I have been a fan since Speed back in 1994 when I was barely 9. So it pains me to see one of my favorite actors make a movie that doesn’t paint a fair picture of U.S. immigration policies.
I took my mother out to see The Proposal yesterday–she had fun but even she recognized that it is not so easy to gain legal residency through marriage.
Forget the fact that this option is not even available to bi-national same sex couples for a second. First, you wouldn’t be allowed to ‘jump in line’ ahead of the so-called gardeners and construction workers. "They are looking for terrorists, not book publishers" is just a line in the movie....
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In Reality Sandra Bullock Would Have Been Deported
Posted by
BinatUK 1052 days ago
(http://www.dailykos.com)
Script does not live up to chemistry in Proposal
Posted by
MikeLA 1052 days ago
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com)
There’s a lot of heterosexual privilege on display in “The Proposal” — foreign-born men and women in same-sex relationships with U.S. citizens often find themselves deported to their home countries and have no legal standing to fight to stay; with the Uniting American Families Act making its way through Congress, it’s hard to feel too sorry for Margaret’s career obstacles....
Proposal would remove ban on HIV foreigners entry
Posted by
USABound 1060 days ago
(http://www.newsday.com)
"This is the penultimate step," said Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality in Washington, D.C. "These regulations are a long time coming. There hasn't been a major HIV scientific conference in the U.S. in decades because of this ban."
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