Posted on 05/25/2006 12:10:09 PM PDT by Warhammer
HEREFORD, Ariz.--Last July 6, Mercedes Maharis awoke at 11 p.m. to the roar of a Border Patrol helicopter hovering outside her living room here, two miles north of the Mexican border. It was pitch black outside. The chopper blades pounded so hard that her windows shook as if under artillery bombardment. She opened the door and heard people screaming and running as the chopper herded them off the hill toward three Border Patrol trucks below.
In her nightgown, shaking with fear, Ms. Maharis grabbed her camera and filmed the scene. "I had to film it because nobody would believe it," says Ms. Maharis, 63, a self-described Indiana farm girl. But she also acted out of instinct. Ms. Maharis is a filmmaker, and she incorporated images from that night into a documentary called "Cochise County USA, Cries From the Border," an account of how the ongoing invasion from Mexico has impacted life in one border county.
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For the Maharises, promotional trips are difficult because they cannot leave their home untended, fearing it'll be ransacked. Illegals have turned their mountainside palace into a prison. That's Ms. Maharis's personal trauma. "This is my home, and I don't want to be driven from my home," she says. "We came here to live our retirement in peace, and if we can't we'll have to leave." But the nation's trauma worries her more, and she's hard-pressed to understand how George Bush's immigration plan will do anything to help American citizens on the border.
"This is uncivilized, and something has to change dramatically," Ms. Maharis says. "This is like a pot on the stove that's going to boil over, and pretty soon. I had to use my skills to make a difference or my conscience wouldn't let me rest."
Mr. Banks is a writer in Tucson.
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Sorry Mrs. Maharis, they don't care about you. All they care about are those poor citizens of Mexico.
Would be an interesting movie, it sounds like ... not beholding to either side. But it would show the flaws of our current system ... the guilty are the employers and the politicians that ignore the employers of the illegals.
"Ms. Maharis grabbed her camera and filmed the scene."
How does one film in the dark?
Thanks DD.
ping
Why in the world would she open her door in the first place? Then she picked up a camera instead of a shotgun, and that makes no sense to me. She was so scared that she was shaking with fear, and yet, she opened the door anyway. I don't understand it. I live out in the country too, and whenever I hear something weird, I grab my shotgun, and look out my window before opening the door. If I can't determine what's going on, I don't open the door.
Agreed, with a couple of caveats.
In a number of industries, a businessman who refused to hire illegals will be quickly out of business, as his costs will be significantly higher than the competition. Either he operates at a loss, or he has to raise his prices, which causes him to lose customers to the competition. If the law isn't enforced, a single employer cannot take a stand by himself.
I am not aware of any effective way for an employer to tell if an applicant is illegal. Asking questions in this area is a great way to fall foul of the discrimination laws.
Cries From the Border
“Citizens Along the Border with Mexico
Telling their Story”–Chris Simcox
COCHISE COUNTY , USA :
CRIES FROM THE BORDER
A powerful and persuasive film documenting the destructive effects upon one community in Arizona by the assault of the illegal alien invasion swamping America's southwestern frontier.
Cochise County, USA: Cries From the Border is a labor of love. Director and local resident Mercedes Maharis obviously feels passionate about this compelling and contentious subject, and it comes across in her nonetheless objective camera's eye upon our broken border. From property damage to medical issues to border patrols to deportation, Maharis touches upon one critical issue after another, leaving no affected area unexamined. “At just over an hour, Cochise County, USA: Cries From the Border is a feisty film that shows with graphic and gritty focus how an American community is being literally destroyed by the harsh realities of uncontrolled illegal immigration.” (Reviewed by Popsyndicate.com)
“The issue of illegal migrants and all the societal disordering that accompanies their unlawful entry into the U.S. is a huge problem facing our nation today. Ricocheting around Congress right now are various bills with vastly different ideas on how to deal with the problem.
“It’s about time someone took the initiative to give American citizens who live along the border with Mexico an opportunity to tell their side of the story. Kudos to Mercedes Maharis for her gutsy presentation of the truth.” – Chris Simcox, President, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
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"Sorry Mrs. Maharis, they don't care about you. All they care about are those poor citizens of Mexico."
Sure seems that way. Compassionate conservatism only applies to Aliens.
High Speed film.
Its not hard, especially if the choppers are lighting the area as well.
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