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Jorge Ramos
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Immigrants in America are at the heart of what makes this nation the most prosperous and visionary country in the world. The optimism surrounding this sentiment was at its peak, until the Trade Tower tragedy. Suddenly, foreign-born immigrants in America have again became suspicious individuals, and rather then adopting laws that would further open our borders to them, the gates of our borders have suddenly swung shut. But do we really know who the bulk of the immigrants in America are? Jorge Ramos may be the only one who does.

Told from the heart-felt perspective of his own immigrant identity,  Jorge Ramos, the most popular Spanish-language television news broadcaster in the world, listens to and explores the stories of dozens of immigrants who decided to change their lives and risk everything- families, jobs, history, and their own culture- in order to pursue a better, freer, and opportunity filled future as citizens of the United States.

With the personal stories of these immigrant’s flight to America and their effect on American culture, Ramos furthers the notion that immigrants have ultimately created a country within a country, and are the soul of the future of America’s continued good fortune.

With the clear and poignant tone of voice of a seasoned journalist, Ramos brings to life the stories of individuals from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, among others, and narrates why they first immigrated (war, poverty, exile, etc.) what their dreams are, how they face and deal with racism, and what they believe their futures will ultimately hold for themselves and their children. 

Not since the early part of the 20th century has immigration been such a transformative force in America. Immigrants, who then flooded into the United States from Europe, helped shape a century that many refer to as the “American” century, ultimately transforming the world along with it. The second immigrant wave is now real, and rather than European in origin, it is the Latin American immigrant that will again transform American society, and the world forever.

From the recent Vieques controversy, to the interesting notion that Spanglish has become a uniquely American phenomenon, to the blossoming creativity of Latino communities in places where ten years ago, there were none, Ramos shows that there is another face in America; a face whose colors and countries of origin are as diverse and explosive as the country they’ve adopted as home.