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Operation Immigration - Arrests, Protests, and Turmoil in Maricopa County
In October of 2007, a small group of day laborers advocates organized a demonstration against M.D.
Pruitt’s Furnishing in Phoenix, Arizona, to protest the owner’s hiring of Maricopa County Sheriff Office
(MCSO) off-duty deputies as his private police. Pruitt’s sought the sheriff’s help to crackdown on day
laborers trespassing the premises and creating other problems. The sheriff began arresting motorists
driving around the area surrounding the store, and turning over to the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agency those who were suspected of being in the country without legal documents. What
unfolded during the following months transformed the small protest into a social crisis in Arizona that
attracted national and international attention.
The Hispanic Institute of Social Issues presents this work developed over the span of five months in
the midst and the heat of the volatile atmosphere surrounding the protests, and the sheriff's actions to
arrest undocumented immigrants. "Operation Immigration" is an intense, must-watch and emotionally-
charged testimony of a time that will go down in Arizona's -and the nation's- history as one of the most
challenging moments when some people in the United States strive to move into the 21st Century
while others continue to harbor old social attitudes. This documentary is an intense piece of
contemporary history where hate-speech, racial confrontations, and near-the-edge violence explode
before the viewer's eyes.
A raw-footage documentary of the highly controversial immigration sweeps conducted by the Maricopa
County Sheriff Office in the heart of Arizona. A revealing visual testimony of a Sheriff determined to
fight undocumented immigration, and the struggle of human rights advocates and people decided to
stop him. This DVD shows an unquestionable evidence of the crude and volatile social atmosphere
prevailing in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
Send mail orders to:
HISI
PO Box 50553 Mesa, Arizona 85208-0028
Include check or Money Order payable to HISI in the amount of $23.75
For orders of 10 or more, please call 480 - 983-1445 or e-mail: media_library@hisi.org
In October of 2007, a small group of day laborers advocates organized a demonstration against M.D.
Pruitt’s Furnishing in Phoenix, Arizona, to protest the owner’s hiring of Maricopa County Sheriff Office
(MCSO) off-duty deputies as his private police. Pruitt’s sought the sheriff’s help to crackdown on day
laborers trespassing the premises and creating other problems. The sheriff began arresting motorists
driving around the area surrounding the store, and turning over to the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agency those who were suspected of being in the country without legal documents. What
unfolded during the following months transformed the small protest into a social crisis in Arizona that
attracted national and international attention.
The Hispanic Institute of Social Issues presents this work developed over the span of five months in
the midst and the heat of the volatile atmosphere surrounding the protests, and the sheriff's actions to
arrest undocumented immigrants. "Operation Immigration" is an intense, must-watch and emotionally-
charged testimony of a time that will go down in Arizona's -and the nation's- history as one of the most
challenging moments when some people in the United States strive to move into the 21st Century
while others continue to harbor old social attitudes. This documentary is an intense piece of
contemporary history where hate-speech, racial confrontations, and near-the-edge violence explode
before the viewer's eyes.
A raw-footage documentary of the highly controversial immigration sweeps conducted by the Maricopa
County Sheriff Office in the heart of Arizona. A revealing visual testimony of a Sheriff determined to
fight undocumented immigration, and the struggle of human rights advocates and people decided to
stop him. This DVD shows an unquestionable evidence of the crude and volatile social atmosphere
prevailing in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
Send mail orders to:
HISI
PO Box 50553 Mesa, Arizona 85208-0028
Include check or Money Order payable to HISI in the amount of $23.75
For orders of 10 or more, please call 480 - 983-1445 or e-mail: media_library@hisi.org
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| Price: $19.95 + s/h $3.80 Total $23.80 Length: 47 minutes EAN: 978-0-9797814-6-9 |