Logan, We Are Your Neighbors: Documentary on Mexican immigrants .Logan, We Are Your Neighbors!. ( ?Somos tus Vecinos!) is a documentary about the experiences and realities of Cache Valley's Latino community. Through their ...
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Janet: "The circumstances that brought me here were not good. But not everything here is bad. My children were born here. Their opportunities are different from the opportunities that I had in my life. I’m a human being, but I’m not fragile. I don’t want people to look at me as ‘this poor woman.’”
She wants to be seen as a wife and mother who is working hard to support her family and create a stronger, more loving community. She feels this world isn’t illegitimate or temporary.
“I feel like I’m in somebody else’s house. I feel like I am not welcome. I feel like I’m disturbing people with my presence. … The circumstances that brought me here were not good. But not everything here is bad. My children were born here. The opportunity in their lives is going to be different than the opportunities that I had in my life.”
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