Review of Crossing Over (2009) by Scott R — 22 Jun 2012

This is a "Crash" want to be, and although many of the stories were resolved, I felt there was never any resolution on the main problem of immigration. That probably was the point, but I wish that alternatives would have been shown rather than just stirring the pot and at times trivializing American Citizenship saying that "it's one of the greatest days in your life when you take the oath", and then turn around and ruin the ceremony by arresting a participant during the proceedings (I'm not saying that these ceremonies are sacred, this just seemed contradictory).

I was also not sympathetic to the deported muslim daughter. In fact, I felt she may have deserved it considering she was illegal and yet still did not show respect to the country in her school presentation. In reality this never would have happened, and the girl would have kept a much lower profile with her parents influence. But then again there would have been no reason to deport had she not been such an indirect advocate of 9/11 and there wouldn't have been much of a plot there.

However, I am glad that they chose to tackle the issue and raise awareness about it. For instance, ICE is one of the least known government entities and to know that there are full time employees enforcing immigration and customs is eye opening. Additionally, the injustices of the system were shown. How you can have a religious impersonator/trying to be a singer (who does not deserve it) get a green card, but then have his friend deported for getting a card through an "inside contact", the splitting up of an entire family for "national security", or the Korean criminal escaping capture and become a citizen because of the compassion of an officer? In the end, it shows that immigration policy needs to be changed.