Film Screening: "Borderland: The Line Within"

The United States border is not just a geographic location. The border is everywhere. It lies within every undocumented immigrant family with the threat that at any moment they can be captured, incarcerated, deported; their lives destroyed. BORDERLAND: The Line Within not only exposes the profitable business of immigration and its human cost, but weaves together the stories of immigrant heroines and heroes resisting and showing a way forward, intent on building a movement in the shadow of the border industrial complex, recognizing the human rights of all.

Springfield Neighbors United aims to support all immigrants who face deportation or detainment, with a large portion of those being from Haiti. “Guided by the principles of justice, mercy, and love, we stand with those whose dignity, safety, and access to justice are threatened due to their status as immigrants or refugees,” the group says in it mission statement.

Discussion with the…