| 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.
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.
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| 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. |
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