Busted Borders: Walter (Argentina)
Video 1 - "I got caught by ICE, and detained for twenty days"
Walter did not know he was undocumented until he was applying for college.
With the help of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, BustedHalo.com began covering the issue of immigration in a unique way. Instead of contributing to the glut of coverage about immigration, BustedHalo is featuring stories by immigrants themselves about the issue. We distributed Flip video cameras to undocumented individuals and agencies across the country and asked them to start video blogging for a period of at least three months.
Busted Borders is an attempt to use the web’s unfiltered nature to move the immigration debate away from abstractions and statistics. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, we hope to give a personal glimpse into the humanity of these strangers in our midst. For reasons of safety, some of the participants have opted to keep their last names and locations secret.
Busted Borders is an ongoing project and we are still in its early stages. If you or someone you know is interested in participating please contact us at borders@bustedhalo.com.
Busted Borders Producer: Bill McGarvey; Project coordinator: Mirlande Jeanlouis.
I feel as if he didn’t complete his story. What is his status now? And why didn’t he ever need a birth certificate or Social Security number? Didn’t he ever work at a job before college??
Hi, I am being deported on Sept. 25th & Qualify for the DREAM Act. Please help me STOP my Deportation by signing my petition @ http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5832/c/301/t/6853/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=452
This is the first time I viewed any videos for Busted Borders and ‘am touched by this personal story. I, too, wonder where is he now, what is going to happen to him? Can we follow these individuals through some kind of time frame? I’m horrified how he has to pay such a price! I’m sure his parents brought him here to have a better life.
Marleen, we will be following up with more videos from Walter in the very near future. Thanks for your comment. Bill McG editor-in-chief BustedHalo.com
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