Living Undocumented

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Episode One: "A Prayer in the Night"

Episode one begins with immigrant families portraying an image of how it feels to live in the United States as an undocumented person. The beginning shifts focus and attributes the fear of deportation due to President Trump's stance on immigration and border enforcement. The episode shares three main stories:

• Luis and Kenia's story is centered around both not being residents of the United States. Luis is a Honduran asylum seeker. In the episode, Luis is seen taking Noah, Kenia's son, to an ICE detention center to be with his mother as they are both subjects of possible deportation. Luis is very scared throughout the trip as police can detain him at any given moment. Ultimately, Keina's appeal to pause her deportation is denied.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Daniel |date=2019-10-02 |title=Living Undocumented Recap: New Administration, New Rules |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2019/10/02/recap-living-undocumented-season-1-episode-1-a-prayer-in-the-night-netflix-series/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Ready Steady Cut |language=en-GB}}
• Ron and wife have been in the United States for 17 years, living as undocumented people. They have built their business, using a tax ID instead of a Social Security number. Throughout the episode they do not reveal their last name, however, because of recent changes in sentiment toward immigration policy, they have concerns about ICE possibility of targeting them. The story of Ron and his wife shares the example of immigrants contributing to American society and economy and still having feelings of uncertainty.
• Alejandra is a mother who fled Mexico and crossed the border twice before settling in the United States. In the United States, she married a military man and settled. However, her appeal to stop her deportation has been denied. The episode makes comparisons involving irony due to the fact her husband voted for Donald Trump, who has had an isolationist stance on immigration.{{Cite web |title=Immigration – The White House |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/immigration/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov}}

These three stories are intended to show how immigrant families are being affected by immigration policies that tend to be strict.

Episode Two: "The World is Watching"

Episode two goes further in-depth into the lives of the families depicted in episode one:

• Luis goes on a typical trip to meet Kenia and her son. However, ICE does not allow Kenia to come outside and instead tells Luis to come inside and meet in the lobby. While Luis and his attorney see this as questionable, he is repeatedly reassured nothing will occur. Soon after, ICE agents come out and forcibly make Luis enter the building. His attorney is injured in the process.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Daniel |date=2019-10-02 |title=Living Undocumented Recap: A Sad State Of Affairs |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2019/10/02/recap-living-undocumented-season-1-episode-2-the-world-is-watching-netflix-series/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Ready Steady Cut |language=en-GB}}
• Ron and his wife's daughter receive DACA protection, which secures her residency in the United States for two years. However, because President Trump eliminated protections for immigrant children{{Cite web |title=Trump on Immigration |url=https://www.aclu.org/trump-on-immigration |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=American Civil Liberties Union |language=en-US}} placed by former President Obama, there is worry between Ron and his wife on whether or not their daughter is safe.{{Cite web |title="Living Undocumented": A docuseries to better understand the hidden lives of undocumented migrants in the United States |url=http://www.themigrationnews.com/news/living-undocumented-a-docuseries-to-better-understand-the-hidden-lives-of-undocumented-migrants-in-the-united-states/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |language=en-US}} Ron is also faced with his mother's death, but he ultimately decides he cannot travel for the funeral as it would put his family in jeopardy.
• Alejandra has not been able to make any advancement for appeals as they continue to be denied. Attempts by her state senator to introduce a bull that would prevent her deportation were made, but they did not succeed.

Episode two illustrates how the immigration fears and anxiety have become a perpetual issue in many families who reside in the United States.

Living Undocumented was released on October 2, 2019, on Netflix.

This docuseries, Living Undocumented, highlights eight families from different ethnic backgrounds allowing viewers to relate to and connect to their stories. This helps change the stereotype of only Mexicans being undocumented. Mexicans are a part of a large population of those who migrate to the U.S. which does not diminish other groups of people who migrate to this country.{{Cite web |title=Mexican Immigrants in the United States |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/mexican-immigrants-united-states}} The docuseries sheds light on families from Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Laos, Israel, and Mauritania which emphasizes diversity. It received a 7.2 rating out of 10 on IMDb.{{Cite web |title=Living Undocumented |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10977486/}} Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10 for the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/living_undocumented/s01|title=Living Undocumented: Season 1 (2019)|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

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