Comments on: Crossing Over Trailer Starring Harrison Ford and Ray Liotta

By: IBMMuseum

IBMMuseum — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:35:58 +0000

ICE agent wife, you also need to see the horrible bureaucratic mess that the legal immigration system is in the United States. It took 18 months to legally admit my wife and stepchildren to the U.S., while I was preparing for a 5th military deployment in the service of the same country that was keeping her out! To quote Harrison Ford in the movie: “…She deserved better from this country. My country!”.

It is bad examples like that to make others hop a fence rather than await mindless delays in processing immigration petitions. Her work authorization petition was rejected because USCIS changed a mailing address after we sent it in, and it set somewhere for almost 3 months. They didn’t want to forward it to the other address, but sure did forward the application fee to try to cash it!

There are corrupt immigration officials like the movie depicts, enticing applicants with a lure of a Resident Card in exchange for money and/or sexual favors. I really hope this movie will show Americans that have not experienced this process how things truly are. There are so many mistaken beliefs about immigrants and their lives in coming to the United States it is crazy.

By: Baychuk

Baychuk — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:26:54 +0000

If a country needs to depend on “immigration”, it means that people cannot afford to raise families. Bad enough when both husband/wife need to work to sustain a decent quality of life.

By: ICE agent wife

ICE agent wife — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:19:46 +0000

I can’t believe you say you are pro immigration! You don’t know the half of what goes on and what happens when so many are coming over illegal!! My husband is an ICE agent and the things he deals with would make you sick!!! Shame on you!!!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:09:20 +0000

This one looks pretty ham fisted. I’m pro immigration since people coming to the US with motivation to improve their lives usually leads to a general improvement of the area but the way people politicize this issue is not going to lead to a solution it’ll just make you a Nazi if you have problems with illegals and a terror tempting idiot if you don’t.

By: Fantasy Girl

Fantasy Girl — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:12:14 +0000

You can view an edited trailer with ONLY footage showing Jim Sturgessâ€™ character, Gavin Kossef, who is based on director Wayne Kramerâ€™s own experiences with U.S. immigration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRlhOJClYQQ

***** SPOILERS ******

Sturgess plays a British-jewish singer, who masquarades as a Jewish rabbinical student to get into the U.S. illegally. Sturgess wrote and performed two songs in the movie. According to my source, â€œMake Your Mind Up,â€ was used as background music in one of the scenes and another jim-song was performed on stage by him.

Apparently Jimâ€™s charcter (Gavin) has an Austrailian girlfriend who has sex with an INS agent in order to stay in the country. Thereâ€™s a very emotional scene where Gavin confronts his girlfriend when he finds out about the affair.

Jimâ€™s performance was outstanding, especially one scene where, under tremendous pressure Gavin is forced to sing in Hebrew to prove himself in front of a rabbi and INS agent. He apparently doesnâ€™t know Hebrew and fakes it, while the rabbi covers for him.