mother and 2 sister) isn’t.
The sad part is that my sister nataly a valevictorian, 4.0 student. with a FULL scholarship for U.C. Berkeley was unable to obtain that scholarship due to NO SOCIAL SECURITY! She came to this country when she was a couple months old. Good thing she never gave up, she still attending UC berkeley but personally paying it. Father is helping too. But for my family is extremely difficult. My parents are paying a home mortgage that is under my name, and I don’t even leave there. I just did it to help my valuable family. Who strugled it thru all this time who I think they deserved it. I just hope that one of these days there will be hope for this working families that I believe belong to the community now(usa) .
January 23rd, 2007 at 2:07 am
I’m sick and tired of the news media portraying ILLEGAL ALIENS as the “poor little UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS”!!
Sure they’re HUMAN. Sure they have FEELINGS. MURDERERS ARE HUMAN AND THEY HAVE FEELINGS TOO! You have to realize that these people are CRIMINALS! They are PEOPLE THAT HAVE BROKEN ONE OF OUR FEDERAL LAWS!! KCET, stop making these people look like INNOCENT VICTIMS!! They broke the law willingly!
PEOPLE THAT BREAK THE LAW ARE C R I M I N A L S.
Did you get that?
Let me repeat myself.
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE CRIMINALS!! The law is the law.
The illegal aliens shown in several media stories HIDE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW!!
American citizens are FED UP with our government not putting a STOP to this ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION by SECURING OUR BORDERS!!! Taxpayers are SICK AND TIRED OF PAYING FOR THEM TO BE HERE!!
American citizens are coming together to FORCE our elected officials to put a STOP to it!! We will continue to document and report EVERY ILLEGAL ALIEN in our communities to the proper authorities like ICE AND DHS.
American citizens are SICK OF SEEING THESE PEOPLE FLY AND/OR DISPLAY THEIR MEXICAN FLAG! This is AMERICA, AND THE ONLY FLAG WE WANT TO SEE IS THE RED WHITE AND BLUE! Period!
KCET, STOP PANDERING TO CRIMINALS!!
April 18th, 2007 at 9:41 am
think of Nafta and other trade agreemnts between the latin countries, do your homework. immigrants are vital in this country.