Although these people have their various flaws and dark sides, these negative aspects make them appear more real. They are just some people like you and me, trying to pursue a better life by immigrating. In any case, in exchange for the legal residence of the “Great World” pass, they are struggling between moral and immoral, loyalty and betrayal, hell and heaven, and desperation and justice.
Here comes an interesting question: is person a person? When you are born, you are British person, American person, Indian person, Chinese person, etc. If we remove the label “American”, you are just a “person”. If we plus “America”, you have an extra credit to mark yourself. However, at the same time, you are also one step far away from the essence of “person” which can be divided by the nation labels. The conflicts between religious traditions and moral liberation, economic protection and cheap labor force, integrity police and corrupt officials are all happening under the US national flag. Perhaps the country is only a concentrated expression of all these contradictions. Either people choose coming here or leaving here, they are just choosing something called “hope”.
The United States is a place where many people want to go. Before they get the green card, everyone has to worry about being forced to leave someday. While looking for jobs, salaries, medical cares, etc., whether or not you have a green card have a huge disparity. At the end of the film, the lucky people who vowed to become new citizens of the United States under the giant Stars and the Mexican female corpse who died on the road of smuggling formed a series of shocking and contrastive pictures. At that moment, I felt my body is trembling. I realize that freedom, vitality and creativity will only be fostered in a tolerant place, and only an open society can be confident, attractive and cohesive. Please don't forget that immigrants have always contributed to the prosperity of US powers. If the Statue of Liberty is their last spiritual belief,please don't let these people who worship her devoutly become the sacrifice and die in the path of pursuing their dreams.
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